05.15.2023
The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos nationwide is dire.
The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos nationwide is dire.
01.23.2023
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
04.20.2022
A parable about the SCI-Arc controversy.
A parable about the SCI-Arc controversy.
03.08.2022
Stare in wonderment at how bygone humans used fantastical “buildings” to define the present and celebrate the future.
Stare in wonderment at how bygone humans used fantastical “buildings” to define the present and celebrate the future.
03.09.2021
The long history of political power and architecture.
The long history of political power and architecture.
01.18.2021
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
09.25.2020
The debate continues…
The debate continues…
07.29.2020
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
07.10.2020
A presidential parody with a prediction.
A presidential parody with a prediction.
05.29.2020
An interactive architectural fiction.
An interactive architectural fiction.
04.16.2020
Why extraordinary times require extraordinary thinking.
Why extraordinary times require extraordinary thinking.
03.31.2020
Near the end of his life, the Baroque master painted an allegory that has resonance four centuries later.
Near the end of his life, the Baroque master painted an allegory that has resonance four centuries later.
02.26.2020
A play featuring Sally Hemings, Adolf Loos, Albert Speer, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
A play featuring Sally Hemings, Adolf Loos, Albert Speer, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
09.03.2019
A rant of cause and effect, or measuring our level of complicity.
A rant of cause and effect, or measuring our level of complicity.
07.17.2019
Why the profession desperately needs new ones right now.
Why the profession desperately needs new ones right now.
05.29.2019
Architecture school in the 1970s was a dizzying mix of influences.
Architecture school in the 1970s was a dizzying mix of influences.
04.29.2019
How the activist-actor inspired a life altering change in course.
How the activist-actor inspired a life altering change in course.
03.25.2019
What values should drive the commitments society expects practicing architects to make?
What values should drive the commitments society expects practicing architects to make?
01.30.2019
As #MeToo controversies fall out of the news cycle, the author issues a call for collaborators.
As #MeToo controversies fall out of the news cycle, the author issues a call for collaborators.
01.06.2019
The tale about the end of an era, and the start of a new one.
The tale about the end of an era, and the start of a new one.
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