The Housing Crisis Is Also a Design Crisis
10.22.2026
Six strategies to help solve the shortage of homes at a cost lower than new construction.
Six strategies to help solve the shortage of homes at a cost lower than new construction.
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Los Angeles Needs a New Idea of the City
10.21.2026
Vision-Based Planning is how LA should approach the planning and construction of new housing.
Vision-Based Planning is how LA should approach the planning and construction of new housing.
Architecture Is Bored, Boring, and Self-Serving
10.19.2026
Aesthetically speaking, we’re currently in the age of “no there, there.”
Aesthetically speaking, we’re currently in the age of “no there, there.”
Can NYC’s “Fast-Track” Community Districts Really Produce More Housing?
10.06.2026
The city needs big parcels of land to build complete neighborhoods, not just piecemeal infill projects.
The city needs big parcels of land to build complete neighborhoods, not just piecemeal infill projects.
Who Shapes the Territory? Or, Why Urban Planning Does Not Exist
09.29.2026
What exists is the territory, its ecology, its people, and the competing interests that claim its value.
What exists is the territory, its ecology, its people, and the competing interests that claim its value.
The Urban Lens: “I Want to Show How Places Are Used”
09.28.2026
Urban designer Dennis Pieprz talks about his new book, Urban Lens: A Photo Diary of An Architectural Traveler.
Urban designer Dennis Pieprz talks about his new book, Urban Lens: A Photo Diary of An Architectural Traveler.
Chandigarh at 73: How a City Outgrew Its Utopia
09.16.2026
What happens when real life refuses to fit inside a utopian blueprint?
What happens when real life refuses to fit inside a utopian blueprint?
Form Follows Feeling: My Catholic Aesthetic
09.15.2026
How this planner’s religious upbringing shaped the way he experiences and plans cities.
How this planner’s religious upbringing shaped the way he experiences and plans cities.
Undoing the Devastation of “Urban Renewal” in New Haven
09.09.2026
It’s taken decades to reverse the damage that planner Maurice Rotival helped create—and the job isn’t complete.
It’s taken decades to reverse the damage that planner Maurice Rotival helped create—and the job isn’t complete.
George Lucas Returns to Earth, Bearing Gifts
09.07.2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is destined to become a landmark and must-visit destination for Los Angeles visitors.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is destined to become a landmark and must-visit destination for Los Angeles visitors.
Florida and the Great Housing Mismatch
08.31.2026
A housing market can be short of homes and still have too many of the wrong ones for the next generation.
A housing market can be short of homes and still have too many of the wrong ones for the next generation.
Architecture Shouldn’t Require an Explanation
08.26.2026
The profession didn’t lose the public because people stopped caring about buildings. It lost them when architects stopped treating public understanding as part of the job.
The profession didn’t lose the public because people stopped caring about buildings. It lost them when architects stopped treating public understanding as part of the job.
What’s the State of ‘Out There’ Architecture Today?
08.25.2026
Although it has some flaws, a new book laudably surveys the best of contemporary contextual design across the U.S.
Although it has some flaws, a new book laudably surveys the best of contemporary contextual design across the U.S.
Latino Urbanism Is Better Appreciated by Landscape Architects Than by Planners
08.18.2026
They understand that cities are not collections of zoning regulations, but living landscapes.
They understand that cities are not collections of zoning regulations, but living landscapes.
NYC’s Antiquated Fire Regulations Impede the Push to Build New Housing
08.17.2026
Sometimes, FDNY fights itself—and the city—instead of fires.
Sometimes, FDNY fights itself—and the city—instead of fires.
Rome vs. Japan: Two Civilizations, Two Philosophies of Architectural Permanence
08.04.2026
Immortality can exist within the building itself, or within an idea that the building carries forward.
Immortality can exist within the building itself, or within an idea that the building carries forward.
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