12.30.2025
Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it’s got a bunch of starchitect monuments strung along it.
Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it’s got a bunch of starchitect monuments strung along it.
12.29.2025
This annual gathering is pumping millions into positive changes for one of Africa’s largest metropolises.
This annual gathering is pumping millions into positive changes for one of Africa’s largest metropolises.
12.23.2025
Wonderful things can be found in the towns and cities between the coasts—but only if you’re willing to keep your eyes and mind open.
Wonderful things can be found in the towns and cities between the coasts—but only if you’re willing to keep your eyes and mind open.
12.22.2025
When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn’t need to be engineered; it emerges.
When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn’t need to be engineered; it emerges.
12.17.2025
How architecture school prepared me to teach in Papua New Guinea.
How architecture school prepared me to teach in Papua New Guinea.
12.14.2025
For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.
For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.
12.11.2025
An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.
An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.
12.10.2025
The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.
The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.
12.08.2025
In a profession that claims to celebrate nonconformity, he was a true iconoclast.
In a profession that claims to celebrate nonconformity, he was a true iconoclast.
12.01.2025
Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
11.24.2025
Using the underground dance party milieu as a tool for dreaming up and building a new urban future.
Using the underground dance party milieu as a tool for dreaming up and building a new urban future.
11.03.2025
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
10.14.2025
Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for creating a new path forward.
Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for creating a new path forward.
10.13.2025
A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
09.24.2025
Real estate speculation is eroding the beauty of a great urban neighborhood.
Real estate speculation is eroding the beauty of a great urban neighborhood.
09.11.2025
Communities of faith want their identity reflected in the places they gather.
Communities of faith want their identity reflected in the places they gather.
09.01.2025
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
08.19.2025
Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
08.04.2025
The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of architecture.
The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of architecture.
06.30.2025
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
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