L.A.’s Cultural Crescent and the Land That Draws People to It
01.22.2025
The City of Angels is that rare metropolis where landscape shapes ways of being.
The City of Angels is that rare metropolis where landscape shapes ways of being.
Essays
Space to Dream: Reflections and Projections from a New Generation of Designers
01.21.2025
A Common Edge–led workshop engages architecture students to consider where they want to take the profession.
A Common Edge–led workshop engages architecture students to consider where they want to take the profession.
Letter From Malibu: Do We Stay or Do We Go?
01.20.2025
The recent conflagration threatens to permanently alter a rare example of California livability.
The recent conflagration threatens to permanently alter a rare example of California livability.
Architecture Students on AI
01.15.2025
What happens when a studio course offers AI tools and a real-world housing crisis.
What happens when a studio course offers AI tools and a real-world housing crisis.
Confronting the Leviathan in Vietnam
01.08.2025
An architect’s search for clarity in a far-off land.
An architect’s search for clarity in a far-off land.
On the Value of Miniatures and Scale Models
12.18.2024
Thinking small can help us answer the challenges of our time.
Thinking small can help us answer the challenges of our time.
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rebirth of Artisanship
12.17.2024
The miraculous rebuild was enabled by the century-old French system of trade guilds and education.
The miraculous rebuild was enabled by the century-old French system of trade guilds and education.
Architecture With Empathy In An Age of Division and Discord
12.10.2024
Buildings can be designed to antagonize communities, or serve as welcoming presences.
Buildings can be designed to antagonize communities, or serve as welcoming presences.
Why Gardening Should Be Our Metaphor for Local Development
12.04.2024
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s profit.
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s profit.
The Art and Angst of Architecture in Southern California
11.26.2024
An excerpt from An Urban Odyssey: A Critic’s Search for the Soul of Cities and Self.
An excerpt from An Urban Odyssey: A Critic’s Search for the Soul of Cities and Self.
In Marseille’s Cours Julien, Street Art Creates Dynamic Context
11.19.2024
Submitting to this area’s urban rhythm reveals the power of public art to define a place.
Submitting to this area’s urban rhythm reveals the power of public art to define a place.
What I Learned From Six Recessions in Architecture
11.18.2024
Life is imperfect, and architects understand this better than most.
Life is imperfect, and architects understand this better than most.
Wonder and Awe in a James Turrell Skyspace
11.13.2024
The artist’s latest work, in Manhattan, is both an engineering and a visual marvel that moves the spirit.
The artist’s latest work, in Manhattan, is both an engineering and a visual marvel that moves the spirit.
Light and Color: The Spirit-Led Work of James Turrell
11.07.2024
The artist is driven not just by curiosity or ambition, but by the precepts of his Quakerism.
The artist is driven not just by curiosity or ambition, but by the precepts of his Quakerism.
Worshiping the Old Isn’t Historic Preservation
10.24.2024
To keep buildings alive and relevant, some flexibility is required.
To keep buildings alive and relevant, some flexibility is required.
How the Global Business Class Has Transformed the Home
10.22.2024
They’re bringing the aesthetics and lifestyle expectations of the hospitality industry into their domiciles.
They’re bringing the aesthetics and lifestyle expectations of the hospitality industry into their domiciles.
The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright
09.17.2024
Why we still care, almost seven decades after his death.
Why we still care, almost seven decades after his death.
What L.A. 2028 Can Learn From the Paris Olympics
09.16.2024
Sprawling Los Angeles is vastly different from the French capital, but it can still find ways to take a cue from the City of Lights’ embrace of the local.
Sprawling Los Angeles is vastly different from the French capital, but it can still find ways to take a cue from the City of Lights’ embrace of the local.
AI, Architecture, and the Uncanny Valley
09.09.2024
Technology can design, but it can’t understand the “why” of buildings—yet.
Technology can design, but it can’t understand the “why” of buildings—yet.
Four Decades in a House of Your Own Design
09.05.2024
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
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