There’s More Than One Way to Define Context
01.03.2023
In praise of UC Berkeley’s Bauer Wurster Hall, the so-called “worst building on campus.”
In praise of UC Berkeley’s Bauer Wurster Hall, the so-called “worst building on campus.”
Essays
Our Top 10 Posts for 2022
12.27.2022
Thanks to our readers and contributors.
Thanks to our readers and contributors.
Can Architecture Save the Third Dimension?
11.29.2022
It must create places compelling enough to compete with our phones.
It must create places compelling enough to compete with our phones.
Building Busts Increase the Value of Architectural Beauty
11.08.2022
A silver lining to an impending slowdown?
A silver lining to an impending slowdown?
Sometimes, the Better Alternative Is Not to Build New Things
10.25.2022
Architects should seek to rethink and reuse existing structures whenever possible.
Architects should seek to rethink and reuse existing structures whenever possible.
Our Overriding Necessity
10.19.2022
The warning lights are flashing, telling us the status quo cannot hold. Will we wake up to the change that’s needed?
The warning lights are flashing, telling us the status quo cannot hold. Will we wake up to the change that’s needed?
Zombie Projects Come Alive in a Real Estate Boom
10.11.2022
Seeing long completed projects pop up on the laptop is an exercise in time travel.
Seeing long completed projects pop up on the laptop is an exercise in time travel.
Campus Sacred Spaces Are Changing
09.19.2022
And that’s a good thing.
And that’s a good thing.
James Stewart Polshek: Reflections on a Life in Architecture
09.13.2022
His practice was one of service and humanity.
His practice was one of service and humanity.
On the Waning Value of Architecture in an Increasingly Complex World
08.24.2022
Part 2 in the “18 Ways to Make Architecture Matter” series.
Part 2 in the “18 Ways to Make Architecture Matter” series.
The Global City and the (de)Evolution of the Public Realm
08.17.2022
How Sydney is grappling with the question: whose city is it?
How Sydney is grappling with the question: whose city is it?
The Accidental Making of an Architect
08.16.2022
Or stumbling into architecture in the 1970s.
Or stumbling into architecture in the 1970s.
The Memphis Experience: Building a Park on a Tightrope
08.15.2022
The challenge and rewards of building a great new urban park.
The challenge and rewards of building a great new urban park.
18 Ways to Make Architecture Matter
08.02.2022
The first in a multipart series on the value of architecture.
The first in a multipart series on the value of architecture.
Architecture Media in the Attention-Economy Era
07.13.2022
When the saturation of content is “a stylized fact of the Internet’s development.”
When the saturation of content is “a stylized fact of the Internet’s development.”
How Do the Critics of Yesteryear Think About Urban Density?
07.06.2022
John Parman revisits influential architectural writers of the 1960s and 1970s.
John Parman revisits influential architectural writers of the 1960s and 1970s.
When It Comes to Design for the Disabled, Let the Science Lead the Process
06.21.2022
Why architecture and design must develop minimum human standards.
Why architecture and design must develop minimum human standards.
Inclusion and Fusion: New Orleans at the Common Edge
06.13.2022
How the spirit of Both/And infuses the architecture of the Crescent City.
How the spirit of Both/And infuses the architecture of the Crescent City.
The Ecological Potential of Rome’s Urban Wilderness
06.09.2022
How community activists transformed an abandoned construction site into a park.
How community activists transformed an abandoned construction site into a park.
Blair Kamin’s Tribute to Helmut Jahn
05.11.2022
The former architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune spoke at a recent memorial service for the architect.
The former architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune spoke at a recent memorial service for the architect.
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