In Architecture, Silence Is Anything But Golden
06.20.2019
In the world of design competitions and submissions, ghosting has become the new “No”.
In the world of design competitions and submissions, ghosting has become the new “No”.
Opinion
The Ethics of Architecture and Other Contradictions
06.12.2019
A talk with educator and author Thomas Fisher about his new book, The Architecture of Ethics.
A talk with educator and author Thomas Fisher about his new book, The Architecture of Ethics.
Functionalist Paens for Formalist Buildings
06.04.2019
The claims made by many architects, to justify shape-making, often borders on the specious.
The claims made by many architects, to justify shape-making, often borders on the specious.
Hudson Yards and Notre-Dame: A One-Two Punch of Megalomania
05.23.2019
With the opening of the development and the “response” to the fire, architecture has demonstrated shocking disregard. But the damage goes both ways.
With the opening of the development and the “response” to the fire, architecture has demonstrated shocking disregard. But the damage goes both ways.
A Proposed “Iconic” Tower in San Jose is a Monument to Lousy Urbanism
05.14.2019
Sometimes civic ambition should aim lower.
Sometimes civic ambition should aim lower.
The Restoration Argument: Respecting Viollet-Le-Duc at Notre-Dame
04.25.2019
The cathedral doesn’t need to be reimagined or “rethought.”
The cathedral doesn’t need to be reimagined or “rethought.”
How Sectarian Conflicts Permanently Alter the Psychogeography of African Cities
04.15.2019
The Nigerian city of Jos is textbook case in fear and division.
The Nigerian city of Jos is textbook case in fear and division.
What Urban Designers and Landscape Architects Can Learn About Public Space From Cuba
04.08.2019
The lessons seem elemental, but are often ignored in our country.
The lessons seem elemental, but are often ignored in our country.
Is the Culture of Architecture Becoming More Profane?
04.01.2019
Its raucous, in-your-face, nature may mask deep insecurities about the future.
Its raucous, in-your-face, nature may mask deep insecurities about the future.
Malls, Talls, and Pseudo-Culture Halls: Hudson Yards’ Failed Urban Forms
03.18.2019
Why do global cities keep recycling the same stale formulas?
Why do global cities keep recycling the same stale formulas?
The Missing Middle: Los Angeles Needs to Build Different Types of Housing
03.10.2019
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Governor Cuomo’s and Mayor de Blasio’s Grovelling to Amazon Demeans New York
03.07.2019
The recent debacle was merely the culmination of a decades-long appeasement to corporations and developers.
The recent debacle was merely the culmination of a decades-long appeasement to corporations and developers.
Women in Architecture Need a New Set of Role Models—Beyond the Star System
02.27.2019
Advancing the profession must start with improving working conditions for everyone.
Advancing the profession must start with improving working conditions for everyone.
Confusion of the Vanities: Why Architectural Style-Wars Are Becoming Irrelevant
02.25.2019
Might there be a less rigid, style-blind, third way?
Might there be a less rigid, style-blind, third way?
An Amazon Correction: The City Won—and the Company Isn’t Going Anywhere
02.18.2019
Cancelling the construction of an anti-urban campus is not the same as pulling out of the city.
Cancelling the construction of an anti-urban campus is not the same as pulling out of the city.
Why “Zaha Hadid Activewear” Feels Off-Brand
02.04.2019
Or is it the inevitable commercial afterlife of an artistic genius?
Or is it the inevitable commercial afterlife of an artistic genius?
Letter From Greenwich: What We Talk About When We Talk About Affordable Housing
01.22.2019
As the town prepares the plan that will guide development for the next decade, tensions are brewing in the “teardown zone.”
As the town prepares the plan that will guide development for the next decade, tensions are brewing in the “teardown zone.”
Jeff Speck on Why Bikes Make Streets Safer for Everyone
01.21.2019
A talk with the author of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places.
A talk with the author of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places.
Why Reusing Buildings Should Be the Next Big Thing
01.14.2019
It took the AIA too long to recognize adaptive reuse as the best way to fight climate change.
It took the AIA too long to recognize adaptive reuse as the best way to fight climate change.
African Architecture: Ornaments, Crime & Prejudice
12.26.2018
On reading Adolf Loos’s controversial essay as a young African design student in Europe.
On reading Adolf Loos’s controversial essay as a young African design student in Europe.
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