The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design
03.31.2025
Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
Ensure priligy is taken with water.
What Would It Mean to Be An “AI First” Architecture Firm?
03.31.2025
It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths forward.
It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths forward.
Lessons From Katrina for Citizen Planners in L.A., Asheville, and Florida
03.25.2025
Planning’s “me-centered” ethos needs to become a “we-centered” approach.
Planning’s “me-centered” ethos needs to become a “we-centered” approach.
Gentle Density: A Housing Approach to Thwart NIMBY Resistance
03.19.2025
In the wake of the L.A. fires, a different strategy is required.
In the wake of the L.A. fires, a different strategy is required.
Our Buildings, Our Selves, Featuring Guests Michael Kimmelman and Kate Wagner
03.18.2025
Episode 2 of the Common Edge podcast explores the question: The age of the starchitect is over, what’s next?
Episode 2 of the Common Edge podcast explores the question: The age of the starchitect is over, what’s next?
Wine and Architecture, Legibility and the Art of Making
03.12.2025
Why should design and construction be more like the process of bottling wine?
Why should design and construction be more like the process of bottling wine?
Richard Florida Wants to Talk About the “Creator Economy”
03.11.2025
The urbanist and educator thinks cities still don’t understand the importance of what the digital creative class does.
The urbanist and educator thinks cities still don’t understand the importance of what the digital creative class does.
Don’t Buy the Fossil Fuel Hype: There Is No “National Energy Emergency”
03.10.2025
The data for U.S. energy production show a very different picture than the one painted by Big Oil and the current administration.
The data for U.S. energy production show a very different picture than the one painted by Big Oil and the current administration.
Violent Trouble in Television Paradise
03.05.2025
The dystopian streaming shows that reflect our times—and that we can’t get enough of.
The dystopian streaming shows that reflect our times—and that we can’t get enough of.
Style Is Not Beauty, Just As Religion Is Not Faith
03.04.2025
Why the executive Order on federal buildings is doomed to failure.
Why the executive Order on federal buildings is doomed to failure.
Pableaux Johnson: Be Where Your Feet Are
03.03.2025
A New Orleanian pays a Mardi Gras tribute to the Cajun Dalai Lama.
A New Orleanian pays a Mardi Gras tribute to the Cajun Dalai Lama.
The Importance of Cultivating Empathy in Design Education
02.26.2025
Grounding studio assignments in historical and current cultural issues is the best way to foster empathy in students.
Grounding studio assignments in historical and current cultural issues is the best way to foster empathy in students.
People, Places, Cities: Making the Case for Placemaking
02.25.2025
Why it’s the solution to livable cities.
Why it’s the solution to livable cities.
It’s Time to Revise the Metrics for Measuring Quality Places
02.24.2025
One important guideline: look for simple indicators of complex conditions.
One important guideline: look for simple indicators of complex conditions.
New York City Is Losing Affordable Housing at an Alarming Rate
02.20.2025
The problem is that City of Yes was an open call to build with no requirements that lost affordable units be replaced.
The problem is that City of Yes was an open call to build with no requirements that lost affordable units be replaced.
“AI Is Just a Tool”—and Other Fictions
02.18.2025
AI usurps the freedom to experience the pains and satisfactions of true artistic and design growth.
AI usurps the freedom to experience the pains and satisfactions of true artistic and design growth.
Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a New Monthly Podcast
02.17.2025
Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?”
Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?”
Letter From Los Angeles: Aftermath Musings
02.11.2025
Fear and loathing in the burned-out communities of Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena.
Fear and loathing in the burned-out communities of Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena.
The Dangerous Myth of the Napkin Sketch
02.10.2025
Ultimately, architecture is a pluralistic endeavor, not the creation of a solitary genius.
Ultimately, architecture is a pluralistic endeavor, not the creation of a solitary genius.
A Cease and Desist Letter From the European Office of Classical Architecture Affairs
02.05.2025
Re: America’s Unauthorized Use of Classical European Architectural Intellectual Property.
Re: America’s Unauthorized Use of Classical European Architectural Intellectual Property.
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