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.
Decades-Old Zoning and Building Codes Are Responsible for Our Housing Choices
09.29.2025
Architect-planner Dan Parolek—who coined the phrase “missing middle housing”—is working to solve entrenched problems.
Architect-planner Dan Parolek—who coined the phrase “missing middle housing”—is working to solve entrenched problems.
The Lost Soul of Oakland: Living Large in Lower Rockridge
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.
Are You a Classicist, Mr. President?
09.22.2025
Thomas Jefferson explains classical architecture to his brainless successor.
Thomas Jefferson explains classical architecture to his brainless successor.
Letter From Malibu: City Balks at Creating a Disaster Registry For Elderly Residents
09.17.2025
Though 60% of its residents are old, officials won’t assist in an effort to identify the most vulnerable.
Though 60% of its residents are old, officials won’t assist in an effort to identify the most vulnerable.
The Atlanta We Inherit: History, Architecture, and the Fight for Public Space
09.16.2025
A proposal to turn a John Portman-designed skybridge into a space that celebrates the city’s history and design legacy.
A proposal to turn a John Portman-designed skybridge into a space that celebrates the city’s history and design legacy.
How Game Design Is Fostering Connection Between Nurses and Mothers-To-Be
09.15.2025
¿Prefieres? A deck of cards with healthcare benefits.
¿Prefieres? A deck of cards with healthcare benefits.
Creating Sacred Space Isn’t About Problem Solving
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.
AI “Can’t Draw a Damn Floor Plan With Any Degree of Coherence”
09.10.2025
A conversation with architect, technologist, and Yale professor Phil Bernstein.
A conversation with architect, technologist, and Yale professor Phil Bernstein.
Kansas City: Wandering the Middle Ground
09.08.2025
An L.A-born urban planner finds traces of home in the Midwest.
An L.A-born urban planner finds traces of home in the Midwest.
Architecton: A Tribute to Stone and a Rebuke of Concrete
09.03.2025
This new film delivers a penetrating message about the built world we’ve created.
This new film delivers a penetrating message about the built world we’ve created.
Letter From Malibu: Land Grabs and Speculation Amid the Ruins
09.02.2025
The future of the city’s expensive beachfront remains unclear, but almost certainly will be costlier than ever to rebuild.
The future of the city’s expensive beachfront remains unclear, but almost certainly will be costlier than ever to rebuild.
Why Architects Need to be Part of Evolving A.I. Policy
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.
Trash to Treasure: A New Orleans Culture Re-Creation Story
08.27.2025
The many ways residents and local institutions worked to bring the Crescent City back after a historic natural disaster.
The many ways residents and local institutions worked to bring the Crescent City back after a historic natural disaster.
Lessons From Katrina: The Next Planning Frontier Is Community Empowerment
08.26.2025
Powerful forces become available when communities are willing to take control of their collective destiny.
Powerful forces become available when communities are willing to take control of their collective destiny.
Did New Orleans Really Survive Katrina?
08.25.2025
What almost happened instead…
What almost happened instead…
Letter From Los Angeles: ICE Raids and Fear Cloud Rebuilding Efforts
08.20.2025
The Trump administration’s actions are slowing, and possibly undoing, progress toward repairing scorched communities.
The Trump administration’s actions are slowing, and possibly undoing, progress toward repairing scorched communities.
Courtyard Urbanism: What’s Missing From American Cities
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.
Trump’s White House Ballroom Drawings and Numbers Just Don’t Add Up
08.18.2025
Changes to the White House have a long history of controversy, but this new project has some inscrutable details.
Changes to the White House have a long history of controversy, but this new project has some inscrutable details.
How to Accelerate Carbon Neutrality Without Federal Support? Invest in Carbonsheds
08.13.2025
Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate change.
Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate change.
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