Vivian Maier: Nanny With a Rolleiflex
07.31.2024
Fotografiska bids adieu to its current digs with a tribute to the great street photographer.
Fotografiska bids adieu to its current digs with a tribute to the great street photographer.
Urban Farming: A Sustainable Pathway Out of Nigeria’s Unfolding Food Crisis
07.24.2024
Havana, Tokyo, and Paris offer successful examples of how it might work.
Havana, Tokyo, and Paris offer successful examples of how it might work.
Measuring Progress: The Building Sector’s Response to the Climate Crisis
07.23.2024
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a sustainable future, but the time for bold action is now.
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a sustainable future, but the time for bold action is now.
Jane Jacobs Would Reject NYC’s Proposed “City of Yes”
07.22.2024
YIMBYS get a lot wrong about the legendary citizen planner.
YIMBYS get a lot wrong about the legendary citizen planner.
Buildings Are Not Sacred, but We Can Find Beauty Through Them
07.17.2024
There’s no design recipe for it.
There’s no design recipe for it.
Michael Van Valkenburgh on the Making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
07.10.2024
The noted landscape architect talks about one of the great 21st century urban parks.
The noted landscape architect talks about one of the great 21st century urban parks.
The Next New Thing
07.03.2024
In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before.
In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before.
Minoru Yamasaki: The Fragility of Architecture
07.01.2024
He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown today?
He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown today?
As Brooklyn Nets’ Value Booms, a Missed Opportunity With the Arena
06.25.2024
A $688 million Koch family (!) investment shows the enormous upside for NBA team owners.
A $688 million Koch family (!) investment shows the enormous upside for NBA team owners.
Designing for Disaster in an Increasingly Dangerous World
06.18.2024
What does it take to protect homes against tornados, hurricanes, flooding, fire, and erosion?
What does it take to protect homes against tornados, hurricanes, flooding, fire, and erosion?
Explaining NYC’s Arcane, and Possibly Unconstitutional, Planning and Approval Process
06.17.2024
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
Social Radicalism Reexamined: The Legacies of Christopher Alexander and Joseph Rykwert
06.05.2024
What these foreign-born giants of design theory brought to two American universities.
What these foreign-born giants of design theory brought to two American universities.
It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between Town and Gown
06.04.2024
University campus planning should look outward to the surrounding city.
University campus planning should look outward to the surrounding city.
Light, Empathy, and Silence: The Architecture of Marina Tabassum
06.03.2024
A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
Why So Many Banal Boxes? Because Architecture Reflects the Ethos of Its Time
05.30.2024
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
‘Even If a Project Fails, the Ideas Behind It Don’t Disappear’
05.29.2024
A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
The Missing Flower Power in Walkability and Neighborhood Vitality
05.28.2024
There’s a surprisingly simple alternative to our hard, urban spaces.
There’s a surprisingly simple alternative to our hard, urban spaces.
Declaration of Independence From Sprawl
05.22.2024
Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
Jane Jacobs, Cyclist
05.13.2024
We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
When Is Architectural Symbolism Hypocrisy?
05.02.2024
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
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