George Smart on Why Documentation Is Such a Powerful Preservation Tool
03.13.2023
A talk with the founder of USModernist and NCModernist.
A talk with the founder of USModernist and NCModernist.
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Hire Ukrainian Designers: Helping War-Torn Architects Find Meaningful Work
03.09.2023
This volunteer organization connects Ukrainian designers with firms in the U.S.
This volunteer organization connects Ukrainian designers with firms in the U.S.
The 15-Minute City, Deconstructed
03.08.2023
It’s every city ever built by humans until a century ago.
It’s every city ever built by humans until a century ago.
The Long and Tangled History of Architectural Style
02.22.2023
The fraught nature of the issue goes back at least two centuries.
The fraught nature of the issue goes back at least two centuries.
Beating the Odds: The Education of a Black Architect
02.20.2023
I was supposed to be one kind of statistic. I ended up as another.
I was supposed to be one kind of statistic. I ended up as another.
Wrestling With Architectural Style In A Post-Style World
02.15.2023
Why are the labels so seemingly fraught?
Why are the labels so seemingly fraught?
It’s Time for Africa to Chart Its Own Climate Change Agenda
02.07.2023
Most of the promises coming from industrialized nations have been empty ones.
Most of the promises coming from industrialized nations have been empty ones.
Architecture (Alone) Cannot Solve Climate Change
02.07.2023
It’s time to look beyond buildings, using new language, to employ a whole systems approach.
It’s time to look beyond buildings, using new language, to employ a whole systems approach.
Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church: A Historic Congregation Tells Its Story
02.06.2023
Celebrating a seminal site in the civil rights movement.
Celebrating a seminal site in the civil rights movement.
What I Learned About AI After Conducting An Architecture Interview With a Bot
02.01.2023
A slippery slope, or the inevitable path toward our AI-fueled future?
A slippery slope, or the inevitable path toward our AI-fueled future?
More Lessons From Charles Moore
01.25.2023
How serendipity with architectural clients lead to an education in residential design.
How serendipity with architectural clients lead to an education in residential design.
A Lively Interview With A Bot on the Future of Architecture
01.23.2023
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
Practice With Purpose: How to Radically Redesign the Practice of Architecture
01.16.2023
A call to arms from Leddy Maytum Stacy’s new book.
A call to arms from Leddy Maytum Stacy’s new book.
Will the Metaverse Become the Next Graffiti?
01.11.2023
Grappling with the consequences of an increasingly placeless society.
Grappling with the consequences of an increasingly placeless society.
Our Top 10 Posts for 2022
12.27.2022
Thanks to our readers and contributors.
Thanks to our readers and contributors.
Witold Rybczynski on The Story of Architecture
12.19.2022
The acclaimed author and critic talks about his new book.
The acclaimed author and critic talks about his new book.
What’s With Our Obsession with Stacked-Boxes?
12.05.2022
It has fast become an architectural trope.
It has fast become an architectural trope.
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.
Blair Kamin: ‘Who Is the City For?’
11.15.2022
The critic talks about his new book on architecture, equity, and the public realm in Chicago.
The critic talks about his new book on architecture, equity, and the public realm in Chicago.
Civano: The Arizona Development That Shows Resilient Urbanism Is Possible
11.09.2022
A new book comprehensively captures a cutting-edge New Urbanist experiment in the Sonoran Desert.
A new book comprehensively captures a cutting-edge New Urbanist experiment in the Sonoran Desert.
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