Our Top 10 Posts for 2021
12.30.2021
This was our best year ever.
This was our best year ever.
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Is Apprenticeship the Way That Architectural Education Stays Relevant?
05.27.2021
The challenge of teaching in a rapidly changing world.
The challenge of teaching in a rapidly changing world.
How the Practice of Architecture Survives Artificial Intelligence
04.26.2021
It’s time to rethink how we educate and train the new generations of designers.
It’s time to rethink how we educate and train the new generations of designers.
The Principles of Community CoDesign
03.25.2021
A blueprint for authentic public engagement.
A blueprint for authentic public engagement.
Marschitecture: The Glory and Folly of Space-Age Manifest Destiny
03.23.2021
Is colonizing the fourth planet really a good idea?
Is colonizing the fourth planet really a good idea?
Architecture and the Environmental Impact of Artificial Complexity
02.15.2021
Needless intricacies in building designs waste natural resources. Architects must do better.
Needless intricacies in building designs waste natural resources. Architects must do better.
Maquettes in Architecture: The Forgotten Joys of Model-Making
12.22.2020
It provides a primal joy that no screen can ever capture.
It provides a primal joy that no screen can ever capture.
Why the Design of a Firm’s Practice is Its Most Important Project
11.11.2020
Considerations for a Relational Basis of Design.
Considerations for a Relational Basis of Design.
Frances Anderton on Leaving KCRW, DnA, and What Comes Next
10.12.2020
A talk with the voice of Los Angeles architecture and design.
A talk with the voice of Los Angeles architecture and design.
Why We’ll Need More Flexible Buildings in the Post-Covid Era
08.30.2020
An advocate for the Open Building approach.
An advocate for the Open Building approach.
Caltech-Trained Researcher Links Sunlight Exposure as Key to Combating Covid-19
08.24.2020
A new study underscores the importance of sunlight to fighting the pandemic.
A new study underscores the importance of sunlight to fighting the pandemic.
Modern Architects Stink at Lying. Luckily, That’s Fixable.
07.29.2020
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
A Tribute to the Great Milton Glaser
06.30.2020
In more or less, his own wise words.
In more or less, his own wise words.
The Utter Folly of Certainty in Uncertain Times
06.22.2020
It’s hard to foretell the future of a rapidly changing world.
It’s hard to foretell the future of a rapidly changing world.
Architecture and the Illusion of Control
06.04.2020
The only way to have meaning in a radically changing world is to help meet essential human needs.
The only way to have meaning in a radically changing world is to help meet essential human needs.
The Flipping of Our Public and Private Worlds
06.01.2020
The implications for design are immense and still unknown.
The implications for design are immense and still unknown.
The Future of Being Social
05.26.2020
The human desire to mingle will not disappear, but we will adapt.
The human desire to mingle will not disappear, but we will adapt.
A Mayor Far-Too-Familiar With Crisis Management: Christine Hunschofsky
04.19.2020
A talk with the mayor of Parkland, Florida.
A talk with the mayor of Parkland, Florida.
How Architects and Designers Can Respond to COVID-19
03.31.2020
What are the opportunities and needs in your community, and how could your skill sets and connections be of benefit?
What are the opportunities and needs in your community, and how could your skill sets and connections be of benefit?
Rebuilding Nigeria: When Architecture Is About Restoring Culture
08.12.2019
Moving past a decade of terror means investing in the potential of what is already there, not creating flashy one-offs.
Moving past a decade of terror means investing in the potential of what is already there, not creating flashy one-offs.
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