How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis
01.14.2026
When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.
When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.
Housing Crisis
Our Housing Crisis Is a Monumental Failure of Design
10.14.2025
Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for creating a new path forward.
Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for creating a new path forward.
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.
Dateline January 2026: Mayor Mamdani Unveils His Affordable Housing Plan!
07.21.2025
The new mayor creates the Affordable Housing Authority, bringing the power of government to bear on a problem that the private sector has failed to solve.
The new mayor creates the Affordable Housing Authority, bringing the power of government to bear on a problem that the private sector has failed to solve.
Can Quality Solve L.A.’s Housing Crisis?
05.19.2025
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
Trump’s Economic Policies Will Likely Make the Housing Crisis Worse
04.28.2025
Stock market turmoil, tariffs, and high interest rates are some of the factors that will continue to constrain production and affordability.
Stock market turmoil, tariffs, and high interest rates are some of the factors that will continue to constrain production and affordability.
What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It?
04.04.2024
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
Social Housing in America: Architects Must Answer the Call
03.12.2024
They have a responsibility to the public to visualize the potential of social housing in America.
They have a responsibility to the public to visualize the potential of social housing in America.
How the NIMBY-YIMBY Debates Worsened the Housing Crisis
09.11.2023
And how to change things for better results.
And how to change things for better results.
Peter Calthorpe Has a Plan for More Housing in California
04.03.2023
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
How Private Equity Is Making the Housing Crisis Even Worse
06.01.2022
Residential properties have been transformed into an asset class to be traded among institutional investors.
Residential properties have been transformed into an asset class to be traded among institutional investors.
Big Real Estate’s Continuing Stranglehold Over New York City
02.14.2022
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
New Construction Is Not Always the Answer
01.19.2022
Housing, and creating more of it, is much more complex than a recent Atlantic piece suggests.
Housing, and creating more of it, is much more complex than a recent Atlantic piece suggests.
ADUs Are Not Enough for California
11.02.2021
The recent elimination of single family zoning is a promising step, but must also work in concert with broader changes.
The recent elimination of single family zoning is a promising step, but must also work in concert with broader changes.
How Do We Solve America’s Housing Crisis?
04.25.2021
Transforming the suburbs might be a crucial first step.
Transforming the suburbs might be a crucial first step.
Whack-a-Mole Urban Planning in Los Angeles Is Not Working
08.17.2020
Solving one problem adds troubles somewhere else. The region needs to think holistically.
Solving one problem adds troubles somewhere else. The region needs to think holistically.
Can Architecture Solve Our Crises?
03.01.2020
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
The Missing Middle: Los Angeles Needs to Build Different Types of Housing
03.10.2019
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Solving the crisis means getting out of our own way.
Architecture, Aesthetic Moralism, and the Crisis of Urban Housing
04.17.2018
There is no architectural style that is inherently “right” or “moral.”
There is no architectural style that is inherently “right” or “moral.”
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