Contemporary Architecture and the Modern City
08.27.2024
Americans don’t like modern buildings because they don’t like the modern city.
Americans don’t like modern buildings because they don’t like the modern city.
Modernism
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.
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?
Theodore Prudon: ‘Modernism Has Never Been a Popular Movement’
11.03.2022
A conversation with the outgoing founder of Docomomo US.
A conversation with the outgoing founder of Docomomo US.
What -isms Tell Us About Architecture’s Preoccupation with “Human” Design
03.01.2021
Does the now ubiquitous phrase still have meaning?
Does the now ubiquitous phrase still have meaning?
Classicism Has Been Shaken Off Its Foundation
01.18.2021
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
Confusion of the Vanities: Why Architectural Style-Wars Are Becoming Irrelevant
02.25.2019
Might there be a less rigid, style-blind, third way?
Might there be a less rigid, style-blind, third way?
An African Modernist Reflects on the State of Nigeria’s Post-Colonial Classicism
09.20.2018
The schism between contemporary architects and traditionalists isn’t quite as fraught on this continent.
The schism between contemporary architects and traditionalists isn’t quite as fraught on this continent.
Architecture Ignores History At Its Own Peril
04.24.2018
Both rejecting or replicating it are false paths.
Both rejecting or replicating it are false paths.
Growing Up in a Glass House: An Architect’s Daughter Explores Modernism’s Shadow
04.11.2018
An Interview with author Elizabeth W. Garber about her new book, Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter.
An Interview with author Elizabeth W. Garber about her new book, Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter.
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