09.12.2016
Planners will have to begin redefine their methods of community engagement for the challenges ahead.
Planners will have to begin redefine their methods of community engagement for the challenges ahead.
09.08.2016
Svigals + Partners collaborates with the community to create a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Svigals + Partners collaborates with the community to create a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
08.25.2016
Author Roberta Brandes Gratz clears up some misperceptions about the legendary urbanist.
Author Roberta Brandes Gratz clears up some misperceptions about the legendary urbanist.
08.08.2016
Last week I was in the middle of packing and came across a well thumbed copy of The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Last week I was in the middle of packing and came across a well thumbed copy of The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
08.02.2016
Not since Thomas Jefferson has there been a presidential candidate more involved in designing and building structures than the Republican nominee.
Not since Thomas Jefferson has there been a presidential candidate more involved in designing and building structures than the Republican nominee.
07.25.2016
Community meetings: they’re the rite of passage every architect must endure.
Community meetings: they’re the rite of passage every architect must endure.
07.18.2016
The first of a two part interview with the architecture critic of the New York Times.
The first of a two part interview with the architecture critic of the New York Times.
07.11.2016
The Pulitzer Prize winning critic talks about the selection of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, as well as the feisty citizen’s group that defeated the legendary filmmaker.
The Pulitzer Prize winning critic talks about the selection of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, as well as the feisty citizen’s group that defeated the legendary filmmaker.
06.30.2016
If the designers had been asked to create a setting that signals the chaos of this campaign, they could not have done it better.
If the designers had been asked to create a setting that signals the chaos of this campaign, they could not have done it better.
06.28.2016
In the face of considerable opposition, a relentless civic organization, a pesky lawsuit, and a sympathetic judge, the legendary filmmaker has decided to pull his Museum of Narrative Art out of Chicago.
In the face of considerable opposition, a relentless civic organization, a pesky lawsuit, and a sympathetic judge, the legendary filmmaker has decided to pull his Museum of Narrative Art out of Chicago.
06.21.2016
Cornell’s architecture school in the 1970s wasn’t a particularly diverse place, but it was open to different ideas about the profession.
Cornell’s architecture school in the 1970s wasn’t a particularly diverse place, but it was open to different ideas about the profession.
06.16.2016
For all of its insanity, buffoonery, cluelessness, bigotry and narcissism, Trump’s candidacy is tapping into something else besides racism and xenophobia: Economic displacement.
For all of its insanity, buffoonery, cluelessness, bigotry and narcissism, Trump’s candidacy is tapping into something else besides racism and xenophobia: Economic displacement.
06.09.2016
There was a time, not too long ago, when a Koolhaas speech given to thousands of his fellow architects would constitute news. At least in the architecture press. Apparently, that time is not now.
There was a time, not too long ago, when a Koolhaas speech given to thousands of his fellow architects would constitute news. At least in the architecture press. Apparently, that time is not now.
05.31.2016
“Architecture has a serious problem today in that people who are not alike don’t communicate,” Rem Koolhaas said, ‘I’m actually more interested in communicating with people I disagree with than people I agree with.”
“Architecture has a serious problem today in that people who are not alike don’t communicate,” Rem Koolhaas said, ‘I’m actually more interested in communicating with people I disagree with than people I agree with.”
05.23.2016
A longtime community board member weighs in on Mayor de Blasio’s ambitious plans to remake the city.
A longtime community board member weighs in on Mayor de Blasio’s ambitious plans to remake the city.
05.18.2016
A public art project linking Red Hook, Brooklyn and Governors Island provides all kinds of important civic lessons.
A public art project linking Red Hook, Brooklyn and Governors Island provides all kinds of important civic lessons.
05.17.2016
How do you fight irrelevance? With star power! If you can’t book a former president, you can at least book an actor who plays one on TV!
How do you fight irrelevance? With star power! If you can’t book a former president, you can at least book an actor who plays one on TV!
05.12.2016
She profoundly shaped our view of the city, but often overlooked the big systems that make city life possible.
She profoundly shaped our view of the city, but often overlooked the big systems that make city life possible.
05.09.2016
There are two architectures. Not officially, yet, but the perception is real and growing that there is an architectural apartheid. There is an “inside” and an “outside.”
There are two architectures. Not officially, yet, but the perception is real and growing that there is an architectural apartheid. There is an “inside” and an “outside.”
05.05.2016
The great urbanist has a nuanced take on the many lessons of Jane Jacobs.
The great urbanist has a nuanced take on the many lessons of Jane Jacobs.
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