A History of Architects Mistaking Design for Politics
The World as an Architectural Project, recently published by MIT Press, surveys fifty projects, most of them ambitious in a troubling way.
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How Will Architecture Change as the World Gets Hotter?
In the early twentieth century, architects and planners championed open spaces and "healthy" sunlight. Now, rising temperatures demand that we rethink their views.
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A Global Survey of Women in Architecture Rethinks How We Attribute Buildings
Jane Hall's survey of women in architecture identifies built work by women within small partnerships, large international offices, and female-led firms, all flattened to the same register, regardless…
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Trump Can’t Make Architecture Great Again Without an Infrastructure Plan
A week ago, the draft of a provocative new executive order was leaked to the media—a putative fatwa on modern design, proposing that all future federal buildings be constructed in "classical and…
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Room of One’s Own: Donna Dennis and Downtown’s Vanishing Lofts
An organizer and advocate for the Loft Law to protect residents of former commercial spaces, artist Donna Dennis has spent decades fighting to keep her home and studio on Duane Street.
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In the Studio: Pia Camil
Pia Camil has created a substantial body of textile sculptures made of denim or T-shirts. She frequently sews the latter together into massive sheets that can dominate architectural settings. But…
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We Built This City: A Conversation with Lauren Halsey
I've always felt that the built environment exists in dialogue with oppressive, or liberating, systems.
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Developer Taps Beyoncé Stage Designer Es Devlin to Market New Bjarke Ingels–Designed Condos [Updated]
Alongside development firm HFZ, Devlin was brought on to bring Ingels's renderings to life.
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DWTS: Tyra Banks Crowned New Host, Replacing Tom Bergeron
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Guess why these infected hair stylists didn’t pass coronavirus to any of their clients
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Addresses Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood
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