ULX: 10 Museum Designs Reach Out to Their Surrounding Communities
Our pal Ron Nyren checks in on ten new museums in Urban Land.
This Must Be a Turning Point: Anna Minton on Housing Post-Grenfell
In the wake of London’s devastating Grenfell fire, we speak to author Anna Minton about the future of housing in Western cities.
Rudy Bruner Award Committee: Visionary Urban Planning Requires Ambitious Public Sector
The five 2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) medalists provide powerful examples of the ability of the public sector to lead, inspire, and invest in places.
This San Francisco development will turn a working subway vent into a public sculpture
A forthcoming mixed-use affordable housing development by David Baker Architects (DBA), Kennerly Architecture and Planning, and CMG Landscape Architecture.
Decent homes for all… has the social housing dream died?
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, it is clear that Britain’s social housing is in crisis. As a new film looks at the legacy of Thatcher’s right-to-buy, Rowan
‘Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon’ Review: The Architectural Prince of Portland
John Yeon’s multidisciplinary architecture was locally focused with a special eye to protecting natural assets.
A Modernist Masterpiece, Under Fire in Buffalo
Gordon Bunshaft was a singular force behind Modernist in America. Now his greatest gift to his hometown may be at risk.
Swiss Consulate/Swissnex Innovation Hub – San Francisco
TEF Design designed a “Swiss House” over the San Francisco Bay, this project supports a new hub of Swiss government, education, business, and innovation partners — including the Consulate General of
A Vietnamese Architect’s Easy-to-Erect Homes for the Poor
A project by Vo Trong Nghia Architects that aims to provide affordable, durable and easily built houses for people in slums, remote areas or refugee camps around the world.
Postcard from the East Coast
June 2017 Once again, I flew Virgin across the country. Unfortunately, the Alaska merger appears to have dimmed the disco lighting and indeed the whole enterprise. The airline feels less
So Long Conference Room! How Microsoft Envisions the Future Office
Studio O+A keeps following the future.
The V&A’s £55m new courtyard: ‘Like a Marbella beach bar airlifted to South Ken’
Amanda Levete’s dazzling new porcelain piazza brilliantly reunites the museum with the Kensington streets. But the giant new jewelry box of a gallery lurking below ground is the real star
Can good design cure LA’s homeless problem? We asked Mike Alvidrez, CEO of Skid Row Housing Trust
For Skid Row Housing Trust, a nonprofit developer in Los Angeles that builds housing for LA’s homeless population, good design is a basic civil right.
The Hip-Hop Architecture Movement
Michael Ford and the Urban Arts Collective are forging a critique of Modernism, the style of architecture that birthed a new American culture.
As the Public Realm Merges With the Workplace, How Will Our Cities Change?
A report produced by WRNS Studio, edited and excerpted here, suggests how work culture could and should influence the fabric of our cities.
