Sacred Architecture Isn’t Disappearing—It’s Changing
The best alternative to secular use is to keep sacred places economically sustainable and operating.
Postcard From Japan
There are many aspects of life in Japan that are radically different than the US. In San Francisco I can only think of the recent public restroom in Washington Square
The 2019 Monterey Design Conference was as rowdy as it was informative
The overdue report from Monterey.
The 14 most important design ideas of the decade, according to the experts
Designers and curators from Apple, Adobe, Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Cooper Hewitt, and more consider their industry’s legacy in the 2010s.
The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design
Three designers, two journalists and an interiors photographer gathered to make a list of history’s most enduring and significant spaces. Here are the results.
“A Castiglioni:” A Video Brings To Life A Retrospective Of Italy’s Most Famous Designer
A video by COCO and MAXIMILIAN honoring the exhibition “A Castiglioni,” a retrospective of the designer Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002).
A Great Carbon Reckoning Comes to Architecture
Practitioners have finally begun taking a more nuanced approach to the carbon emitted by new buildings. Are they too late?
Mid-Century Modernism in the UAE: A Tale of Three Cities
Seems unlikely that I will make it to the UAE in this lifetime. Glad that three of my pals did!
Postcard from New York
New York comforts me in grief. It’s the combination of old friends, good food, and art. First art stop was the austere yet complex work of Richard Serra on view
Fugitive Libraries
Public libraries may be a democratic commons, but they have often excluded Black voices and perspectives. Communities have responded by creating their own independent, itinerant libraries — spaces for learning