We missed the weekly newsletter last week because we are travelling in France. Twice as much fun this week!

A Radical Mind

The genius of architect Walter Netsch.

Who Was Carlo Scarpa?

His reimagining of ancient public buildings made him an Italian icon, but the 20th-century architect is perhaps best understood through the private homes he designed.

Column: A former North Side public housing project is beautifully remade, but at what cost?

News from Chicago’s North Side.

Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey

One of my favorite writers on one of my favorite artists.

See the $30 million renovation of Houston’s multifaith Rothko Chapel

The sanctuary has updated its campus to better reflect the artist’s original design for it.

Care and Comfort: Designing Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s First Inpatient Combined Medical-Psychiatric Unit

Our pals at TEF design an innovative medical pysch unit at Kaiser.

Bell Works by Alexander Gorlin Architects

Pal Joann Gonchar writes about the bold renovation of Saarinen’s Bell Labs. It’s a God is in the Details kind of story.

How Internal Strife Brought the School of Architecture at Taliesin to Its Knees

Pal Sam Lubell digs further into Taliesin’s closing.

City Car

Tim Culvahouse on the urban car (and design of course).

A vision in concrete: Oscar Niemeyer’s Brazil

Ocsar Niemeyer!

222 Taylor

Local firm DBA has another winner.

11 Designers Divulge the Biggest Mistakes of Their Career

Mistakes.

Will the White House Order New Federal Architecture To Be Classical?

While the country was riveted by the President’s impeachment trial, a Washington rumor was quietly bubbling about a potential executive order that, if implemented, would profoundly affect the future of

Signs of Good Times

A wayfinding project enhances identity in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

The Ambiguous Urban Legacy of Ed Logue

The struggle to renew urban America in the suburban age.

Litchfield: the Other Connecticut Modernist City

A gorgeous blog about Litchfield CT.

Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong

In cities, many people think “density” means crowded neighborhoods and greedy developers, but a new show at the Skyscraper Museum tells a different story.

5 top designers imagine the workplace of 2040

Looking forward to changes in the workplace. Pal Verda Alexander comments in Fast Company.

A Space of Perceptual Stillness: How Ezra Stoller Photographed Modernity

My interview with pal Pierluigi Serraino.

Come On, Get Happy!

Happy Mod in Palm Springs.