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Architecture
09.03.10: James Sanders
Hallowed Ground, Worldly City: Ground Zero and the Struggle for Lower ManhattanOn Places, James Sanders looks at the current controversy over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in a larger context, noting that New York City has for most of its history "abhorred the very idea of memorials."
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07.30.10: Architizer
China Portfolio: From the Linked Hybrid to the Bug DomeOn Places, Architizer curates a portfolio of recent architecture in the People's Republic of China, from Beijing to Shanghai, Shenzhen to Chongqing.
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07.27.10: William L. Fox
Spatial Intelligence: New Futures for ArchitectureCan buildings makes us happy? On Places, William L. Fox explores this possibility in his review of Spatial Intelligence: New Futures for Architecture, by Leon van Schaik.
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07.13.10: Dan Pitera
Detroit: Syncopating an Urban LandscapeOn Places, Dan Pitera, of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, curates a portfolio of projects by artists, architects and activists who are reshaping the city's abandoned landscapes.
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06.25.10: Architizer
New AgingOn Places, a gallery of projects from Architizer's New Aging competition.
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06.22.10: Alice T. Friedman
Modern Architecture for the "American Century"On Places, an excerpt from Alice Friedman's American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture, on Eero Saarinen's iconic projects for General Motors and TWA, and the rise and fall — and rise — of the architect's reputation.
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06.19.10: Kim Høltermand
We Are All AloneOn Places, a gallery of images of buildings — "desolate containers" — by Danish photographer (and fingerprints expert) Kim Høltermand.
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06.02.10: Alejandro Bahamón, Maria Camila Sanjinés
Rematerial: From Waste to ArchitectureOn Places, Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture: a gallery of architecture projects constructed from discarded materials, ranging from recycled tires to repurposed refrigerators to the steel supports of a dismantled expressway.
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05.17.10: Beth Weinstein
Self-Fab HouseArchitect Beth Weinstein reviews Self-Fab House, a compilation of the results of a competition sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
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04.13.10: Tim Love
Paper Architecture, Emerging UrbanismOn Places, Tim Love explores the latest generation of paper architecture being created by under-employed designers — and argues that the current recession offers a real chance to align progressive theory with urban practice.
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04.08.10: Mimi Zeiger
Two Feet High and Rising: On Optimism, Speculation and OystersOn Places, Mimi Zeiger reviews MoMA's ambitious new architecture and urban design show, Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront, which explores how New York Harbor might be adapted in the face of rising sea levels.
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03.15.10: Robert Taylor
Words and PicturesOn Places, architect Robert Taylor reviews Fumihiko Maki's collected essays and Shigeru Ban's latest monograph.
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03.06.10: Nancy Levinson
Critical BeatsOn Places, Nancy Levinson argues that the fundamental dilemma of architecture criticism is the rise of the global beat — dateline: placeless.
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03.05.10: Ken McCown
Designed LandscapesA portfolio of photographs of designed structures and landscapes — from La Jolla to Marfa, from Hadrian's Villa to Storm King — by landscape architecture professor Ken McCown.
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03.01.10: Ian Baldwin
Reading RudolphOn Places, architect Ian Baldwin reviews Paul Rudolph: Writings on Architecture, and makes a compelling case for looking anew at several important but neglected projects.
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02.24.10: Robert Bruegmann
The Architect as Urbanist: Part 2On Places, architectural historian Robert Bruegmann continues his analysis of Paul Rudolph's late work, with a focus on several extraordinary projects in southeast Asia.
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02.24.10: Robert Bruegmann
The Architect as Urbanist: Part 1On Places, architectural historian Robert Bruegmann argues that the later and lesser known work of Paul Rudolph — best known for his architecture building at Yale — deserves renewed attention.
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02.08.10: Arizona State University
Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in TransformationThe School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University sponsors and exhibition and symposium Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation.
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02.01.10: Auburn University
"Think Tall"An interdisciplinary team from the Masters programs in Architecture and Building Sciences at Auburn University has won a competition to design a pedestrian bridge for the new Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, TN.
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02.01.10: Keith Eggener
Lethal T-Square: Architecture, Violence, RenewalRobert Moses is often compared with Baron Haussman. Keith Eggener argues that he can be compared as well with the vigilante-architect played by Charles Bronson in Death Wish.
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01.25.10: Gavin Browning, Michelle Fornabai
inkOn Places, a gallery of images from "ink," an exhibition of the work of Michelle Fornabai now at Columbia's downtown Studio-X.
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01.10.10: Linda Samuels
Working Public ArchitectureCan we envision a contemporary counterpart to the New Deal of the 1930s? Architect Linda Samuels reports on WPA 2.0, the ambitious competition and symposium created by cityLab at UCLA.
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11.22.09: Sergio Lopez-Piñeiro
White SpaceArchitect Sergio Lopez-Pineiro explores the urban design potential of snow, with the goal of creating "white parks" and generating new appreciation for the city in winter.
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09.26.09: William W. Braham
How Much Does Your Household Weigh?How much does your household weigh? Architect William Braham explores the unfolding complexities of sustainable design.
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09.18.09: Kees Christiaanse
Curating the Open CityKees Christiaanse, curator of the Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, outlines a compelling vision of the open city of the 21st century.
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09.16.09: Sandy Isenstadt
Crystal and ArabesqueSandy Isenstadt reviews Jonathan Massey's Crystal and Arabesque, which retrieves the life and work of the long-neglected early 20th-century architect Claude Bragdon.
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09.13.09: Keith Eggener
Up-to-Date in Kansas CityArchitectural historian Keith Eggener retrieves the little known architectural history of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City — today the nation's official World War I Museum — and sees a path not taken for American modernism.
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09.12.09: Chris Reed
The Infrastructural CityLos Angeles depends upon vast infrastructural systems that are breathtakingly powerful, yet vulnerable to disruption, even disaster. Landscape architect Chris Reed reviews The Infrastructural City.
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09.09.09: Tim Love
Between Mission Statement and Parametric ModelBoston-based architect and educator Tim Love argues that architectural education is in crisis, a result of the increasing tension between digitally driven formal experimentation and new mandates for social responsibility.
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09.09.09: Jonathan Massey
Five Ways to Change the WorldArchitect and educator Jonathan Massey suggests five ways to influence the built environment — and make the world a better place.
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09.07.09: Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca, Georgeen Theodore
Community: The American Way of LivingThink American suburbia is a sprawl of homogeneous privatopias? The U.S. curators of the Rotterdam Architecture Biennale argue that you haven't been paying attention.
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05.19.09: Brian Sahotsky
Adventures in Architectural Symbolism: The Use and Misuse of Rebuilding Programs in Ancient Rome05.19.09: Linda Samuels
Infrastructural OptimismLearning from New Orleans, or why we really need a new New Deal.
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12.15.08: Donlyn Lyndon
Danish Modern, Then and Now: The AIA Committee on Design, Historic Resources Committee12.15.08: David Thigpen
The Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative by City Design Center, University of Illinois at Chicago10.15.08: Donlyn Lyndon
The New U.S. Embassy in BerlinIn creating a new U.S. embassy in Berlin, architectural design is just one of the challenges.
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08.15.07: Garth Rockcastle
The Lost Public Art of Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark infiltrated the worlds of art and architecture, revealing deep complacencies in each.
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12.15.06: Amy Murphy
Seattle Central Library: Civic Architecture in the Age of MediaIn the Seattle Public Library, Rem Koolhaas and OMA work to transform architecture into media interface.
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01.15.05: Daniel S. Friedman
Campus Design as Critical PracticeHow to turn a lackluster midwestern campus into an international cultural destination.
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01.15.03: Cervin Robinson
Portfolio: Timothy HursleyTim Hursley photographs the pro-bono buildings of the Rural Studio and the legal brothels of Nye County, Nevada.
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11.01.01: Ruth Durack
Village Vices: The Contradiction of New Urbanism and SustainabilityA critique of New Urbanism focusing not on its traditionalism but on the unsustainability of its planning models.
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07.01.00: Elizabeth Felicella
Portfolio: Uneasy SpacesNew York City photographer Elizabeth Felicella focuses on what she calls "landscape of security."
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