When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement ...

A family sits on their stoop in the seaside village of Laukanu, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

In the vernacular world, one describes what a thing is. In archispeak, one describes what a thing signifies. Floors are no ...

For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.

An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.

It represented a whole religion built up around conforming to the accepted brand of nonconformity, and Gehry … wouldn’t conform. Normally, the establishment would not allow nonconformity to their ...

Every architect understands that an ethically challenged client or project can imperil a practice. Perhaps apropos of this: The design for Donald Trump’s $200 million White House ballroom, renderings ...

As a designer in the U.S. working to decarbonize my small part of the design and construction industry, 2025 has been a gut punch. Spending time reviewing Environmental Product Declarations or ...

For years there has been a loud and often polarizing battle: NIMBYs vs. YIMBYs. But as housing costs soar and climate pressures mount, a new movement might offer a way forward—one that’s not about ...