2024年9月17日 · Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s true, it ain’t bragging.

This past year the Windy City was abuzz with architecture and design news: everything from the Obama presidential library to a Star Wars invasion.

On November 13, the New York City Council will vote on the third and final part of the City of Yes (COY) proposal from Mayor Eric Adams (and Big Real Estate). Called the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO), it has 1,386 pages of zoning changes that make it the most controversial and consequential section for the future shape of our streets, buildings, and neighborhoods.

2025年1月24日 · In an era dominated by naked self-interest and polarizing political debates on climate change, a quiet revolution is taking place, regardless of the political landscape. The transformation of our built environment currently under way stands as one of the most remarkable yet understated stories in the fight against climate change and despair.

2025年1月30日 · The Benedictine monk and sometime architect Hans van der Laan (1904–1991) is hardly a household name outside his native Holland. Architect Tiziana Proietti and her theologian co-author, Kees den Biesen, have released a new book on van der Laan’s theories of architecture that strives to give him his due as an innovator among modern architects.

2024年12月16日 · The New York City Council finally passed the Adams administration’s plan for the “ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity ” (COYHO). In giving its approval, the council made some significant changes to the legislation, which now awaits the mayor’s signature. It remains to be seen whether this far-reaching initiative will be successful in creating more affordable housing.

2022年1月25日 · Urbanism trends come and go: Broadacre City, Radiant City, EcoCity. Yet the “ 15-Minute City ” concept—which implies having all necessary amenities within a short walk, bike ride, or public transit trip from one’s home—has demonstrated stickiness not just as an idea, but as a powerful tool for action, from Paris to Seoul, Bogotá to Houston.

2024年4月22日 · In the photography world, some of the great creators—Walker Evans, for instance, and Henry Cartier-Bresson—are known for perfect composition.What appears in the picture is exactly what belongs in it; nothing that might detract from …

Sprawling Los Angeles is vastly different from the French capital, but it can still find ways to take a cue from the City of Lights’ embrace of the local.

2024年11月11日 · Climate-change impacts ar e rapidly intensifying. Recent events like the catastrophic hurricanes Helene and Milton, wildfires in Australia and the Amazon rainforest, severe flooding in the U.S., Spain, Central Europe, and Southeast Asia, and extreme heat waves across the U.S., Europe, and Africa demonstrate that the need for resilient planning and design solutions has never been more urgent.