The Enduring City Is More Than Retail and Coffee Shops
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Posts in category “Architecture”
Classical Architecture Makes Vibrant Streets—Not Nostalgic Disneylands
In Boston and beyond, well-designed neighborhoods help residents feel at home.
When a World’s Fair Legacy Becomes Texas-Size Challenge
Fair Park was once a unique and thriving part of Dallas. Can New Urbanist ideas save it?
Brutal Truths
Socialism may have birthed brutalism. But capitalism has given us barren strip malls, cookie-cutter exurbs, and Rem Koolhaas’s “generic city.”
The Heartland’s Doughnuts of Despair
The inner suburbs of cities like Cleveland are dying as regional and state governments look the other way.
Why Rebuild a Gothic ‘Addition’ to Notre Dame?
Modernist architects want to replace the 1850s gothic flèche, proposing an ugly, incongruous spike.
The Metaphysical Nature of Our City Temples and Tombs
They are massive, immovable, as though the spirit contained in them has been fixed forever to the ground.
Downtown Los Angeles Is Coming Home—to the New Elite
The last frontier of Southern California is in the former Skid Row.
A Lost Monument to Industry—and Traditional Urbanism
The Singer Building was an early skyscraper that respected the skyline.
How ‘Interior Landmarks’ Redeemed New York
Even amid the glitz and dull modernism, the Western tradition is alive.
When London’s Dragons Ruled Before Skyscrapers
Out-of-scale glass towers are destroying the historic character of this once beautiful place.
The Fury of the Modernists
For almost a century, the architecture establishment has insisted on rigid ideology.
A NYC Tenement Legacy Persists, Despite Gentrification
Photographer Jacob Riis charted the perils of industrial urbanism, still seen in this corner of the Lower East Side.
The Methodist Paradise on the Jersey Shore
This preserved village is an expression of incremental urbanism built exclusively for human interaction and divine inspiration.
The Threat of ‘Genius’ to Truly Successful Architecture
Buildings that stand out when they should fit in are showpieces for their creators but can be offensive to the rest of us.
Glory Days: Reviving Asbury Park, City on the Shore
After decades of decline, the wonderland of Springsteen’s youth is at a hopeful crossroads.
The Lost World of the Middlebrow Tastemaker
Working alongside Frank Lloyd Wright, journalist Elizabeth Gordon made home design accessible to the average American.
Classical Architecture Makes Vibrant Streets—Not Nostalgic Disneylands
In Boston and beyond, well-designed neighborhoods help residents feel at home.
When a World’s Fair Legacy Becomes Texas-Size Challenge
Fair Park was once a unique and thriving part of Dallas. Can New Urbanist ideas save it?
Brutal Truths
Socialism may have birthed brutalism. But capitalism has given us barren strip malls, cookie-cutter exurbs, and Rem Koolhaas’s “generic city.”
The Heartland’s Doughnuts of Despair
The inner suburbs of cities like Cleveland are dying as regional and state governments look the other way.
Why Rebuild a Gothic ‘Addition’ to Notre Dame?
Modernist architects want to replace the 1850s gothic flèche, proposing an ugly, incongruous spike.
The Metaphysical Nature of Our City Temples and Tombs
They are massive, immovable, as though the spirit contained in them has been fixed forever to the ground.
Downtown Los Angeles Is Coming Home—to the New Elite
The last frontier of Southern California is in the former Skid Row.
A Lost Monument to Industry—and Traditional Urbanism
The Singer Building was an early skyscraper that respected the skyline.
How ‘Interior Landmarks’ Redeemed New York
Even amid the glitz and dull modernism, the Western tradition is alive.
When London’s Dragons Ruled Before Skyscrapers
Out-of-scale glass towers are destroying the historic character of this once beautiful place.
The Fury of the Modernists
For almost a century, the architecture establishment has insisted on rigid ideology.
A NYC Tenement Legacy Persists, Despite Gentrification
Photographer Jacob Riis charted the perils of industrial urbanism, still seen in this corner of the Lower East Side.
The Methodist Paradise on the Jersey Shore
This preserved village is an expression of incremental urbanism built exclusively for human interaction and divine inspiration.
The Threat of ‘Genius’ to Truly Successful Architecture
Buildings that stand out when they should fit in are showpieces for their creators but can be offensive to the rest of us.
Glory Days: Reviving Asbury Park, City on the Shore
After decades of decline, the wonderland of Springsteen’s youth is at a hopeful crossroads.
The Lost World of the Middlebrow Tastemaker
Working alongside Frank Lloyd Wright, journalist Elizabeth Gordon made home design accessible to the average American.