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.
Posts in category “Architecture”
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.
In a Desert City, Frank Lloyd Wright and Traditional Architecture at Play
Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore hotel is not as modern as it first appears.
Meet the Austrian Who Invented Placemaking
Camillo Sitte was a champion of traditional European urbanism.
How to Build a Skyline at Human Scale
Buildings need dignified hats.
Why Ordinary Americans Reject Architectural Ideologues
Many elites reflexively disparage traditional design while celebrating iconoclasts.
Why No Nobel Prize For Architecture?
The big awards divide the profession into modernists and traditionalists.
Today’s Skyscrapers Assault the Skyline and the Street
Many new towers do not respect their neighbors or the human scale of city life.
Are These Four Walls Causing You Pleasure—or Pain?
Neuroscience is illuminating old truths about our buildings and ourselves.
Did the State Destroy the Best Model for Affordable Urban Housing?
Working and middle-class cooperative buildings were an invention of civil society.
The Infinite Suburb Is an Academic Joke
No matter what the techno-narcissists like to say.
The Perfect Apartment Building Is Hiding in Plain Sight
A century ago, unencumbered by zoning, developers built humane urban residences for the middle class.
When Historic Preservation Depends on Gentrification
To survive, smaller cities need economic and cultural capital.
Golden Age of Classicism
Notre Dame’s architecture school is rebuilding the traditional city.
Will Eisenhower Ever Have a Fitting Memorial?
The project’s leaders seemed resigned to mediocrity. Critics want a full reboot.
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.
In a Desert City, Frank Lloyd Wright and Traditional Architecture at Play
Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore hotel is not as modern as it first appears.
Meet the Austrian Who Invented Placemaking
Camillo Sitte was a champion of traditional European urbanism.
How to Build a Skyline at Human Scale
Buildings need dignified hats.
Why Ordinary Americans Reject Architectural Ideologues
Many elites reflexively disparage traditional design while celebrating iconoclasts.
Why No Nobel Prize For Architecture?
The big awards divide the profession into modernists and traditionalists.
Today’s Skyscrapers Assault the Skyline and the Street
Many new towers do not respect their neighbors or the human scale of city life.
Are These Four Walls Causing You Pleasure—or Pain?
Neuroscience is illuminating old truths about our buildings and ourselves.
Did the State Destroy the Best Model for Affordable Urban Housing?
Working and middle-class cooperative buildings were an invention of civil society.
The Infinite Suburb Is an Academic Joke
No matter what the techno-narcissists like to say.
The Perfect Apartment Building Is Hiding in Plain Sight
A century ago, unencumbered by zoning, developers built humane urban residences for the middle class.
When Historic Preservation Depends on Gentrification
To survive, smaller cities need economic and cultural capital.
Golden Age of Classicism
Notre Dame’s architecture school is rebuilding the traditional city.
Will Eisenhower Ever Have a Fitting Memorial?
The project’s leaders seemed resigned to mediocrity. Critics want a full reboot.