Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.

What is an architect’s duty to the public? My experience has been that architecture has always had a highly regarded profile ...

Buildings have long memories. They are intimate witnesses to virtually all of our lives. And after those many decades of ...

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Thousands of affordable units are protected from demolition because they exist in New York City’s historic districts.

I graduated from architecture school brimming with optimism. But the self-sufficient homestead my wife and I tried to build failed in several ways. That broken dream burdened us for 16 years. I hope ...

Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction or physical engineering; it’s about whether residents believe the systems around them are coherent and fair. Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction ...

Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction or physical engineering; it’s about whether residents believe the systems around them are coherent and fair. Get smart and engaging news and commentary ...

Thousands of affordable units are protected from demolition because they exist in New York City’s historic districts.

Discussing the housing crisis with the co-founders of L.A.’s Livable Communities Initiative.

It may shock some people to hear this, but architecture is not urban planning. It is not transportation planning, sociology, political science, or critical geography. However, architecture, new-build ...