Alexandra Lange

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An Honor Just to be Mentioned...

It's all about etiquette, as I find myself included with the likes of Edith Wharton and Jane Austen.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

In Dwell: Hands Off the Icons

In the October 2010 issue of Dwell, which celebrates the magazine’s tenth anniversary by revisiting its own (generally happy) homeowners, I offer the following Argument.

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Coming to the V&A: Tower of Power

It is not often that a museum blogs about Postmodernism, Michael Sorkin (one of the great take-downs) and credits the (female) renderer who made the AT&T Building look the best it ever has.

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Kitchen Godjets

The psychologists-cum-decorators in the NYT Home section “analysis” of the new rug are creeping me out.

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Lunch with the Critics: Park51 and 15 Penn Plaza

In my second critical lunch with Mark Lamster, in the creepy climes of the Hotel Pennsylvania, we discuss the urbanism, politics and skyline posturing of Park51 and 15 Penn Plaza.

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NYT Opinionator: What’s Cooking in Kitchen Design?

In Mad Men, Betty Draper has wall ovens and a stove-top island, both desirable today; the differences are the brown plaid wallpaper and cabinets made from dowdy knotted pine.

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The War at Home

My brother Jeremy M. Lange is a photojournalist who works for the Independent, in Durham, NC, where he has been able to photograph a number of funerals, with family permission every time.

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This is a Terrible Poster

I saw the poster for the Facebook movie, The Social Network, at the Bergen Street station yesterdayand all I could think was, This is a terrible poster.

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The Language of "Kids Are All Right"

Finally escaped my house for an evening Saturday night and saw The Kids Are All Right, which I loved.

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D/R, Back in the Boston Globe

Robert Campbell, the Boston Globe’s architecture critic, takes a look at Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes and declares that Cambridge lived the modern life first.

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The Imperfect Imperfectionists

Last week I felt disgusted with myself for becoming one of those parents who no longer reads so I bought Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionistsat Book Court.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On DO: When Shopping Was Sociable

What do Design Research, the Apple stores and the Brooklyn Flea have in common?