Alexandra Lange

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Disney, Without Sneering

Designed by Rockwell Group, the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco opened to little buzz.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Future of Snacks

I spent the last week in the Bay Area, and I can’t help but think that all trends related to kids and food start there.

Alexandra Lange|Opinions

Why Nicolai Ouroussoff Is Not Good Enough

Nicolai Ouroussoff might turn out to be the last architecture critic, which makes it even more imperative to say: He is not making a good case for keeping the breed.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Beyond Bodoni & Corb

In college, it was all about Le Corbusier, though by senior year, if I had to hear “Garches” one more time I might have screamed.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Serious Fun

I am headed to California this week, and realized I might be passing by the Nut Tree, a roadside restaurant on the highway from Sacramento to San Francisco.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Extinction of the Unisex

Now I have a toddler of my own, I'm wishing that children's clothes were more simple, without all the trimming.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On The Moment: Plastic Fantastic

“Bakelite in Yonkers: Pioneering the Age of Plastics,” an exhibition at the Hudson River Museum, showcases 300 objects from the 1910s to the early 21st century.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Still Ugly After All These Years

What We Learned: The Yale Las Vegas Studio and the Work of Venturi Scott Brown & Associates provoked some excellent commentary.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

In AN 02: As the Tide Turns

In MoMA’s Rising Currents exhibition, certain tropes of contemporary waterfront design immediately surfaced.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

All Rubble Is Not Alike

I watched Manufactured Landscapes in the weeks before Christmas and it was just too depressing to post about in the run-up to gift day.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Wives of the Architects

The beginning of a short story I have been writing in my head for years.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Mysteries of Retail

I don’t spend more than $100 easily and certainly not for something breakable, without function, or something for my kid that costs more than anything I own.