Mark Lamster

Mark Lamster|Essays

Artist! Lover! Swordsman!

“No man could outfight him — No woman could resist his charm.” So reads the copy on this pulp cover from 1953.

Mark Lamster|Essays

A Matter of Perspective?

The Vancouver Sun has run a long follow-up story, by Jennifer Moss, to my Los Angeles Times pieceon the plagiarism charges leveled by Sze Tsung Leong against David Burden

Mark Lamster|Essays

Bruce Graham, 1925-2010

It's been a tough stretch for muscular, brooding architecture. Last week, Raimund Abraham, the uncompromising architect of New York's Austrian Cultural Forum was killed in an automotive accident.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Raimund Abraham, 2010

Herbert Muschamp often griped that New York was allergic to "serious architecture," a refrain frequently aped by his successor, Nicolai Ourousoff.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Writer's Voice

My interview with Francesca Rheannon of NPR's Writer's Voice is now online.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Double Vision: Did David Burdeny Copy Sze Tsung Leong?

When does inspiration cross over the line into plagiarism and copyright infringement?

Mark Lamster|Essays

The New Barnes: Triumph or Travesty?

There's been no more contentious subject in the art world over the last decade than the status of the Barnes Foundation and its decision to forsake its suburban home for a new museum on Philly's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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Three Days in Vegas

My stab at narrative travel journalism.

Mark Lamster|Essays

London Calling

Back in my old life as an editor at Princeton Architectural Press, I had the great pleasure of editing (and designing) the Architecture of Diplomacy, which remains the definitive history of the American embassy building program.

Mark Lamster|Reviews

What Am I Doing Here? Tall Buildings and High Anxiety in Las Vegas

I spent three days in a new entertainment complex, CityCenter, in Las Vegas. What follows is a diary of my experience in that time.

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Overkill, Design Publishing Dept.

I have a piece out in the new issue of Dwell, a peek at a modest kitchen reno in Brooklyn. It's not online yet.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Observing Design

I'm pleased to announce that I've joined the distinguished slate of contributing editors to Design Observer, what I consider to be the premier site on the web for writing on design in its many disciplines.