Architecture

James Cartwright|Essays

Architecture for the People: Bryan C. Lee is Taking Trust Back into Public Spaces

“Architecture is the most democratic and the least democratically used tool.”

Michael Bierut|Essays

What’s That Crashing Sound, Or, Eisenman in Cincinnati

I had chosen to spend five years in a place that many considered the ugliest college campus in America.

Thomas de Monchaux|Books

Something Elemental About Something Artificial

Exploring the complex space between the formal and informal, the formed and formless with LOT-EK.

Bill Shaffer|Essays

Modern Survivor

An enormous, glorious, digital clock: a quintessential expression of the design ethos of the 1960s.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E5: David Rockwell

David Rockwell is the founder and president of the architecture and design firm the Rockwell Group and a theatrical set designer.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E8: Leslie Koch

Leslie Koch was the president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Pierluigi Serraino

Debbie talks to architect Pierluigi Serraino about some of the things creative people have in common.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E3: Deborah Berke

Deborah Berke is the founding partner of Deborah Berke Partners, the architect of the 21c Museum Hotels, and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

Mark Lamster|Essays

How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint

Design secrets of New York fast food icons.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Shapes and Japes

Corporate design humor from Mic Drop to bland.ly, photoviz, remembering Zaha Hadid

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Kreuzberg Tower in Berlin by Hélène Binet

The aura of a building

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters From the Archive: Michael Arad

The designer of the 9/11 memorial—Michael Arad— on the process of design.