Planning

Anne Mikoleit|Books

100 Lessons for Understanding the City

We were struck by the Table of Contents of this new title, Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City. It reads like a staccato narrative of citylife.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Fixing South Street Seaport: Is New Architecture Enough?

Fighting over Ben Thompson's postmodernist landmark Pier 17 at South Street Seaport. Should it stay or should it go?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Reassembling the American Dream

"Foreclosed" at the Museum of Modern Art asks what people really like about suburban living. And then, Can they do that with less?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Who Are We Competing For?

At the "Zoning the City" conference, planners insisted cities were in competition? But why are we so focused on the people who want to leave, rather than those who want to stay?

Alexandra Lange|Interviews

Architecture Research Office

Interview with Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky on the occasion of their National Design Award

Fred A. Bernstein|Essays

The Next World’s Fair: A Proposal

Fred Bernstein makes a case for New York City to be the host of the next World's Fair.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

New Apple HQ, 1957

Wouldn't it be more radical for Apple to move back to town?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Moms Aren’t Wrong

Why planning cities for children would make them better for us all.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Rendering v. Reality in Sukkah City

I was not planning to post anything about Sukkah City. It all just looked like an architecture studio: so much effort, such worked-over results, and an inability to see the forest for the trees.

Jane Margolies|Projects

Renewing the Riverfront

Report on an exhibition showcasing efforts to revitalize a derelict patch of Brattleboro, Vermont.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Culture Shed: Where’s the Neighborhood?

CultureGrrl offers a critique of the NEA grant for Culture Shed, the Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group design for a Kunsthalle with retractable roofs over at Hudson Yards.

John Thackara|Essays

Whole, Whole on the Range

As a juror on the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, John Thackara reviews the highlight.