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The Honest Menace? Thoughts on Brooklyn Tower

September 16, 2023 chriscosper

SHoP’s Brooklyn Tower looms over New York City, like a postmodern Barad-dûr (image from SHoP) What should the architecture of…

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Filed under: architecture, economics

Alison-Mayne House: sustainable or not?

July 7, 2023 chriscosper

It’s hard to tell, given the lack of hard data and allusions to the Almighty…. Is the Alison-Mayne House, designed…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change, Starchitect fails

A sharp piece of criticism from Ryan Scavnicky

July 3, 2023 chriscosper

Every 1,400-word essay should be so dense with meaning. Ryan Scavnicky, the founder of Extra Office and a teacher of…

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Filed under: architecture, Starchitect fails, structure

Edward Mazria’s positive take on COP26

December 23, 2021 chriscosper

It is easy to feel beat down by the relentlessly bad news on the climate. Enter Edward Mazria, who sees…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change

Edward Mazria’s simple three-point plan for achieving sustainable design

September 4, 2021 chriscosper

Edward Mazria has written an open letter to architects and others responsible for the design of the built environment. He…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change

Questions raised concerning Harvard’s HouseZero project

August 3, 2021 chriscosper

For me, the main question is this: How can a house, that is not being used as a house, serve…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change

Dr. Strangelove’s strange environmental lesson for architects

July 21, 2020 chriscosper

If you are interested in architecture, environmentalism, or classic film, check out my analysis of Dr. Strangelove published on Common\Edge.…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change, environment

Architecture at the proverbial crossroads

July 20, 2020 chriscosper

The COVID-19 crisis and the emerging impacts of climate change have created a moment of crisis and perhaps clarity. Maybe…

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Filed under: architecture, criticism

When the “render” does not match reality

July 6, 2020 chriscosper

Prepare yourself for derision, as I used the loathed “render” in lieu of the correct term “rendering.” Who decided to…

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Filed under: architecture

Critic slams clickbait architecture

June 17, 2020 chriscosper

Kate Wagner slams what she calls “PR-chitecture” in a recent editorial in The Architect’s Newspaper. What is “PR-chitecture”? According to…

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Filed under: architecture, criticism

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