Until this summer, David Adjaye represented one of the most positive stories in the international architectural community: a Ghanian/British architect…
It’s hard to tell, given the lack of hard data and allusions to the Almighty…. Is the Alison-Mayne House, designed…
Every 1,400-word essay should be so dense with meaning. Ryan Scavnicky, the founder of Extra Office and a teacher of…
Sometimes everything just works out. We have entered a period when the consequences of global climate change are glaringly apparent,…
The firm that gave us “mega sustainable” architecture now gives us “hedonistic sustainability.” Rather than playing word games, perhaps BIG…
Nostalgia was once considered a medical condition that required treatment. As a society—and a profession—we may want to revisit that…
Architects are often criticized for designing buildings that do not work well, and construction firms are often criticized for their…
It’s shelf shading. Adaptive louvers will reduce heat gain by 52%…. Meanwhile, every image also suggests the building is a…
One of the many negative legacies of the so-called Starchitect system is the relegation of many women architects/designers to a…
First the AIA Gold Medal and now the Pritzker prize? After years of bestowing praise on the practitioners of sillytecture,…