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Opinions
12.08.11: Reinhold Martin
Occupy: The Day AfterOn Places, Reinhold Martin explores how Occupy Wall Street might challenge the structural inequities of finance capitalism, and how architects and urbanists can contribute to the next phase of the movement
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11.07.11: Reinhold Martin
Occupy: What Architecture Can DoOn Places, Reinhold Martin explores the role of architecture in the Occupy Wall Street movement — and in the larger challenges of constructing a better and more equitable society.
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09.07.10: Richard Campanella
New Fuel for an Old Narrative: Notes on the BP Oil DisasterOn Places, geographer Richard Campanella recalls a long hot summer, and sets the BP oil spill into the complex environmental and cultural contexts of America's third coast.
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08.27.10: Alexandra Lange
What's Cooking in Kitchen Design?The modern American kitchen has transformed from the servant's domain to the social epicenter of the home.
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07.22.10: Lawrence Vale
Shanghai's Avenue QueueOn Places, MIT urban historian Lawrence Vale reports on the Shanghai Expo, from the national pavilions to the media restrictions to the record-breaking queues.
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07.19.10: Cassim Shepard
Postopolis: Urban PortraitureOn Places, Cassim Shepard describes five days of lively communal conversation about art, design, music, architecture and urbanism at the recent Postópolis!DF in Mexico.
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03.06.10: Nancy Levinson
Critical BeatsOn Places, Nancy Levinson argues that the fundamental dilemma of architecture criticism is the rise of the global beat — dateline: placeless.
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02.12.10: Thomas Fisher
How Haiti Could Change DesignHow might the Haiti earthquake change design practice? On Places, Thomas Fisher argues that designers need to develop practices that not only respond to crises that have happened but also proactively intervene in disaster-prone areas, with the goal of limiting damage in the future.
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01.27.10: Hector Fernando Burga
A View of Haiti from Liberty CityMiami-based urban designer Hector Fernando Burga asks difficult questions about how urban designers can respond effectively to the disaster in Haiti.
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01.18.10: Nancy Levinson
The Public WorksWhy isn't the Great Recession inspiring a new New Deal? The essential dilemma, argues Places editor Nancy Levinson, is that we no longer believe in public sector solutions — or even in the public itself.
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10.08.09: Ian Baldwin
Mind the MapThe new map of the London Underground tried to de-clutter the diagram by removing the River Thames; architect Ian Baldwin analyzes the error.
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04.16.08: Alexandra Lange
Will Miss Brooklyn Bow Out?The redevelopment of the Atlantic Yards was based on a false assumption of Brooklyn's inferiority complex.
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