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Design Practice
02.09.12: Marc Angélil, Jørg Himmelreich, Hubertus Adam & J. Christoph Bürkle
An Interview with Jacques HerzogOn Places, an interview with Jacques Herzog, who discusses the recent work of Herzog & de Meuron and the challenges of maintaining a creatively vital practice.
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01.19.12: Ila Berman & Mona El Khafif
Design, Research, Impact: URBANlab at CCAOn Places, a profile of URBANlab at the California College of the Arts, including an interview with Ila Berman and Mona El Khafif and a slideshow of projects.
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01.16.12: Will Holman
Lessons from the Front Lines of Social DesignOn Places, Will Holman recounts his experience at Arcosanti, Rural Studio and YouthBuild — and describes the challenge of making a career in public-interest architecture.
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10.17.11: Cynthia E. Smith
Design with the Other 90%: CitiesOn Places, Cynthia Smith, curator of the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition "Design with the Other 90%: CITIES," offers an in-depth look at her research into socially responsive urban design in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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09.20.11: Quilian Riano
Landscape Optimism: An Interview with Chris ReedOn Places, Quilian Riano interviews landscape architect Chris Reed, who describes the rise of landscape urbanism from an academic movement in the 1990s to an increasingly influential set of ideas and practices.
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09.14.11: Aron Chang
Beyond Foreclosure: The Future of Suburban HousingOn Places, Aron Chang argues that the foreclosure crisis highlights the need to transform suburban housing — to make it responsive not to dated demographics and wishful economics but to the actual needs of a diversifying and dynamic population.
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09.12.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist’s Toolkit, Part 3: Our Cities, OurselvesOn Places, the latest installment of Mimi Zeiger's ongoing series The Interventionist's Toolkit, which explores diverse tactics and projects in DIY urbanism.
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05.19.11: Ian Baldwin
The Architecture of Harry WeeseOn Places, Ian Baldwin reviews The Architecture of Harry Weese, and finds an overlooked modernist whose work was "highly original and often stunning."
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05.16.11: Belmont Freeman
Kevin Roche: Architecture as EnvironmentOn Places, Belmont Freeman reviews Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment, and finds much to admire in a long career that has lately been overlooked.
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04.25.11: Thomas J. Campanella
Jane Jacobs and the Death and Life of American PlanningOn Places, Thomas Campanella evaluates the complex legacy Jane Jacobs, including the ongoing marginalization of the urban planning profession.
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04.14.11: Stephen Luoni, UACDC
Venture DesignOn Places, a profile of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, which has turned Northwest Arkansas into a laboratory for the creative retrofitting of postwar suburbia.
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01.18.11: Laura Raskin
Jorge Otero-Pailos and the Ethics of PreservationOn Places, journalist Laura Raskin profiles architect and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos and his "Ethics of Dust" installations at the Venice Biennale and Manifesta.
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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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06.29.10: Nicholas Pevzner and Sanjukta Sen
Preparing Ground: An Interview with Anuradha Mathur + Dilip da CunhaOn Places, an interview with landscape architects Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha, focusing on projects from the Mississippi to Mumbai.
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06.25.10: Architizer
New AgingOn Places, a gallery of projects from Architizer's New Aging competition.
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06.14.10: Brian Davis, Julienne Schaer
Building Brooklyn Bridge Park: An Interview with Matthew UrbanskiOn Places, landscape designer Brian Davis interviews Matthew Urbanski, principal of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, about Brooklyn Bridge Park, a major new public park in New York City.
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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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09.09.09: Tim Love
Between Mission Statement and Parametric ModelBoston-based architect and educator Tim Love argues that architectural education is in crisis, a result of the increasing tension between digitally driven formal experimentation and new mandates for social responsibility.
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