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Design Practice
05.13.13: Belmont Freeman
Digital DeceptionOn Places, Belmont Freeman argues it's time to grapple with the artistic and professional consequences — and ethical dilemmas — of today's ever more powerful digital rendering technologies.
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01.17.13: Jill Desimini
Cartographic Grounds: Projecting the Landscape ImaginaryOn Places, landscape architect Jill Desimini explores a range of cartographic practices, from a medieval map of the British Isles to contemporary data visualization.
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01.02.13: David Heymann
My Beautiful CityOn Places, a personal essay by David Heymann, on Austin then and now, and a heartbreak of a house commission; with an audio recording by the author.
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09.14.12: Sandra Vivanco
Latin America: A New Generation of Women ArchitectsOn Places, a gallery of exemplary works by the rising generation of Latin American women architects.
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09.12.12: Despina Stratigakos
Why Architects Need FeminismOn Places, Despina Stratigakos makes the case for the next wave of feminism in architecture — and for a more sustainable and inclusive professional culture.
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09.10.12: Gabrielle Esperdy
The Incredible True Adventures of the Architectress in AmericaOn Places, Gabrielle Esperdy revisits "the amazing adventures" of the architect-feminists who fought for gender equality back in the '70s — and sees a powerful model for next-wave activism.
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04.23.12: Thomas Fisher
Design’s Invisible CenturyOn Places, Tom Fisher explores the emerging "invisible century" of design — it's time, he argues, for designers to grapple not just with physical objects but also with the underlying processes that influence our buildings and landscapes.
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04.02.12: Adelheid Fischer
Shaking Hands with a SlothOn Places, Adelheid Fischer examines the links between biomimicry and design education, and argues that "the very act of looking to nature is conducive to creativity."
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03.27.12: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist’s Toolkit: Project, Map, OccupyOn Places, Mimi Zeiger explores the unfolding dynamic — and tension — between the grassroots tactics of activist designers and the institutional strategies of New York's cultural leaders.
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03.12.12: Stan Allen
The Future That Is NowOn Places, Stan Allen assesses architecture education in North America during the past two decades of rapid and profound technological and social change.
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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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09.12.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist’s Toolkit: 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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06.27.11: Deborah Gans
Below the Sill Plate: New Orleans East Struggles to RecoverOn Places, architect Deborah Gans describes a multi-year effort to rebuild neighborhoods in post-Katrina New Orleans — and the limited results to date.
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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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03.14.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist's Toolkit: Posters, Pamphlets and GuidesOn Places, in the second of her series on The Interventionist's Toolkit, Mimi Zeiger reports on the ingenious use of print media to spur urban activism — and even revolution.
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01.31.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist's ToolkitOn Places, Mimi Zeiger reports on what she calls "the interventionist's toolkit" — architects' and urbanists' creative responses to the economic slump.
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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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12.13.10: David Heymann
Site, AscendantOn Places, the last installment of David Heymann's series on the rising importance of landscape to architecture, seen in works by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Peter Zumthor, OMA, Zaha Hadid, and others.
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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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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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09.16.09: Sandy Isenstadt
Crystal and ArabesqueSandy Isenstadt reviews Jonathan Massey's Crystal and Arabesque, which retrieves the life and work of the long-neglected early 20th-century architect Claude Bragdon.
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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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