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Theory/Criticism
03.19.12: Gabrielle Esperdy
Banham's AmericaOn Places, Gabrielle Esperdy traces the American journeys of Reyner Banham, and views the British historian in the lively tradition of European travelers who tell us Americans something important about ourselves.
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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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03.06.12: Giovanna Borasi & Mirko Zardini
Demedicalize ArchitectureOn Places, Canadian Centre for Architecture curators Mirko Zardini and Giovanna Borasi explore the changing social and political concepts of “healthy” buildings and cities.
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01.09.12: Jerry Herron
The Forgetting Machine: Notes Toward a History of DetroitOn Places, Jerry Herron tracks the decline and fall of his home city of Detroit, from ruin porn to the demolition of Hudson's to Henry Ford's first horseless carriage.
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12.12.11: David Heymann
The Evil, Evil Grain ElevatorOn Places, David Heymann continues his exploration of buildings and landscapes — and shows how even a building form as familiar as a grain elevator can come to seem evil.
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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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12.05.11: David Heymann
A Mound in the WoodOn Places, David Heymann continues his exploration of the charged relationship between architecture and landscape.
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12.01.11: Thomas Fisher
The Death and Life of Great Architecture CriticismOn Places, Tom Fisher argues that architecture criticism is ripe for bold reinvention.
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11.28.11: David Heymann
Landscape Is Our SexOn Places, David Heymann analyzes the logics — and illogics — of the idea that the relationship of a building to its landscape is — or should be — a key element of its design..
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10.10.11: Enrique Ramirez
I Watch Slacker to Read Austin in the OriginalOn Places, architectural historian and Texas native Enrique Ramirez assesses Richard Linklater's Slacker and recalls Austin in an earlier and less self-conscious era.
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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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04.07.11: Ray Gastil
In Motion: The Experience of TravelOn Places, Ray Gastil reviews In Motion: The Experience of Travel, the latest book by Tony Hiss.
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07.27.10: William L. Fox
Spatial Intelligence: New Futures for ArchitectureCan buildings makes us happy? On Places, William L. Fox explores this possibility in his review of Spatial Intelligence: New Futures for Architecture, by Leon van Schaik.
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06.09.10: Mitchell Schwarzer
A Sense of Place, A World of Augmented Reality: Part 2On Places, in the second installment of his two-part essay, architectural historian Mitchell Schwarzer argues that augmented reality, combined with social networking, is bringing about "nothing less than a new epoch of social relations."
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06.08.10: Mitchell Schwarzer
A Sense of Place, A World of Augmented Reality: Part 1On Places, in the first of two-part essay, architectural historian Mitchell Schwarzer argues that digital technology, especially the real-time, mediating imageries of augmented reality, are revolutionizing how we perceive and inhabit place.
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05.07.10: Alexandra Lange
Saccharine DesignAs curator and subject in his own exhibition, “Marcel Wanders: Daydreams at the Philadelphia,” the designer manages to diminish his appeal.
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02.01.10: Keith Eggener
Lethal T-Square: Architecture, Violence, RenewalRobert Moses is often compared with Baron Haussman. Keith Eggener argues that he can be compared as well with the vigilante-architect played by Charles Bronson in Death Wish.
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01.14.10: Beth Weinstein
The City's EndArchitect Beth Weinstein reviews The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears and Premonitions of New York's Destruction, by architectural historian Max Page — just in time for the season premiere of 24, which finds Jack Bauer and his fellow counter-terrorists relocated to NYC.
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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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10.15.08: Alex Steffen, Raymond Cole, Kevin Burke, Emanuel Carter, Stephen Luoni, Brian Stone, Frances Halsband, Kristina Hill, Diane Dale, Fritz Steiner, K. Golden, Megan Susman, John Thomas, Steve McDowell, Stephen Antupit
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