Articles

Manfredo Tafuri’s first book—a study on Japanese modern architecture—offers a picture of a brilliant historian as a young critic.

If nature takes its revenge but no one is around to witness it, will it be beautiful?

Blair Kamin’s “activism” is carefully modulated and deeply liberal in that it wants to preserve the status quo—in this case, a beautiful city skyline.

A pair of new books takes stock of Co-op City’s idealistic origins, brutal challenges, and lasting successes.

Architecture builds norms, and Radical Pedagogies’ project is to question the discipline’s fundamental assumptions.

Peeling back the brown paper on Manhattan’s vacant retail spaces

For Edward Hopper, New York was a fount of sights that he never tired of seeing or, indeed, painting.

On the surprisingly enduring resonance of the shopping center

The Architecture of Disability uses the lens of disability to reevaluate received architectural histories and speculate on a more inclusive architectural environment.

Architecture is a succubus that extracts everything it can.

Finally, an art exhibition mercifully devoid of the weight of being a serious artist

A distinctly Canadian strain of parsimony

Trompe l’oeil—a crass parlor trick or a great advance in Western art?

Pelé’s sky-high forever home conforms to a strict football theme.

A green front yard won’t save you, but it’s still better than concrete.

There’s something astoundingly ironic about using cutting-edge technology to tell a story of native wisdom triumphing over techno-industrial will.