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Reviews

On the life of Aline Louchheim Saarinen, the wife and PR pro who wrote Eero into fame

They proved American socialism was possible, at least in microcosm.

Art can serve as both a necessary reprieve in a deeply fraught time and as a catalyst for change, inviting us to see things just a bit differently.

After years of trying, I finally feel at home in queer spaces.

Articles

On the life of Aline Louchheim Saarinen, the wife and PR pro who wrote Eero into fame

A scandal erupts within the AIA after the president of its Middle East chapter was removed for organizing a webinar on the “ethnic cleansing of Palestine.”

Britain’s prominent architectural voices defend the status quo.

Breaking down the most reviled real estate on the planet.

Bucolic yet boisterous, the Hippo Playground is a refuge unlike few others in New York.

They proved American socialism was possible, at least in microcosm.

Resisting (and embracing?) the “grind”

Remarkably crushable for something so complex

Midjourney wants to take your dreams.

Art can serve as both a necessary reprieve in a deeply fraught time and as a catalyst for change, inviting us to see things just a bit differently.

Shortcut

New York is becoming more generic by the day.

I went to LGA and all I got was a perfect Starbucks drink.

The only thing worse than Philip Johnson’s blushing tower are the people who work there.

1209 Dekalb stands as a drab counterpoint to its lively surrounds.

The world’s largest cheese grater stands on the site of an old Pathmark supermarket.

Or, an introduction to our redesign.

Can we have our paper menus back?

After years of trying, I finally feel at home in queer spaces.

In praise of New York’s heavenly “hellhole”

The exhibition’s global scope is commendable, but, in spite of itself, all roads in “Clamor” lead west.

Museums should be a certain size and no larger.

A heady mix of Persepolis column capitals and Olive Garden trellis motifs

The era of efficient “green” buildings is over. What will take its place?

By far the museum’s most grievous offense is how brazenly it seeks to be noticed.

Indoor public pools in this city range from Roman-style grottoes to the merely grotesque.