Christopher Hawthorne

Mayne, after installing himself at the top of the masthead, identifies himself there not as editor but “instigator.”

What gave the best of OMA’s buildings their power was a lively, active intelligence that was at war, equally, with nostalgia and bourgeois taste.

His supreme, tweedy confidence was softened with a vulnerability and kind of underdog spirit. 

On the avant-garde roots of Saudi Arabia’s improbable linear city

What stands in the way of creating affordable housing, equitable urban spaces, and an architecture resonant with our climate-sensitive times? Parking policy.

“We live in a culture of marketing and things for sale. Critics are on the periphery of that culture,” Hawthorne said.