A Houston Exhibition Reimagines Links Between the Built Environment and Nature
Drawings at the Menil Collection ponder the fanciful, while addressing social unrest and ecological concerns.
Author: Akiva Blander
Strelka Institute's Three-Year Research Agenda Culminates with The New Normal
Headed up by Benjamin H. Bratton, the research rubric and yearbook-like release collate "fungible platforms" that investigate data's role in global spatial restructuring.
Future100: Soundscapes Combat the "Tyranny of the Visual"
Two speculative projects examine how small-scale materials and objects can influence acoustic transmission and the experience of space.
An Exhibition in Helsinki Places Iittala at the Center of Nordic Modernism
Helsinki's Design Museum celebrates the glassworks' 140-year history through a multifaceted exhibition that reflects the evolution of Finnish culture.
Future100: Learning At All Scales
Through concepts for education and play spaces, these three students introduce innovative ways to design for children.
Q&A: Mariana Mogilevich on New York City’s Path to a More Democratic and Diverse Civic Realm
Upon the release of her book The Invention of Public Space, the architectural historian discusses a little-known but pivotal chapter of urban history.
Examining James Wines's Humanistic Approach to Sustainability
A new exhibition at Berlin's Museum for Architectural Drawing presents dozens of the architect-artist's imaginative and often sarcastic drawings.
Open Gaza Advocates Social and Spatial Justice for the Beleaguered Strip
A new book edited by Michael Sorkin and Deen Sharp offers speculative visions that prioritize the recovery of the people’s agency and humanity.
A City's Surface Reflects Its Inequities
With the multiplying risks of urban heat and the pandemic, a city's streets and sidewalks tend to highlight vulnerabilities in urban communities.
Game Changers 2020: WXY and Future Green on Collaborative Urbanism
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Claire Weisz of WXY and David Seiter of Future Green discuss the complexities of designing within New York's diverse biomes and histories.
As Art Museums Reopen, They Are Experimenting With Social Distancing Techniques
Temperature checks, masks, and traffic lights are just some of the ways arts spaces are keeping visitors distant and healthy.
With Interactive Concepts and Unfussy Materials, Hou de Sousa Knows "What the Public Wants"
New York designers Nancy Hou and Josh de Sousa create public art installations driven by practicability, adaptability, and a keen awareness of what delights.
How Arts & Culture Became a Quarantine Juggernaut
The Google platform works with local curators and archivists to present museum-quality exhibitions online.
Architects Leading the Way to Racial Justice
The fight for equality is reaching a tipping point. Metropolis highlights Black architects, educators, and thinkers moving us toward racial justice.
The Task at Hand: 100 Years of the Adjustable Desk Lamp
A technological breakthrough and a little-acknowledged bellwether of Modernism, the task lamp finally gets its due.
In Small Town Appalachia, Researchers Find an "Evolution Towards Resilience"
Columbia University students found consensus around the post-carbon economy and riverfront rehabilitation among Appalachian locals.
Revisiting Ruth Adler Schnee’s Enduringly Modernist Legacy
Gropius and Saarinen taught Adler Schnee—97 next month—whose works microcosmically document the ebb and flow of streams of Modernism.
Brooklyn Museum Presents a "Hemispheric" Survey of Indigenous Responses to Climate Change
Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas explores how global warming has affected the visual culture of indigenous communities.
At Rem Koolhaas’s Countryside, the Medium Doesn’t Fit the Message—If There is One
The memelike exhibition will please crowds of most stripes, but it’s doomed by an excess of unorganized, sentimentalist content.
In the Driverless City, How Will Our Streets Be Used?
A glut of speculative plans reimagine the future streetscape. But is it a road to nowhere?
