Design Cities 2019: Tirana, Albania
The 430,000-square-foot Skanderbeg Square should intimidate but doesn’t. That has a lot to do with the plaza’s intricate design.
Author: David Huber
Despite Its Oft-Copied Look, the Sea Ranch Still Provides Rich Architectural and Social Lessons for Today
An exhibition at SFMOMA doesn’t dwell on the development’s prehistory and afterlife, but rather tries to recover some of its original sensibility.
Year in Review 2018: The Myth of Age in Architectural Practice
Our contributors comment on an event or a moment from the last year that demanded more of how we should practice, frame, and respond to design.
Steel-Meshed House of Music Another High Note for OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
While small in scale, the Dar Al Muharraq, a new cultural center in Bahrain, makes a big impact.
The Enduring Lives of Sasa Machtig's Modular Creations
The plug-in craze of the experimental architectural groups of the 1960s spawned mostly paper fantasies. In Slovenia, one scheme—by the architect Sasa Machtig—was actually realized.
For WORKac, Building, Research, and Teaching Go Hand in Hand
With ties to building and academia, the New York firm is forging a new kind of architectural practice.
Lacaton & Vassal Have Pioneered a Strategy for Saving France's Social Housing
Social housing is threatened with demolition nearly everywhere it exists. Two architects have pioneered a strategy for saving these important public assets and the communities that live in them.
DS+R's Broad Museum Shines in Places, But Suffers Under Strained Rhetoric
The new Broad museum shines in places, but ultimately suffers by adhering too closely to the strained rhetoric of its architects.
Aggregate Is an Academic Collective Rewriting the Rules of Architectural Scholarship
What are the challenges of making architectural history and research a collective pursuit? Dissolving disciplinary conventions, Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative is preparing the grounds for a new generation of scholars.
