Chicago Architecture Biennial Preview: Housing
At the biennial, artists and activists shine a light on a tragic chapter of the 20th century—the rise and fall of public housing.
Housing
Olson Kundig's Downtown Seattle Residential Tower is a Coy Addition to the Cityscape
Under the right conditions, the new West Edge high-rise seems to disappear into the sky.
Six Years in the Making, Berlin's IBeB Cooperative Housing Development Creates a Tight-Knit Community of Residents
Recently shortlisted for the 2019 EU Mies Award, the 66-unit project's lengthy customization process and ample common spaces created a community from the ground-up.
In the Wake of Inclusionary Housing, What Needs to Happen Next in Portland
In the Portland offices of TVA Architects, Metropolis’s director of design innovation Susan S. Szenasy led a lively discussion on healthy solutions to affordable housing.
Super-Sustainable Dwelling, Built to Push the Limits of Self-Sufficiency, Goes on View at U.N. Headquarters
A collaboration between Yale University, Gray Organschi Architecture, and the U.N., the CLT module was designed and built within a break-neck speed of five weeks.
New Exhibition Highlights the Best of European Affordable Housing Architecture
Social Housing – New European Projects, which is on view at the Center for Architecture in New York, showcases 25 stand-out projects.
As Technology Reshapes Cities' Economies and Daily Life, We Risk Widening Inequality
SOM is leading the redesign of the James A. Farley Post Office into the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall, a rail station that will anchor real estate development on Manhattan's Far West Side.© Empire State Development,…
Frank Lloyd Wright Redesigned the Suburbs—Today's Architects Should Do the Same
Architects may not like it, but sprawl isn’t going away. Frank Lloyd Wright not only understood that, he dared to reimagine it.
The RPA's Fourth Regional Plan Charts New York City's Future
The planning non-profit seeks to dramatically expand New York City's transportation network while tackling affordability, driverless cars, and climate change, among other challenges.
Bureau V Collaborates With MINI LIVING to Design "Urban Cabin"
As part of MINI LIVING's ongoing URBAN CABIN project, Bureau V aimed to use design and humor to tackle questions of immigration and forced migration.
New Exhibit Explores Race, Gender, Class, and More, in Frank Lloyd Wright's and Harlem's Housing
"Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem & Modern Housing" explores the parallel evolution of Wright's and Harlem's built and unbuilt housing designs.
SHoP Used 4.25 Million Pounds of Copper Cladding for These Manhattan Skyscrapers
The luxury rental American Copper Buildings in New York City are named for the unusual material used on their facades.
Brooks + Scarpa's The Six Raises the Bar for Affordable Housing in LA
A new veteran-focused housing development seeks to offer a more sensitive salve to Los Angeles’s growing homelessness crisis.
Migration Is a Complex and Urgent Spatial Challenge
From the perspective of architecture and design, the migration crisis must go beyond the simple humanitarian impulse, argues Urban-Think Tank.
From Overt to Covert: How Segregation Persists in America
Housing discrimination has not been eradicated. Its methods are simply more subtle, and sophisticated, than ever before.
How England's Brutalist Buildings Are Getting Second Lives
While many Brutalist buildings may have outlived the purposes they were originally intended for, their generosity of space and solidity of construction can make them perfect for adapting to residential use.
This Must Be a Turning Point: Anna Minton on Housing Post-Grenfell
In the wake of London's devastating Grenfell fire, we speak to author Anna Minton about the future of housing in Western cities.
Moshe Safdie Tells the Tale of Habitat 67—And Predicts Housing's Future
On the occasion of Habitat 67’s 50th anniversary, Moshe Safdie addressed a crowd at the Centre de design de l'UQAM and reflected on how we must radically change our thinking if we are to build the dense, liveable cities of our future.
Habitat 67 Re-Imagined as Animal Habitats
Illustrator Chanel Dehond takes inspiration from Moshe Safdie's seminal work, which turns 50 this week, and turns the building into colorful homes for our animal friends.
Barbican Exhibit on Japanese Houses a Veritable Architectural Playground
A new exhibition at the Barbican Gallery highlights Japanese architects’ thrilling, seemingly impractical, sometimes topsy-turvy experiments with the house.
