At this Office Building in Oakland, the Walls Are Alive
In the Bay Area city, local company Habitat Horticulture installed a rich, tapestry-like living wall titled Urban Ecotones.
Real Estate
"Keep Off the Grass": Why Fighting for Free Access to Green Space Implicates Us All
In an opinion piece for Metropolis, Alexandra Hagen, CEO of Swedish firm White Arkitekter, explains why countering commercial forces is central to protecting urban space.
Chicago Architecture Biennial Preview: Questioning Real Estate Values
In dramatically reconsidering what property ownership looks like, two nonprofits seek to empower neighbors and residents to claim city spaces for themselves.
Take a Closer Look at the Design of the World's Tallest Residential Tower
As shown in a new video, the Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture–designed Central Park Tower will dwarf all other residential buildings when it's completed.
A Closer Look at David Adjaye’s First Skyscraper, Now Rising in Lower Manhattan
For 130 William Street, located in New York's Financial District, Adjaye drew from the neighborhood's historic fabric, while looking to the future of high rise living.
Disruption by Design: What Landlords Can Learn from Designers
The culture of service and sharing economies have yet to infiltrate real estate businesses. What will get them there?
Real Estate's Obsession With Size Is Harmful to Our Cities
An obsession with size kills the dream of building a high-tech, twenty-first-century Machu Picchu.
Q&A: John D. Macomber, Professor at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School announces an executive program in sustainable, competitive cities. The faculty chair talks.
Q&A: Lyndon Thomas, Facilities Planner
How a global real-estate company manages to keep its employees’ desks organized.
Will the Faena Arts Center Really Renew Miami?
Argentinean developer Alan Faena likes to add culture to his large and glitzy real estate ventures. Will it work in Miami?
The Condo, A Kind of Housing Model Every American Can Love
Mies Van Der Rohe's 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (c/o Wayne Andrews/Esto) The subtitle of Matthew Gordon Lasner’s High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century (Yale University Press, 2012) might suggest a story of determined residential heterodoxy. Could this…
Why I Studied Sustainable Real Estate Development
In the winter of 2010, I moved back home to my small hometown on the coast of Washington State, having just spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chuprene, a tiny village in Bulgaria. While there I had…
Tulane's MSRED Program Pairs Architecture Students With Local Clients
“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” –Chinese Proverb After Hurricane Katrina and the spectacular failure of the levees, nothing is purely academic in New Orleans. This is certainly true of Tulane…
Gerding Edlen on The Softer Side of Real Estate Development
Living in a big city can be hard. If you live in New York, you have probably quoted the famous song, “If I make it there, I can make it anywhere.” But Portland-based developer Gerding Edlen recognizes the need for…
