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Olmsted did not know a work-life balance. He continuously worked himself into a state of exhaustion and was often quite ...

With AI, history seems to be repeating itself: trillions have been invested in AI, and folks are confused because they have ...

As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

The city’s most recent neighborhood plans that are creating new mixed-use, mixed-income communities include the Gowanus ...

Since the publication of Robert D. Putnam’s Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community in 2000, a growing body of research has focused on the decline of civic and social engagement ...

Every architect understands that an ethically challenged client or project can imperil a practice. Perhaps apropos of this: The design for Donald Trump’s $200 million White House ballroom, renderings ...

Atlanta’s skyline tells a story of ambition, reinvention, and social exclusion. At the center of it stands architect-developer John Portman, whose master planning of the Peachtree Center district in ...

Our civilization has lost both a pillar and a buttress—one a brave, brilliant uncompromising, architect-Krier; the other a warm, funny, generous, friend and mentor Leo. Krier’s fate was to deflect the ...

For years there has been a loud and often polarizing battle: NIMBYs vs. YIMBYs. But as housing costs soar and climate pressures mount, a new movement might offer a way forward—one that’s not about ...

Architecture is in a confused state. The profession has always been caught between art and problem-solving, but technology is fundamentally changing everything. In a time of social rage and ...

Metrics have been used for years by NIMBYs, YIMBYs, municipalities, and numerous other housing-focused groups to fight for their desired outcomes. But most metrics that are employed are seriously ...