After three consecutive posts on the 'need' for a greater awareness of community engagement, or design for the public good, I thought I'd transition instead to one of the secret weapons in the toolbox of community engagement: storytelling. When I was in architecture school, my final design... View full entry

Beyond The Building by MASS Design Group

If You Build It

Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio

BC Workshop: Community Design Workshop

Next Rail KC by BNIM

Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames

THE GAP by Ira Glass

If you have any sense of responsibility at all, stay with your riots here at home. Work for the coming elections: You will know what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how to communicate with those to whom you speak. And you will know when you fail. If you insist on working with the poor, if... View full entry

This is the first post of, what I hope, will be a series of posts exploring the nature of architecture as it relates to social justice in current design practice. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and if this is of interest to you, you can respond to me here or on twitter -- MattWhere... View full entry