Iwan Baan has been chosen to document Chicago for their first ever Biennial.If you think about it, this is kind of a funny thing to say.  Chicago is already articulate about its architectural identity:it has a well-established architectural foundationit has architecture tours (the river... View full entry

Our clients and education deserve the very best work that we are capable of producing, and this means doing some intellectual and philosophical heavy lifting about our projects and practices. This means understanding the formal and historical contexts in which our work finds itself and... View full entry

February 2015: Michael Sorkin, Florencia Rodriguez, Oliver Wainwright, Christopher Hawthorne, Michael Hays.

Of the 100+ artists and architects converging on Chicago for North America’s first architecture biennial, a few have given TED talks (some of them more than one).  Whether you’re looking for a TED distraction or wanting to dive into the biennial mood, here is a compilation of CAB... View full entry

TED: Iwan Baan, Ingenious Homes in Unexpected Places

TED: Bjarke Ingels, 3 Warp-Speed Architecture Tales

TED: Bjarke Ingels, Hedonistic Sustainability

TED: Liz Diller, Tech-Empowered Architecture

TED: Liz Diller, A Giant Bubble For Debate

TED: Frank Gehry, Now What?

TED: Frank Gehry, My Days as a Young Rebel

TED: Theaster Gates, Reviving a Neighborhood With Imagination, Beauty, and Art

There’s a new architecture biennial coming to Chicago.This, friends, is a PRETTY BIG DEAL.How big?104 artists and architects from the Magnificent Mile to Madrid, Tel Aviv to Tokyo, will soon be converging on just a few square miles in the heart of the United States for a three-ring, five-star... View full entry

I sought this book out because (A) as an aspiring architecture critic I thought I should know what others are saying about it, and (B) Dr. Lange is kind of funny on Twitter.  I am enormously glad that I did.Who should read this book: practicing architects and architectural designers; urban... View full entry

In a bucolic rural setting one hot Sunday afternoon this July, a group of Michigan architects gathered to discuss the future of their local AIA chapter.  In some form or another, this conversation is happening all across the United States: a crisis in fate and faith of architects in "their"... View full entry

An alternate title to this article could have been, Let's All Think Like Architecture Critics.Okay, Ann Arbor. I don't want to freak you out or anything, but we have a real opportunity to make a profound impact on the face and function of our city for a long time to come.  The so-called "Library... View full entry

Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects had an opportunity to give a TED talk in 2005.  Before diving into the content, it's worth noting that at an event characterized by its animated, compelling, unforgettable speakers, Mr. Mayne's talk falls, well, flat.  He mentions once or twice that he's... View full entry

Here’s the thing about Herbert Muschamp.He’s kind of like this smooth nightclub you don’t know whether you want to be a part of. If you go, then everyone knows: you’re “in”. You’re “cool”. You look like you know the things everyone wishes they knew. You acquire a sort of... View full entry

Greg Lynn has occupied a prominent yet uneasy role in architecture for two decades now; crucial in developing new production processes and ways of thinking, yet always leaving the user experience as an uninteresting side effect of his designs. This talk is an illuminating long glance at his method... View full entry

There’s something to be said for a bookstore whose theme of inclusivity extends to other species (I’m looking at you, scratch-hound Duke).  There’s a lot to be said for a bookstore that’s managed to survive the tribulations of Amazon and an economy that has led many... View full entry

AnnArbor.com reporter Ryan Stanton sums up my response to this proposal in his droll title: “19 new Old West Side-style homes coming to Ann Arbor’s north side”.  I couldn’t agree with Mr. Stanton more. Read the rest here... View full entry