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Form Follows Fascism Redux

2021-01-07T12:43:00-05:00

This country’s deeply ingrained white supremacy and the resurgence of fascism have revealed themselves, last night, to be undeniably mutually reinforcing. When this antidemocratic and racist president was first elected I wrote here about The White Flight from American Democracy. I could not have imagined it would go so far as a mob storming the Capitol with matching red hats and corporate logos for flags. In the first few weeks of the administration, I outlined some of the ways that our field has been complicit in the rise of autocracy both here and around the world.

Understanding and Combating an Architecture of Neo-Fascism

2019-06-25T09:58:00-04:00

Fascist ideologies have recently taken center stage for the first time in the 21st century, and it has since been up to a media-saturated public to make sense of what appears to be an international phenomenon. Whether as a space of gathering, protection, or protest, it is important to consider architecture's place in the matter by addressing the spatial politics of fascism.

Silent Walls: The Architecture of Historical Memory in Spain

2018-01-23T09:00:00-05:00

In 1977, Spain celebrated its first free general election since the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship that followed, which together lasted over four decades. Despite that this restoration of democracy has become a model for peaceful political transitions, to this day the country still struggles to come to terms with its historical memory.