Nicholas Korody’s piece regarding this year's 'Homeless Studio' (done in partnership with the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission) at USC, started quite a discussion. Contra many commenters b3tadine[sutures] felt the design brief/work was a useful illustration of a "both/and..." approach aka the... View full entry

Kicking off our celebration of all the great work that came out of 2016, we have some personal favorites from our writers and editors. We'll take the time to toast the prize-winners later, but for now, these are a few of the projects that we just loved from 2016: Julia Ingalls OMA's "An Occupation... View full entry

Nicholas Korody published the last of his series from a conversation with Denise Scott Brown. Part 3: focused on the pedagogical methods employed in the Learning from Las Vegas studio. Plus, Julia Ingalls wrote about Faulders Studio's Wynwood Facade and how it Highlights Street Art in Miami's... View full entry

ICYMI the latest Working out of the Box: featured Emily Hunt Turner, a Twin Cities-based architect, turned lawyer, turned restaurateur with an admirable social mission. Kisha Patterson was impressed "Hat's off to you sister! I've always believed that a solid  architecture education isn't just... View full entry

Nicholas Korody talked with Denise Scott Brown about Learning from Las Vegas. To be published as three edited parts, the first details her early biography and architectural influences. In part 2 she explains the unique pedagogical methods she pioneered, alongside Robert Venturi. "I was applying... View full entry

Amelia Taylor-Hochberg featured Orhan Ayyüce’s interview with "The Wire" actor Bob Wisdom from LA Forum's summer issue, in Screen/Print #45. Therein, the two spoke of the show’s depiction of race and crime in American cities, as well as the actor’s own observations on east vs. west coast... View full entry

Responding to Brexit, Eleanor Marshall considered five buildings designed by European architects working in the UK from 1973 until 2016; the lifespan of the UK’s membership of the European Union. "If in the next few years major change hinders the eclecticism that the UK currently has we may be... View full entry

Nicholas Korody discussed Using game theory to fine-tune architectural diplomacy with architect Adam Tarr (founder of award-winning Mzo Tarr Architects). alexsenciuc was impressed "From theory to practice, this is one of the most interesting ways to shape an architectural project. One could... View full entry

Julia Ingalls took readers on a tour of some of the world's most attractive public housing projects, from the last decade. ChrisDx commented "The projects certainly appear innovative in images taken most likely when they were first built. I wonder how ‘successful’ they have been in meeting... View full entry

Nicholas Korody interviewed a class of SCI-Arc students who led by faculty member Darin Johnstone got to design and build their IVRV House in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity. While acknowledging that "it's always easier to build affordable housing when stuff is donated like money, time... View full entry

Patrik Schumacher penned an op-ed, wherein he makes the case for seeing Brexit as a chance to roll back the interventionist state and unleash entrepreneurial creativity. Orhan Ayyüce summed up "Filed under, a case for neo/post deregulation and probable reregulation." For his part architect Chris... View full entry

David Scheer penned his first essay for Archinect, a review of a new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, designed by Thomas Phifer & Partners. His conclusion? "As a piece of construction, it is beautifully detailed and executed—a virtuosic performance of modern building technology. It... View full entry

Robert Urquhart visited BIG's 2016 Serpentine Pavilion and the new Summer Houses. Olaf Design Ninja_ approved "Adeyemi's is very architectural and tectonic. still modern while taking on that neo classical stuff. and Leibingers is nice too...." Plus, Nicholas Korody published 'The Permanent... View full entry

Julia Ingalls wrote about architectural solutions, four major U.S. cities have used, to address homelessness. no_form quipped "Giving homeless people housing solves homelessness. Wow, fucking brilliant. Took long enough to recognize the obvious." Plus, Nicholas Korody previewed Anupama... View full entry

Robert Urquhart spoke with curators Jack Self, Shumi Bose and Finn Williams, previewing their British Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Biennale. As they explained; "We’re interested in the influence of bureaucratic apparatus like the Terms & Conditions of Airbnb, the semantics of a mortgage... View full entry