I recently talked to Stasiowski about the emergence of AI, how it will affect architecture’s fossilized business model, and ...

No matter how brilliant they may be, architects are responsible for their acquiescence to clients, whose desires eclipse all ...

Built Density or Floor Area Ratio (FAR): A real estate metric that measures the total floor space of buildings relative to ...

You have to go through these review and approval processes. It’s just part of doing buildings.” What’s really peculiar about ...

A 1970 collection of essays, Meaning in Architecture, was on everyone’s reading list (along with Collage City, The Architecture of the City, and Learning From Las Vegas). In it, Charles Jencks (the ...

It may shock some people to hear this, but architecture is not urban planning. It is not transportation planning, sociology, political science, or critical geography. However, architecture, new-build ...

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s ...

How did modern architecture happen? How did we evolve so quickly from architecture that had ornament and detail, to buildings that were often blank and devoid of detail? Why did the look and feel of ...

Like any good tactical urbanism project, it’s been an iterative process. It’s also important to note from a mayoral leadership and staff perspective, there was strong alignment several years ago that ...

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. For me, this local event marked the beginning of the Latino transformation of the American landscape. When it occurred, however, I was ...

The tragedy that struck one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved landmarks offers France a chance to heal after months of civil unrest. As with any unfortunate event, sympathy from a horrified ...

While many architects have long clung to the old “form follows function” adage, form follows brain function might be the motto of today’s advertisers and automakers, who increasingly use high-tech ...