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Stunning new photos document I.M. Pei’s early brutalist museum
I.M. Pei’s first museum design, The Everson Museum of Art, is a big, brutalist structure that’s celebrating its 50th birthday in Syracuse, New York.
Chicago aims to preserve the vernacular architecture in its largest Mexican-American community
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved a preliminary designation for a dense array of vernacular buildings in the heart of Pilsen.
Against all odds, progressive land-use reforms are taking root in American cities
With Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Los Angeles moving forward with land-use reforms, the thinking behind how American cities work could soon change.
DHS says it is “building wall and building wall quickly” in bizarre statement
In an odd press release, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security touts quick construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall key sections.
New York’s proposal for Amazon’s HQ2 is much worse than we thought
The concessions from the city have raised eyebrows and triggered a trio of City Council hearings on the terms of the deal.
