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Sydney Franklin

Sydney Franklin

is a Brooklyn-based journalist with expertise in reporting on architecture, urbanism, politics, feminism, and equity.
Latest Stories
the towering woolworth building, home of shop architects
Bargaining for Better

Unionization at SHoP Architects stalled out, but architecture’s labor movement is far from over

two floors of office space in the world trade center
A Flight to Quality

Shared amenities and public space may help usher the World Trade Center office complex into a brighter future

a bird's eye view of a sports stadium in Hangzhou, CHina
Opening Up

NBBJ’s Olympic Sports Center blossoms in Hangzhou, China

A warehouse clad in perforated aluminum, for the University of Arkansas
Speaking Up

Innovation in Arkansas shouldn’t be overlooked

A plate engraving of the White House, realized in the neoclassical style
Building America Trump’s Way

What to make of the draft executive order to classicize federal architecture?

Los Angeles skyline against mountain backdrop, where the AIA Conference 2020 was to be held
No Meet or Greet

AIA postpones 2020 national conference in Los Angeles over coronavirus

Photo looking upwards at midcentury office tower with thick aluminum cladding
Tearing Down the Ceiling

A rarely-seen Noguchi installation is under threat in Midtown renovation

Virtual reality image of policemen escorting people
True To Scale

Forensic Architecture debuts its first U.S. survey in Miami

Rendering of NYC skyline at sunset with glass, boxy tower above Macy's department store
Towering Above

FXCollaborative designs a skyscraper for Macy’s Manhattan flagship

national museum of african american history facade
She Builds

House passes bill to build women’s history museum on National Mall

Image of two men standing in doorway; Barozzi Veiga
Art on Site

Barozzi Veiga to design campus for mainstay Miami nonprofit Oolite Arts

Exterior view of the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York City; director Caroline Baumann was recently forced to step down
Conflicts of Interest

Cooper Hewitt director and six trustees resign over wedding controversy

Rendering of skyscraper above the clouds in Toronto, across from CN Tower
Head in the Clouds

Canada’s tallest residential tower revealed for downtown Toronto

Exterior shot from plaza of concrete Hurley Building
Concrete Dystopia

Massachusetts considers partial- to-full removal of Paul Rudolph’s Hurley Building

Rendering of a timber structure in France shaped like a square
Timber Takeover

France mandates public buildings be built with at least 50 percent timber

Exterior rendering of the serpentine pavilion in green lawn
Counterprogramming

South African studio Counterspace will design the 2020 Serpentine Pavilion

Exterior view of sharply shaped glass building with angular volumes
Order, Order!

Critics speak out over the draft federal architecture mandate

Exterior image of steel shop in China
Market Shift

How will the coronavirus affect global construction commodities?

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