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storefronts in a swiss-themed town in wisconsin
Potemkin Village

The curious case of a Wisconsin canton and its legally sanctioned “Swiss” architecture raises questions about identity construction

exterior rendering of a community health hub
Health Prescription

The Focal Point Community Campus promises to expand healthcare in a Chicago neighborhood where it’s badly needed. So why isn’t everyone on board?

the dark chalet, an all black house, covered in snow
Light And Dark

Tom Wiscombe Architecture’s Dark Chalet touches down on Powder Mountain

metaverses rendering showing a swooping canopy
Getting Meta

Metaverses and NFTs use digital architecture, but what do they have to do with real life?

a painting of the homosassa river in florida, subject to flooding and sea level rise in recent years due to climate change
Float Your Porch

An architect glimpses the future of climate change from his West Florida cabin

A midcentury modern home in florida with tree coming out
Where the Sun Shines

In the 1950s and early 1960s, Florida experienced a midcentury modern awakening of its own

Destruction in florida keys after flooding, the site of a potential home buyout
Sinking Feeling

Voluntary home buyouts are underway in the Florida Keys. But how effective are they?

A mountain of birds killed by flying into the glass of the world trade centers
Collision Crisis

Why do glassy towers keep killing so many birds?

A woman walking past a blue pavilion at the The Available City
Off Center

The 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial ditches its downtown digs to invest in historically underserved communities

A before and after flooding map of coastal new york, part of a Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation
The Changing Tide

Climate change is teaching designers to expand their horizons—or at least it should

A rural landscape and stormwater + climate change mitigation project
Town and Country

In Ida’s wake, America’s rural communities need better protection—cities can’t hog climate adaptation

A mosque in turkey
Meandering the Anatolian Fault

Turkey’s turn to Islam and attachment to neoliberal economics are registered in its architecture

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

Looking at the twin towers from across Brooklyn
Rethinking Rethinking New York

In the wake of 9/11, a critical anthology of essays and designs advocated big changes; it’s just as timely as ever

A sign for a green building rating, LEED and local, next to each toher
BEER Goggles And MisLEEDing Readings

New York’s proliferation of green building rating systems raises the question of what’s being measured

Construction rendering of a squat boxy home in on olive
The Opposite of Ticky-Tacky?

On Olive wants to build community through design, but will it push out an existing St. Louis residents?

Rendering of a tankhouse complex with stacked tiers and green facade
Do Tank

Tankhouse, a design-forward Brooklyn-based developer, is cut from a different cloth

A planted sidewalk garden
On the Ground in Minneapolis (Again)

In Minneapolis, as George Floyd Square is cleared, so too is the historic landscape

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