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Refugees arrive by boat in Greece's Aegean Islands

Troubled waters

Greece floats plan for refugee-deterring sea wall

February 11, 2020

Cacti in a desert, part of the endangered Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Literally Divisive

Trump administration begins blasting through an Arizona National Monument to erect border wall

February 7, 2020

A concrete sign with cacti in front of it, part of a preserve at risk from border wall construction

Desert Devastation

Border wall construction could destroy 22 archaeological sites across Arizona

September 20, 2019

Blueprint of a house divided down the center with a wall by Ronald Rael

A Country is Not a House?

Letter from the border: Architecture is more than walls

September 13, 2019

A tent, used as a migrant detention center, on a rainy day

Immigration Nation

The Architecture Lobby calls for pledges against designing detention centers

August 8, 2019

Man walking towards steel wall carrying a bright pink seesaw

Teeter-Totter Wall

Rael San Fratello turns the U.S.–Mexico border into a joyous seesaw playground

July 30, 2019

A border wall running along hills and a river in Texas

Patently Immoral

Products of border wall research may expand to the rest of the construction industry

July 26, 2019

Photo of wall sections in the desert

Trump declares national emergency to force border wall construction

February 14, 2019

Rendering and photo of a stainless steel rocket

You've Been Grounded

Southern border wall could run through SpaceX’s Texas facility

February 12, 2019

Rendering of a 30-foot-tall picket fence and golfer

When Pigs Fl- wait

Architects crowdfund money for border fence prototype around Mar-a-Lago

January 22, 2019

Photo of eight border wall prototypes

All eight border wall prototypes fail basic penetrability test

January 11, 2019

Photo of Shipping Containers at Port Elizabeth

Partially Postponed Projects

The government shutdown is hurting construction, trade, and manufacturers

January 8, 2019