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It’s (Not) Always Sunny

Anti-gentrification Philadelphia activists rented an airplane for an Eagle’s game to send 76 Place’s developers a message

Bigger than Basketball

Philadelphia community organizers, tenant activists, and faith leaders hold protest against 76 Place by Gensler and 76 DevCo.

Equal Access

A ramp provides barrier-free access to the MAK in Vienna. Not everyone is happy about its design.

One of the “FT3”

Toni M. Isidore Smart, a survivor of alleged sexual misconduct by David Adjaye, speaks out

I Love Art Deco

Elon Musk rolls out X and might’ve forgotten to file his building permits

Public Response

The architecture community responds to Adjaye sexual assault allegations

High-Rise

SCB releases new renderings for proposed tower in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset

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Under Fire

David Adjaye is accused of sexual misconduct by former employees

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Second Time’s the Charm

Jeffrey Gural buys the Flatiron Building for $161.5 million at its second auction

Legal Action

Steven Holl Architects could be on the hook for $10 million over Hunters Point Library’s inaccessibility

“Flattery or Thievery?”

Artist Willie Cole calls the Met Gala’s plastic water bottle chandeliers “a blatant rip off” of his work

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Responding to Outrage

Architect Massimo Adario and curator Federica Sala apologize for problematic glass figures shown in Campo Base exhibition

Speaking Out

Designers raise concern over “racist figurines” on display at Design Week in Milan

“Please, Sir, May I Have Some [Light]?”

A public conversation about housing in New York renews discussion of problematic windowless bedrooms

In Circulation

An open letter calls on Krueck Sexton Partners to withdraw from project to design new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

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Ye Out

Kanye West’s discipline-spanning creative partnerships severed following antisemitic tirades

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New Year, New Director

Maria Nicanor is tapped to lead the Cooper Hewitt

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Taking the Cake

Move over seasteaders, cryptocurrency investors want to build their own private island countries

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