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Photo of the first issue of Deem

Sitting Down with Deem

Deem, a new journal, wants design to focus back on people

June 24, 2020

A poster reading Anti-racist architecture manifesto

Unmaking to Remake

Un-making ARCHITECTURE: An anti-racist architecture manifesto

June 15, 2020

A colorful market in Oregon

West by Northwest: Oregon Ways

The mythologies of Oregon’s utopian seekers still informs its design and architecture today

January 14, 2020

A speculative schematic design diagram of a Rikers Island replacement jail tower

Rikers replacement process begins as New York issues RFQs

November 19, 2019

Interior of a ballroom filled with people for a NOMA keynote

Above and Beyond

NOMA Conference 2019 prepared architects to engage with a more diverse future

October 31, 2019

Interior of a plywood-clad mobile classroom from Designing Justice

Build it Better

Designing Justice + Designing Spaces builds infrastructure to end mass incarceration

October 30, 2019

A drawing of Rikers Island in New York shows a new proposal for the jail system

Rikers Revolution

As the Rikers Island replacement plan moves forward, activists and architects look for alternatives

October 9, 2019

Looking upward at two towers in darkness. This complex may be demolished as part of the plan to close Rikers Island

Letter to the editor: Now is the time to close the Rikers jails

August 12, 2019

Deanna Van Buren Berkeley

Meet the Architect-Activist

Designing Justice + Designing Spaces cofounder wins 2018 Berkeley-Rupp Prize

November 13, 2018

Pictorial> Studio Gang’s sylvan retreat in Kalamazoo, Michigan

December 9, 2014

The Arcus Center at Kalamazoo College will break ground in October. (Courtesy Studio Gang Architects)

Forest Retreat: Studio Gang Groundbreaking in Kalamazoo

September 24, 2012