We need to stop erecting single-use buildings, architecture’s equivalent of the plastic shopping bag.

For too long, it has been up to residents and neighborhood organizations to hold the city accountable for the promised benefits of development projects.

John Massengale and Victor Dover have revised their classic book on street design, vitally improving its organization and potential impact.

Even a small Maine village is not immune to the troubles of our times.

Vanity projects, corruption, and cultural blind spots are undermining communities.

Mayor Mamdani must appoint members to this organization that are aligned with his larger agenda.

For those of us concerned with the Crescent City’s survival, we must finally acknowledge a startling reality: New Orleans can be saved only if it first accepts that it might not be.

A lush setting that reflects a lifetime of memories, relationships, cultural traditions, and journeys.

How the 17th century Amsterdam house turned a battle against water into the modern home.

A conversation with former Chicago Tribune architecture critic.

Corruption in Washington and on Wall Street helped create the problem. Architects are still feeling the pain.

Faster production should not reduce fees: It should change how they’re explained.

When teaching and learning happen simultaneously, everyone’s perspective widens.

The new Trump-backed proposal produces more questions than it answers.

An excerpt from the new book Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home.

In his new book, Michael P. Murphy reflects on what he’s learned through his work on various buildings.

The question isn’t whether speculative pricing should be siphoned away, but whether it will happen through policy or crisis.

Common in Europe, this urban form offers numerous benefits to people, neighborhoods, and cities.

Living automobile-free in America is not for the faint of heart.

Architecture and design education is being fundamentally altered.

It's time to pair carbon analysis with the cost and risk frameworks that already govern projects.

A new exhibition in Warsaw examines the country’s continued connection to a centuries-old building tradition.

The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.

Designed by Peter Zumthor, the museum’s David Geffen Galleries make the institution a global cultural landmark.

Can Mayor Mamdani forge a new path forward for New York City and the nation?

Highlights from Episode 5 of Our Buildings, Our Selves.

New research shows that architectural aesthetics are crucial when it comes to support for new housing.

There are real social and societal costs when people believe that a standalone house is the ultimate goal.

The buildings of our youth are born of a wild and innocent belief in the meaning of making.

An artist’s politicized restoration at a medieval church sparks heated debate.

Using mass timber would reduce the project’s carbon footprint and keep structural costs down.

The K–12 students connected with today will become the clients that value the profession tomorrow.

Elon Musk’s attempt at an urban restaurant strives to be cool but fails utterly.

What if the central business district in your city became the best neighborhood? Here’s a roadmap.

As a Mexican American interested in the relational nature of cities, the author was fortunate to attend MIT when vestiges of radical planning still lingered.

The conformity of Haussmann’s blocks gains meaning from the often intimate bricolage of Paris’ other textures.

A new Vitruvian trinity—beauty, sustainability, and justice—are the design values we should be defending.

Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.

It’s our duty to be transparent about what we do and why we do it.

Where my wife and I erred when it came to time, money, and family culture.

Discussing the housing crisis with the co-founders of L.A.’s Livable Communities Initiative.

Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction or physical engineering; it’s about whether residents believe the systems around them are coherent and fair.

Thousands of affordable units are protected from demolition because they exist in New York City’s historic districts.

A new study appears to settle an old debate. But there’s a twist.

Technological advancement is coming, whether the profession wants it or not.

A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate Positive Design.

A call for the assertion of professional judgment and responsibility in this automated age.

Part 2 of our consideration of the influential architect, planner, and educator.

The patchwork facades of contemporary residential structures offer no beauty or sense of a building’s interior structure.

A recent book on the architect, planner, and educator sheds new light on his seminal career.