Reposted by diana buddsAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I've received many messages about this over the last two weeks — people still read, reference, and link to these stories WRITTEN BY REAL REPORTERS who knew their cities better than anyone else. I figured a fix might have been delayed due to holiday breaks but this needs to be remedied immediately! 310025
Reposted by diana buddsAJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The archives for the old Curbed city sites have been offline for at least two weeks. If these sites are gone for good, it’s not just a loss for those who contributed to Curbed over the years, but a loss of ~15 years of reporting on new development, neighborhoods, and architecture criticism. 416044
Reposted by diana buddsTheodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Considering its extreme scarcity, its provenance, and its immaculate condition, the Lincoln Bathroom's now-destroyed #Vitrolite walls—original to the 1949-51 Truman reconstruction—were considerably more valuable than Trump's common marble-by-the-yard. #HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation 1431393
Reposted by diana buddsShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I have some of those 1970s 📚 on cardboard furniture, but I was unaware of their cnxn to the 💐Workshop for Learning Things 🛠️, a Whole Earth-y resource + learning center for teachers (same as the 60s Ctr for Understanding Media, predecessor to my old dept @ The New School!) (via Eames papers LoC) 1639
Reposted by diana buddsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I have a very bad feeling about this... 18345398510118
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 10/10/2025no architects on this year's MacArthur list (again) but great to see which place/space issues are represented. glad for the focus on counter narratives. www.macfound.org/programs/awa...macfound.orgMacArthur FoundationThe MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ... 040
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 04/09/2025The climate-sensitive restoration of Donald Judd's Architecture Office is “an attempt to go back to 19th-century cooling methods—with an eye toward 21st-century apocalypse." Such a treat to write about this very cool project. www.fastcompany.com/91397383/arc...fastcompany.comArchitects just remade Donald Judd's iconic Marfa office for the climate change ageThe famed artist set up shop in the Texas town. After an extensive restoration, the building is ready for rising temperatures. 073
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 14/08/2025excellent use of AI nextcity.org/urbanist-new...nextcity.orgBlocking the Bus Lane? Cities Are Using AI To Find and Fine YouTransit agencies in America’s biggest cities are working with startup Hayden AI to catch drivers blocking the bus by deploying cameras on buses. 030
Reposted by diana buddsAlexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 13/08/2025I’ve been asked about the death of (architecture) criticism since I became a critic but thank you and I will add @cmonstah.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mlamster.bsky.social @kristoncapps.bsky.social @shannonmattern.bsky.social @dianabudds.bsky.social @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social 33410
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 05/08/2025"Meatpacking is just such a great poster for why you should consider not letting cars just do whatever they want in any district," says Claire Weisz, a founding partner of WXY. For @fastcompany.com, I wrote about how NYC got its first pedestrian-priority district. www.fastcompany.com/91378463/mea...fastcompany.comHow the Meatpacking District became NYC’s most walkable neighborhoodThe Meatpacking District was once an industrial enclave. In recent years it has been transformed by bustling sidewalks, leafy plazas, and ample public seating. 052
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 01/08/2025are you an NYC resident and live with your polycule to save on rent? looking to speak with folks in this arrangement for a story! feel free to DM or send an email (info in my bio) 012
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 28/07/2025are you a furniture or interior designer who makes physical scale models/prototypes? if so, would love to chat for a story! 212
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 10/07/2025this mutual-aid kitchen & community garden in the south bronx has hammocks for rest, a wood-fired hearth for meals, and medicinal plants for healing. such as treat to cover the design and people who made it for @dwell.bsky.social www.dwell.com/article/hear...dwell.comA South Bronx Garden Offers a Place for New York’s Immigrant Communities to Keep Traditions AliveLocal restaurateurs, a community land trust, and a design nonprofit teamed up to create H.earth, a refuge in a neighborhood long abused by the city. 020
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 02/07/2025extremely curious if news orgs are seeing a mamdani bump in traffic - the shift in coverage since the election is shocking! 020
Reposted by diana buddsAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Thanks to John Oliver for quoting my highly scientific analysis proving we don’t need federal troops in LA 201170226
Reposted by diana buddsMel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025“Lantz wonders if the events that happened over the last few days in L.A. will inspire designers to think about the parks they make in new ways. “As designers, do you need to start thinking of public space as defensible for these types of actions?” he says.” 227769
Reposted by diana buddsAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025"I’ve looked at [the photos] multiple times today — I’ve been proud, I’ve been upset, I’ve been startled. Seeing our work repurposed in a moment of collective action was humbling and powerful," RIOS co-CEO Andy Lantz told @dianabudds.bsky.socialfastcompany.comHow these hot pink chairs became a symbol of the L.A. protestsThe architecture firm Rios designed the street furniture for Gloria Molina Grand Park to have “endless configurations.” They never could have imagined it would be used as a shield. 2621128
Reposted by diana buddsJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 11/06/2025This is a really nice piece. Shoutout to @dianabudds.bsky.social for finding a cool angle to cover this 3767
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 06/06/2025curtain walls — as in literal curtains — seem to be everywhere in interiors right now. for @wallpapermag.bsky.social, i unpacked the trend. www.wallpaper.com/design-inter... 041
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 15/05/2025an unexpected perk of ordering an espresso to stay at blue bottle: a v. cute marimekko demitasse 010
Reposted by diana buddsKarrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Below, from American Prospect is a paragraph explaining that Trump’s wealth was largely created by FHA subsidies to his father’s business, building middle class housing. I mention this because Trump is poised to eliminate housing vouchers subsidize rent, helping both landlords and tenants. 035
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 05/05/2025very big for design criticism! congratulations, @langealexandra.bsky.social!! www.pulitzer.org/winners/22649pulitzer.org{{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}}{{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} 040
Reposted by diana buddsPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements. 164171952734
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 04/05/2025love this view in the new open-air restroom pavilion at storm king, by heneghan peng and wxy 061
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 30/04/2025this illustration is too good! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...nytimes.comUnder Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974During the first 100 days of the Trump administration, shock waves from the chaotic tariff rollout continue to send tremors through the global financial system. 010
Reposted by diana budds◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This story is going viral and causing a major freakout among museum donors and patrons. I'm told by a source at the museum that it is completely untrue. ?? 6250104
Reposted by diana buddsAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone. 14874993784
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 22/04/2025between all the social tonics, gummies, mints, and chocolates (that actually taste good!) now available, it's a boom time for edibles. i took a look at the growing economy around low-dose products @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91319511/ins...fastcompany.comInside the booming edibles economyWeed brands frustrated with the dispensary model have found a lucrative workaround: selling low-dose hemp-derived THC products directly to consumers. 021
Reposted by diana budds◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Scoop: DOGE officials met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art this week to discuss the museum's legal status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comDOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal StatusThe move is the latest from Elon Musk’s unofficial cost-cutting agency to exert influence beyond traditional federal agencies. 60419245
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 15/04/2025love this www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/w...nytimes.comPope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to SainthoodPope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood. 1221
Reposted by diana buddsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important: He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.usatoday.comDonald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern borderPresident Donald Trump issued a memorandum Friday giving the U.S. military jurisdiction over federal lands at the southern border. 20754923416
Reposted by diana buddsBilly Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Today @zachmortice.bsky.social has an update on the ACSA's decision to nuke its own flagship journal while exercising the last acceptable form of racism in America (anti-Palestinianism). As he notes, they even hired a GOP/RJC law firm to justify their decision. www.archpaper.com/2025/04/jour... 22510
Reposted by diana buddsBilly Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I'd encourage anyone connected to architecture and design or higher ed to read and share this truly ridiculous story. @shannonmattern.bsky.social @anjulierao.bsky.social @katewagner.bsky.social @dianabudds.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social www.archpaper.com/2025/04/jour...archpaper.comA fight with the Journal of Architectural Education over academic freedom has put the ACSA in crisisLast month ACSA canceled the Fall 2025 issue of the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) themed on Palestine and fired its interim executive editor. The action resulted in the resignation of all 2... 0329
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 01/04/2025i hope my favorite subway art installation is only temporarily out of service, but it looks like the plaque is gone too... 130
Reposted by diana buddsCarolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 28/03/2025 The executive order "alarmingly" suggests "that race is a 'biological reality' — a tenet of the pseudoscientific belief of racial superiority." hyperallergic.com/999509/trump...hyperallergic.comTrump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive OrderAmong other disturbing and demonstrably false distortions, the mandate suggests that race is a “biological reality” — a tenet of racist pseudoscientific beliefs. 2137
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 28/03/2025happy to see the return of outdoor dining sheds - this cutie is by re-ply for lowerline 030
Reposted by diana buddsGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/03/2025As predicted, they’re coming for NMAAHC www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...whitehouse.govFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American HistoryRESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by 872055789
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 26/03/2025NYC's affordable housing is also its historic housing. On Sat. 3/29, I'm moderating a panel on rent stabilization and the preservation movement's role in sustaining this type of housing for the future in this Historic District Council conference. Please join us! hdc.org/events/2025-...hdc.org2025 Conference: Challenges and Opportunities for Historic Affordable Housing – March 29 | HDC 051
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 25/03/2025a couple days left to see this wonderful show on cooperative housing in nyc designed by herman jessor, one of the most influential, yet unsung, architects in the city. cooper.edu/architecture... 0138
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 23/03/2025i just saw 'the picture of dorian gray' and this is one that production design nerds will want to see — it's an original use of multi-channel film and physical sets. some stills here: marghorwell.com/dorian.htmlmarghorwell.comMARG HORWELL - The Picture of Dorian Gray 020
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025obsessed: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...nytimes.comA Beach House in the Philippines, Unlike Anything Else on the IslandsAn international dealer of objects and jewelry wanted to refurbish his family’s faraway beach home — but only if he could do it his own way. 010
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 18/03/2025a little fact about me: the first piece of 'designer' furniture i wanted was a moser blanket box, back when i was like 10. (i know this is not normal kid behavior.) his catalogs shaped my early understanding of craftsmanship. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...nytimes.comThomas Moser, Woodworker Whose Chairs Were Works of Art, Dies at 90Self-taught, he practiced “the lost art of making furniture well,” producing pieces for collectors, presidents and even the pope. 010
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 17/03/2025"Ms. Srinivasan said she was an architect...in the fifth year of an urban planning doctoral program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and was supposed to graduate in May." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n...nytimes.comHow a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for HerRanjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey. 110
Reposted by diana buddsAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Corita, LA's pop-art nun, has a new home for her 30,000-piece archive in the Arts District. And eight weeks after the city was showered in the singed fragments of books and magazines, her work challenging us to make meaning from jagged-edged, out-of-context text delivers even more of a gut-punchtorched.laWhen you can't find the wordsWhen the news renders you speechless — as I think we are experiencing all too often over the last two months — you can always find a response that Corita already ripped from the headlines 25810
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 11/03/2025very excited to lead this discussion on graphic design and architecture at AIANY later this month! rsvp in the link below: calendar.aiany.org/2025/03/24/2...calendar.aiany.org20 Years of Graphic Design at the Center for Architecture - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture 032
Reposted by diana buddsBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”thebetter.newsFinland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.meIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness. 8534277514038