Sign in

diana budds

@dianabudds.bsky.social
441 followers 186 following 58 posts

journalist covering design, architecture, cities, and culture. recent writing in fast company, wallpaper, the architect's newspaper, and untapped journal. dianabudds.com dianacbudds@gmail.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by diana budds
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I'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 budds
AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The 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 budds
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
RIP to a legend
The architect Frank Gehry who just died giving the middle finger at a press conference
08611
Reposted by diana budds
Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Considering 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
Libbey Owens Ford trade paper advertisement for Vitrolite, a.k.a. pigmented structural glass, showing its typical uses in a bathroom and in a kitchen (circa 1939).
Manufacture of Vitrolite ceased altogether in the late 1950s-early 1960s, making surviving examples of the material scarce and quite valuable.
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmented_structural_glass
1431393
Reposted by diana budds
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I 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)
And assortment of brochures from the workshop for learning things, including brochures, listing workshop costs, course, offerings, etc. – on cream, yellow, + green paperA postcard for the Workshop for Learning Things, from Philip Morrison to Ray EamesA list of classes, including cardboard, carpentry, classroom, photography, and simple printingYellow course catalog from 1976. I can’t quite tell what the image is depicting!
1639
Reposted by diana budds
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I have a very bad feeling about this...
18345398510118
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
no 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.org
MacArthur Foundation
The 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 · 04/09/2025
The 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.com
Architects just remade Donald Judd's iconic Marfa office for the climate change age
The 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 · 14/08/2025
excellent use of AI nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org
Blocking the Bus Lane? Cities Are Using AI To Find and Fine You
Transit 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 budds
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I’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.com
How the Meatpacking District became NYC’s most walkable neighborhood
The 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 · 01/08/2025
are 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 · 28/07/2025
are 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 · 10/07/2025
this 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.com
A South Bronx Garden Offers a Place for New York’s Immigrant Communities to Keep Traditions Alive
Local 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 · 02/07/2025
extremely curious if news orgs are seeing a mamdani bump in traffic - the shift in coverage since the election is shocking!
020
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
into this venturi-esque streetery in tribeca
130
Reposted by diana budds
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thanks to John Oliver for quoting my highly scientific analysis proving we don’t need federal troops in LA
201170226
Reposted by diana budds
Mel 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 budds
Alissa 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.social
fastcompany.com
How these hot pink chairs became a symbol of the L.A. protests
The 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 budds
James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is a really nice piece. Shoutout to @dianabudds.bsky.social for finding a cool angle to cover this
3767
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
curtain 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 · 15/05/2025
an unexpected perk of ordering an espresso to stay at blue bottle: a v. cute marimekko demitasse
010
Reposted by diana budds
Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Below, 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 · 05/05/2025
very big for design criticism! congratulations, @langealexandra.bsky.social!! www.pulitzer.org/winners/22649
pulitzer.org
{{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}}
{{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}}
040
Reposted by diana budds
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.
164171952734
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
love this view in the new open-air restroom pavilion at storm king, by heneghan peng and wxy
061
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
this illustration is too good! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
nytimes.com
Under Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974
During 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 · 25/04/2025
This 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 budds
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
NEW 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.
Miriam Jordan
By Miriam Jordan
Miriam Jordan is a national immigration correspondent.
April 22, 2025, 5:04 a.m. ET
In late January, Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a Venezuelan immigrant working in a delivery job in Detroit, picked up an order at a McDonald’s. He was heading to the address when he erroneously turned onto the Ambassador Bridge, which leads to Canada. It is a common mistake even for those who live in the Michigan border city. But for Mr. Prada, 32, it proved fateful.
The U.S. authorities took Mr. Prada into custody when he attempted to re-enter the country; he was put in detention and ordered deported. On March 15, he told a friend in Chicago that he was among a number of detainees housed in Texas who expected to be repatriated to Venezuela.
That evening, the Trump administration flew three planes carrying Venezuelan migrants from the Texas facility to El Salvador, where they have been ever since, locked up in a maximum-security prison and denied contact with the outside world.
But Mr. Prada has not been heard from or seen. He is not on the list of 238 people who were deported to El Salvador that day. He does not appear in the photos and videos released by the authorities of shackled men with shaved heads.
14874993784
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
between 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.com
Inside the booming edibles economy
Weed 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 · 18/04/2025
Scoop: 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.com
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status
The 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 · 15/04/2025
love this www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/w...
nytimes.com
Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood
Pope 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 budds
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Trump 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.com
Donald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern border
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Friday giving the U.S. military jurisdiction over federal lands at the southern border.
20754923416
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
i need to know who painted that portrait...
000
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
my astrology app must know i'm heading to salone
010
Reposted by diana budds
Billy Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Today @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 budds
Billy Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I'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.com
A fight with the Journal of Architectural Education over academic freedom has put the ACSA in crisis
Last 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 · 01/04/2025
i 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 budds
Carolina 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.com
Trump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive Order
Among 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 · 28/03/2025
happy to see the return of outdoor dining sheds - this cutie is by re-ply for lowerline
030
Reposted by diana budds
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/03/2025
As predicted, they’re coming for NMAAHC www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
whitehouse.gov
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History
RESTORING 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 · 26/03/2025
NYC'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.org
2025 Conference: Challenges and Opportunities for Historic Affordable Housing – March 29 | HDC
051
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
a 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 · 23/03/2025
i 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.html
marghorwell.com
MARG HORWELL - The Picture of Dorian Gray
020
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
obsessed: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...
nytimes.com
A Beach House in the Philippines, Unlike Anything Else on the Islands
An 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 · 18/03/2025
a 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.com
Thomas Moser, Woodworker Whose Chairs Were Works of Art, Dies at 90
Self-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.com
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her
Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.
110
Reposted by diana budds
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Corita, 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-punch
torched.la
When you can't find the words
When 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 · 11/03/2025
very 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.org
20 Years of Graphic Design at the Center for Architecture - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture
032
Reposted by diana budds
Brent 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.news
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
8534277514038