On loving and loathing some of America’s most common public spaces

Her new novel, “Second Place,” explores the limits of cool detachment.

Republicans are already advancing a distinct—if ugly and tasteless—aesthetic. Biden should follow in FDR’s footsteps and create a Public Works Administration for the twenty-first century.

Amazon’s glitzy new indoor park is supported by government subsidies, but it will be private property.

What will Trump's presidential library look like?

What is lost when houses become fortresses against fires, floods, and disease?

Two new books by Jason Diamond and Eula Biss expose the fraught moral dilemmas of living in the ’burbs.

They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?

After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.

Why do famous architects continue to work with corrupt authoritarians and pernicious corporations?

The ideals that prompted a revival of classical edifices in America are stronger, and better, than the president who wants to force their return.

The ignorance and racism behind the right-wing push for “classical” federal buildings.

Why glass luxe construction is destroying the world

These new buildings only serve to normalize trauma and fear.

In this jungle community, self-sustaining homes are built from trash and can withstand the deadliest storms.

From architect to tastemaker, Bjarke Ingels is designing the future.

The sudden arrival of millions of people has spurred architects to develop innovative approaches to affordable housing.

The Metropolitan Museum makes a bid for the modern.

A new model for urban renewal.