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Common Edge
Trash to Treasure: A New Orleans Culture Re-Creation Story The many ways residents and local institutions worked to bring the Crescent City back after a...
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Common Edge
Lessons From Katrina: The Next Planning Frontier Is Community Empowerment Powerful forces become available when communities are willing to take control of their collective...
yesterday
The Beauty of...
The Other Stations (226 Garages and Service Stations, by Philip Butler) Railway stations, bus stations and… filling stations? The first two have made frequent appearances...
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Railway stations, bus stations and… filling stations? The first two have made frequent appearances on the pages of this website, the third far less often. Filling stations, and their close cousins garages and car showrooms, only occasionally attract significant architectural...
Common Edge
Did New Orleans Really Survive Katrina? What almost happened instead…
2 days ago
Construction Physics
Reading List 08/23/25 Thermal energy storage, an adjustable allen wrench, the new race to the moon, the former world’s...
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Thermal energy storage, an adjustable allen wrench, the new race to the moon, the former world’s largest indoor water park, and more.
Construction Physics
How Does the US Use Water? Water infrastructure often gets less attention and focus than other types of infrastructure.
6 days ago
Archinect - Features
Archinect City Guide: Visit Mexico City with Michel Rojkind Ready to explore Mexico City? With a population of well over 22 million, this bustling metropolis...
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Ready to explore Mexico City? With a population of well over 22 million, this bustling metropolis has A LOT to offer. So we asked award-winning Mexican architect and educator Michel Rojkind to host this Archinect City Guide and share a few select locations that architecture and...
Common Edge
Letter From Los Angeles: ICE Raids and Fear Cloud Rebuilding Efforts The Trump administration’s actions are slowing, and possibly undoing, progress toward repairing...
a week ago
Archinect - Features
'Running a Practice Means Becoming Fluent in Everything': A Conversation With Bolt Design... In this episode of our Studio Snapshot series, Archinect connected with Matt Dennis, founder of Bolt...
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In this episode of our Studio Snapshot series, Archinect connected with Matt Dennis, founder of Bolt Design Group. Based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the high-end multidisciplinary design and build firm specializes in large-scale hospitality, commercial, and residential spaces. The...
Common Edge
Courtyard Urbanism: What’s Missing From American Cities Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
a week ago
Common Edge
Trump’s White House Ballroom Drawings and Numbers Just Don’t Add Up Changes to the White House have a long history of controversy, but this new project has some...
a week ago
Construction Physics
Reading List 08/16/25 Efforts to stop solar and wind permitting, Ford’s new manufacturing process, Lake Powell’s water...
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Efforts to stop solar and wind permitting, Ford’s new manufacturing process, Lake Powell’s water levels, Tesla’s used car prices, and more.
Archinect - Features
AI Wrote a Better Cover Letter Than Me; I Don't Care As AI adoption in the job application process surges, I pit myself against four leading AI tools to...
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As AI adoption in the job application process surges, I pit myself against four leading AI tools to craft a cover letter for a fictional architecture job. After a 'spot the human' challenge among Archinect's editors and our readers, I share my thoughts on both the experience of...
The Beauty of...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Thanet Parkway (Thanet Parkway, Kent, UK) Thanet Parkway station opened on 31 July 2023, and promptly broke quite a few people’s brains. I can...
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Thanet Parkway station opened on 31 July 2023, and promptly broke quite a few people’s brains. I can remember my Twitter feed (as was) being awash with commentators deriding its appearance. Even now, a simple web search will quickly turn up adjectives like “ugly”, “hideous”,...
Common Edge
How to Accelerate Carbon Neutrality Without Federal Support? Invest in Carbonsheds Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate...
2 weeks ago
99% Invisible
Sister Aimee and the Birth of the Megachurch In Echo Park, Los Angeles, across from Echo Park Lake, stands a building that begs to be noticed—a...
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In Echo Park, Los Angeles, across from Echo Park Lake, stands a building that begs to be noticed—a colossal, white structure with archways and an enormous concrete dome that’s been described as “half Roman Coliseum, half Parisian opera house.” Though some might say it looks more...
Construction Physics
My Book "The Origins of Efficiency" is Now Available for Preorder I’m happy to announce that my book, The Origins of Efficiency, is now (officially) available for...
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I’m happy to announce that my book, The Origins of Efficiency, is now (officially) available for preorder, and will be released on September 23rd. You can preorder on Amazon, Stripe, Barnes and Noble, or Bookshop.com.
Common Edge
A Book on Common-Sense Architecture Milton Shinberg leads the profession back to people through the human sciences.
2 weeks ago
Common Edge
Eric Adams’ War on New York City Street Vendors A longstanding element of the city’s retail is shut out again as the mayor rejects a key reform.
2 weeks ago
Construction Physics
Group Technology, the Forgotten Cousin of Lean Manufacturing Industrial improvement systems — strategies for making a business more profitable, more efficient,...
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Industrial improvement systems — strategies for making a business more profitable, more efficient, or better operated — rise and fall in popularity over time.
Common Edge
Tales of an Urban Critic: A Search for the Soul of Cities and Self Sam Kaplan Hall recounts his wide-ranging life in a new memoir that contains more than a few great...
2 weeks ago
Archinect - Features
Archinect City Guide: Unlock Manhattan with Julia Gamolina of Madame Architect Manhattan: So much to do, so little time! To make New York City's most densely populated borough...
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Manhattan: So much to do, so little time! To make New York City's most densely populated borough more accessible for out-of-towners and residents alike, we've asked Julia Gamolina to host today's Archinect City Guide. Beyond her role as the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the...
99% Invisible
Weeding is Fundamental On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series,...
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On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, but just as the game was kicking off—the television broadcast cut out. When the signal came back, it was no longer the baseball game. These were the early minutes of the Loma Prieta...
Common Edge
New York City—the Metropolis Built on Water A talk with photographer Stanley Greenberg about his new book documenting the vast infrastructure of...
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A talk with photographer Stanley Greenberg about his new book documenting the vast infrastructure of the city’s water system.
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Mineral Hurricane I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton,...
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I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton, directed by Victor Kossakovsky and released last week by A24. The screening I attended was held inside a Cedars-Sinai medical imaging center in west Los Angeles; seeing this particular...
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Mineral Hurricane I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton,...
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I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton, directed by Victor Kossakovsky and released last week by A24. The screening I attended was held inside a Cedars-Sinai medical imaging center in west Los Angeles; seeing this particular...
Common Edge
When a Beloved Client Dies The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of...
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The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of architecture.
Common Edge
The Myth of St. Gaudí: Miracle Worker or Great Architect? Even as he approaches sainthood, the man who “designed Barcelona” defies categorization.
3 weeks ago
Common Edge
The Shameful Condition of New Jersey’s “Forgotten” 9/11 Memorial A conversation with Empty Sky co-designer Jessica Jamroz about the still-uncompleted and shamefully...
4 weeks ago
99% Invisible
Air-Borne This week, a conversation with Carl Zimmer about his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the...
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This week, a conversation with Carl Zimmer about his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. Air-Borne is an epidemiological history of how we think about the air and its relationship to disease. For centuries, fear of airborne miasmas impacted the design...
Archinect - Features
How the Architectural Model Maker Behind the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale... MAD’s exhibition in Rotterdam, to the China Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, to KPF’s renovated...
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MAD’s exhibition in Rotterdam, to the China Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, to KPF’s renovated Manhattan studio, and to the groundbreaking ceremony for Changi Airport Terminal 5 in Singapore, QZY Models has made frequent appearances in these remarkable architectural projects....
99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #1: Nikole Hannah-Jones This is the first official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This...
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This is the first official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This month, Roman and Elizabeth discuss the Preamble, alongside Nikole Hannah-Jones. Nikole is an investigative reporter for the New York Times Magazine and the Knight Chair in Race and...
Construction Physics
Where are Vacation Homes Located in the US? As of 2023, the US has around 142.3 million housing units: roughly one home for every 2.4 people in...
a month ago
Archinect - Features
Archinect Meets: The Daily Splice Cutting up, piecing together, remixing, and collaging have been essential and time-tested elements...
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Cutting up, piecing together, remixing, and collaging have been essential and time-tested elements of the creative process, including architecture. British graphic designer and animator Adam Hale, however, takes the medium to another level with a steady stream of often humorous —...
The Beauty of...
A Change of Course – Honing Network Rail’s Wayfinding Guidance Finding your way around a Network Rail station is becoming another step easier. The publication of...
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Finding your way around a Network Rail station is becoming another step easier. The publication of the most recent version of Network Rail’s Wayfinding design manual represents the latest step in the company’s quest to design the best possible signage system for stations. Given...
Common Edge
What Is a “Director of Visualization” in the Age of AI and Fake News? A talk with Thomas Bates, the renderings guru at VMDO Architects.
a month ago
99% Invisible
The Quiet Storm 99% Invisible Presents: A Quiet Storm Party  >> Sounds by Ayanna Heaven >> Sun July 27, 5-8pm >> Ace...
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99% Invisible Presents: A Quiet Storm Party  >> Sounds by Ayanna Heaven >> Sun July 27, 5-8pm >> Ace Hotel – Brooklyn, NY >> INFO & RSVP HERE! In the mid-1970s, the national media was reporting on the rise of a new socioeconomic group that was quickly gaining unprecedented access...
Common Edge
What Is This World Coming To? A trove of architectural imagery offers a bleak assessment of modern life.
a month ago
Archinect - Features
Archinect City Guide: Get Your Portland Travel Tips from Chris Brown of Observation... Archinect City Guide dives into Portland, Oregon, today, featuring some of the favorite spots for...
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Archinect City Guide dives into Portland, Oregon, today, featuring some of the favorite spots for dining, gallery-hopping, and discovery shared by Observation Studio founding principal Chris Brown. (Avid Archinect readers will remember him from our Studio Snapshot of Linden,...
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Seer A few weeks ago, The Economist looked at the growing problem of “ubiquitous technical surveillance”...
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A few weeks ago, The Economist looked at the growing problem of “ubiquitous technical surveillance” in the field of espionage. It describes the difficulty of maintaining a rigorous or believable cover story, for example, when genealogy websites might be consulted by adversarial...
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Seer A few weeks ago, The Economist looked at the growing problem of “ubiquitous technical surveillance”...
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A few weeks ago, The Economist looked at the growing problem of “ubiquitous technical surveillance” in the field of espionage. It describes the difficulty of maintaining a rigorous or believable cover story, for example, when genealogy websites might be consulted by adversarial...
BLDGBLOG
geo/acc Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary...
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Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary rock. A team of geologists studying the beach recently “found a series of outcrops made from an unfamiliar type of sedimentary rock. The beach used to be sandy, so the rock must have...
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geo/acc Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary...
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Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary rock. A team of geologists studying the beach recently “found a series of outcrops made from an unfamiliar type of sedimentary rock. The beach used to be sandy, so the rock must have...
Construction Physics
How China Became the World’s Biggest Shipbuilder Since 2017, China has been the largest shipbuilder in the world.
a month ago
Common Edge
The DNA of Buffalo Has Changed—When Will We Finally Change With It? Local leaders continue to hold on to outdated assumptions about what the city is and could become.
a month ago
99% Invisible
Neil Young’s iPod Killer Neil Young is one of the most decorated and popular musicians of the 20th century. But he’s much...
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Neil Young is one of the most decorated and popular musicians of the 20th century. But he’s much more than a legend of classic rock. In fact, he’s taken some pretty big swings throughout his storied career. He’s filled an entire California ranch house with model trains. He’s made...
Common Edge
A Historic Prague Brewery Becomes Part of a New Residential District Adaptive reuse in the Czech Republic.
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Common Edge
Confronting the Reality of Climate Displacement Planner Hilary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population...
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Planner Hilary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
Contemporist...
Modern Craftsmanship Meets Family Living in This Rebuilt California Home What began as a small repair job turned into a complete architectural reinvention. Designed by...
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What began as a small repair job turned into a complete architectural reinvention. Designed by boutique Northern California firm Medium Plenty, this three-story family home reflects a deep collaboration between the architects and a creative couple with two young kids. Originally...
Contemporist...
Prefab, But Make It Joyful: Inside a Colorful Modular Escape In the green hills of Ibiúna, a quiet rural town about 90 minutes from São Paulo, architect Rodrigo...
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In the green hills of Ibiúna, a quiet rural town about 90 minutes from São Paulo, architect Rodrigo Ohtake has built a family retreat unlike any other. Designed for weekends away with his wife Ana Carolina and their three children, the home is both a restful hideaway and a bold...