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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....
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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...
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...
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.
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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
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...
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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.
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.
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
The Myth of St. Gaudí: Miracle Worker or Great Architect? Even as he approaches sainthood, the man who “designed Barcelona” defies categorization.
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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...
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...
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...
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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.
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.
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...
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...
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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
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...
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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.
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Construction Physics
How Does the US Use Water? Water infrastructure often gets less attention and focus than other types of infrastructure.
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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
A Book on Common-Sense Architecture Milton Shinberg leads the profession back to people through the human sciences.
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Common Edge
Courtyard Urbanism: What’s Missing From American Cities Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
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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...
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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...
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.
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…
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Lessons From Katrina: The Next Planning Frontier Is Community Empowerment Powerful forces become available when communities are willing to take control of their collective...
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Archinect - Features
On Becoming a Professional: Letter to an Architecture Student Dear Student, I suspect you’ve already encountered most of the conventional advice—the familiar...
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Dear Student, I suspect you’ve already encountered most of the conventional advice—the familiar platitudes repeated endlessly in classrooms, critiques, and career talks. Work hard. Stay disciplined. Develop your craft. Each phrase is earnest, and each contains some truth, but...
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A Glass-Enclosed Library And Home Office Creates A Separate Space Inside This Apartment Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that...
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Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that was once home to offices but has been converted into residential apartments.
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This Home Hidden In The Forest Appears Like A Stack Of Illuminated Boxes William / Kaven Architecture has sent us photos of a home they completed in Portland, Oregon, that’s...
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William / Kaven Architecture has sent us photos of a home they completed in Portland, Oregon, that’s part of a collection of private residences perched on several steeply sloped sites within Forest Park, a 5,000-acre woodland. A simple material palette of dark steel, concrete,...
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This Cafe In Austria Has a Cycling Inspired Design Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design...
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Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design a ‘Cyclist’, a modern cafe at the Hotel Andaz am Belvedere Vienna. Archisphere drew inspiration from the movement, freedom, and enjoyment associated with cycling. In addition to...
Common Edge
What’s to Become of the Mess That Is Penn Station? A talk with architecture critic Justin Davidson about the thorny knot of issues involved at New...
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A talk with architecture critic Justin Davidson about the thorny knot of issues involved at New York’s most conflicted transportation-entertainment site.
99% Invisible
The Fever Tree Hunt [EPISODE] “Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British...
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“Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary — malaria. There was a cure — the bark of the Andean cinchona tree. The only...
99% Invisible
The Frankfurt Kitchen [EPISODE] After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of...
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After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of residents were in dire straits, and in the second half of the 1920s, the city built over 10,000 public housing units. It was some of the earliest modern architecture — simple,...
Archinect - Features
Inside the Multidimensional Worlds of Squint/Opera and Journey In 2022, two decades after their founding, creative agency Squint/Opera joined forces with fellow...
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In 2022, two decades after their founding, creative agency Squint/Opera joined forces with fellow studios ICRAVE, 59, and VMI Studio under the banner of Journey, a "superpowered organization" bridging physical and digital design. Long before the merger, Squint/Opera had...
99% Invisible
Whomst Among Us Let The Dogs Out (Again) [EPISODE] All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts...
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All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts you’ve listened to over and over again. And then there’s a category of memorable songs—the ones that we all just kind of know. Songs that somehow, without anyone’s permission, sneak...
Archinect - Features
The Brutalist Is a Cinematic Reflection of Brutalism Brutalist architecture is raw, powerful, emotional, and unapologetically honest. It rejects...
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Brutalist architecture is raw, powerful, emotional, and unapologetically honest. It rejects ornamentation and architectural devices designed to make its inhabitants feel comfortable, instead creating a visceral, primal experience. Brutalism is a feeling—a bold statement that...
Coffee with an...
Notes on being an Architect
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CONTEMPORIST
Before And After – A Respectful Remodel For A Mid-Century Modern Home Interior design firm Wise Design, together with General Contractor and Architect Owen Gabbert...
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Interior design firm Wise Design, together with General Contractor and Architect Owen Gabbert (formerly Clarkbuilt), has transformed a dated 1954 mid-century modern home in Portland, Oregon. Before – The ExteriorThe original home has a brown exterior with original windows and...
99% Invisible
Breaking Down The Power Broker [EPISODE] In 1974, two very significant things happened, if you are a fan of 99% invisible. Number one is that...
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In 1974, two very significant things happened, if you are a fan of 99% invisible. Number one is that 99pi host Roman Mars was born. And number two, The Power Broker by Robert Caro was published. Roman learned about the power broker when he first started to cover cities and...
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This Little Laneway House In Toronto Has An Upstairs Bedroom Overlooking The Street Creative Union Network Inc. has designed a small laneway house in Toronto, Canada, that was...
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Creative Union Network Inc. has designed a small laneway house in Toronto, Canada, that was originally built as a garage. The building occupied a prominent location on the corner of the lane and main street. The original structure, although rundown, was a well-loved structure...
Common Edge
The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright Why we still care, almost seven decades after his death.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Contemporary Gable Roof Runs The Length Of This Home Architecture firm JURY!, has shared photos of a renovation project they completed for a home in...
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Architecture firm JURY!, has shared photos of a renovation project they completed for a home in Maasland, The Netherlands, that enhanced an existing dike house with a modern barn-inspired design. The original dike house includes a basement partially built into the dike, which is...
Common Edge
Letter From Asheville: The Aftermath of Helene The road to recovery will be long.
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99% Invisible
Courtroom Sketch [EPISODE] Earlier this year, the city of New York closed off several blocks around the Manhattan Criminal...
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Earlier this year, the city of New York closed off several blocks around the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse. Instead of early morning commuters, the sidewalks around the building were flooded with reporters, photographers, and camera people. They were there to capture the...
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in...
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Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in Toronto, Canada, that features a distinct rotated brick facade. Usually, laneway houses are small, however, this one is a four-bedroom home, designed for a family of five, providing...
Common Edge
Ugly Buildings Are Not Simply a Matter of Aesthetics Bad architecture must come from some underlying ethos.
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