Explainer
Mass Timber Needs a Whole-Building Conversation
Wood’s promise as a construction material depends on engineering, sourcing, and the building’s full life.
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Architecture & Design
Buildings, objects, and public spaces considered through human experience.
Criticism
The Architectural Ambition of Keeping a Building
Reuse asks designers to find possibility in structures that already have lives and occupants.
Essay
What Vernacular Buildings Know About Their Setting
Traditional forms can offer useful questions for contemporary design without supplying a universal blueprint.
Explainer
What a 15-Minute Neighborhood Is Trying to Bring Closer
Proximity is useful only when the nearby services are accessible, affordable, and worth reaching.
Explainer
Brutalism Beyond the Concrete Surface
A forceful architectural appearance is only the beginning of the story.