A weekly dispatch on architecture, design, and cities, from Christopher Hawthorne
Culdesac Tempe, held up as a model, is closer to a cautionary tale. Plus: a bumper crop of design exhibitions to open the year
The backstory is extensive! Plus: Frank Gehry R.I.P.
And what Peter Eisenman, his former mentor, thinks of his ballroom plan
When it comes to fraught histories, there are some questions that the left shouldn’t be afraid to confront
Warning: This one’s a bit more gossipy than usual. Plus: The White House ballroom gets a sham hearing; the hero of “Free Solo” goes architectural; and California Forever is back!
How the Arc de Trump unveiling soft-launched the Venezuela takeover
Some resources for the semiquincentennial
As we near the first anniversary of the massive Eaton and Palisades fires, it’s become clear that L.A.’s future is your future too; “any place can burn down”
Featuring Mecanoo, Pedro Ignacio Alonso, SANAA, Iman Fayyad, Kisho Kurokawa, and more
Three takes on one house
“My work would be impossible without my fellow immigrants,” he wrote in 2017
“How Modern,” at Montreal’s CCA, turns conventional wisdom on its head; plus: remembering Bob Stern
It might be worth a try! Plus: more gripes about “Sotheby’s at the Breuer,” the Louvre reconsiders its renovation, and Record’s EIC is big mad
