Nov 6, 2026
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7 min read
L.A.’s mayor-elect, set to take office in just 38 days, is an urban planner with a degree from MIT. Boosted by charter reform, she’ll join Zohran Mamdani in testing the limits of a left-YIMBY alliance. “I’m a planner first and foremost, and a politician as a means to an end”
Oct 30, 2026
“I’ve carried water twice for them now.” Plus, a range of perspectives on Yale’s Bob Stern symposium: “When cocktail hour arrived, Stern was strictly a modernist”
Oct 23, 2026
5 min read
The president and his architects want to break ground two days after the midterms. Plus: Joe Gebbia speaks; a welcome John Berger revival; and a death at Taliesin West
Oct 16, 2026
6 min read
“A firehose of money does wonders to make people look the other way”; plus, SCI-Arc held its gala where?!
Oct 9, 2026
What would Charles and Ray make of his praise for Alex Jones and the John Birch Society?
Oct 2, 2026
The Dallas Morning News architecture critic on his new book, the future of I.M. Pei’s City Hall, and why watching the Knicks capture the NBA title was more thrilling than winning a Pulitzer Prize
Sep 25, 2026
4 min read
“The History of Concrete” is wonderfully self-aware, if not always wonderful to look at. Plus: L.A. architecture loses two major figures; Bjarke spouts empty phrases about Sea Ranch; and Kennicott on the Lucas Museum
Sep 18, 2026
11 min read
A conversation with Sekou Cooke about “Black Architect,” his new book of interviews. Plus, Google’s remake of the Thompson Center; thoughts from readers (who also happen to be writers) on Sea Ranch and Ground Zero; NYT fall preview; and more
Sep 11, 2026
8 min read
Reflections from Rose Salane, Sharon Zukin, Samuel Medina, Audrey Wollen, Justin Beal, Mark Krotov, et al.
Sep 4, 2026
A conversation with the Guardian architecture critic on his year in America; plus, Sea Ranch residents respond to a BIG proposal and the first Lucas Museum reviews roll in
Sep 1, 2026
A reader slipped me a copy of BIG’s pitch deck. Let’s dive in!
Aug 28, 2026
How will Bjarke Ingels’ brash style play among the hedgerows? “I have my popcorn ready to watch it all unfold”
