Bring on the Exterior Decorators! The patchwork facades of contemporary residential structures offer no beauty or sense of a building’s interior structure.

Bring on the #ExteriorDecorators! War of the #ClashingFacades! #StickFrameOverPodium #DuoDickinson bit.ly/3ZFijPi

The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe A recent book on the architect, planner, and educator sheds new light on his seminal career.

The #UrbanDesign legacy of #ColinRowe. #CollageCity Great review of #MarkAlanHewitt. @mitpress.bsky.social bit.ly/3OxIR2t

What Exactly Does It Mean to Be an “AI-Powered” Architecture Firm? A talk with Patrick Chopson, co-founder of Cove Architecture.

What exactly does it mean to be an #AIPoweredArchitecture firm? Great talk with PatrickChopson at Cove. bit.ly/4tpCRZD

#Architects vs. Acceleration: A 2026 Survival Story. A must read by #EricJCesal on the implications of #AI on the professions. ​​https://bit.ly/45K2Z7B

Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development? As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Don’t disband the #UrbanDesignDivision just as #NewYorkCity ramps up #HousingDevelopment. #Gowanwus #HuntersPoint #4thAvenueBrooklyn. @nycplanning.bsky.social
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Driving Toward Bankruptcy? L.A. Is Almost There We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.

Is Los Angeles driving toward bankruptcy? Why the region is a 'development Ponzi scheme.' #Sprawl #GerhardWMayer @strongtowns.org @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social commonedge.org/driving-towa...

A Student Design Competition Tackles Forced Labor in the Construction Industry Created by the Grace Farms Foundation and ACSA, “Design for Freedom” seeks to help AEC professionals engage in ethical material sourcing.

#DesignForFreedom. A student competition tackles modern day #SlaveLabor in global construction. #GraceFarmsFoundation @ASCA @CMUSoA @ucalgary.bsky.social bit.ly/4jQ0jef

How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.

How #HomeDesign can help break the #HousingCrisis: custom designs on tight budgets. @Habitat for Humanity @DuoDickinson bit.ly/4pAdCkh

The Coming Redesign of Ruben Salazar Park Los Angeles should use this opportunity to capture the many Chicano memories and stories of August 29, 1970.

The #Redesign of #RubenSalazarPark in #EastLA should capture the memories and stories of the #ChicanoMoratorium. #RubenSalazar #JamesRojas bit.ly/4pFG2JI

David Adjaye’s 30 Shades of Gray The new Princeton University Art Museum runs the gamut from awesome to awful.

#DavidAdjaye’s Fifty Shades of Gray: #MarkHewitt on the #Architect’s new #PrincetonUniversityArtMuseum. bit.ly/49yOwwa

Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft How far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s civic monuments go?

Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft: how far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s #CivicMonuments go? #WhiteHouse #TrumpMausoleum #TrumpMemorial @savingplaces.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/4jxKVTM

Some of a Good Thing: The Legacy of Frank Gehry The architect was an apostate, but also completely of his era. Perhaps more important, Gehry was a unicorn, one whose creations are not easily replicated.

Some of a good thing: the legacy of #FrankGehry. A fair and balanced look by #LiWen. #Waste and #Wonder. #GuggenheimBilbao #TheSimpsons #LouisVuitton bit.ly/4ssMoyL

It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.

#MayorMamdani has an opportunity to chart a new course. It’s time for a #ComprehensivePlan for New York City that prioritizes people over #RealEstate. @AIA_NewYork @thecity.nyc bit.ly/4bgsBMD

As Disney Hall Showed, Frank Gehry’s Los Angeles Was Urban, but Not Urbanist Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it’s got a bunch of starchitect monuments strung along it.

As #DisneyHall showed, #FrankGehry’s Los Angeles was urban, but not #Urbanist #GrandAvenue #TheBroad bit.ly/49i76Zp

Detty December: How Lagos’ Urban Street Party Is Fueling an Economic Boom This annual gathering is pumping millions into positive changes for one of Africa’s largest metropolises.

#DettyDecember: How Lagos’ urban street party is fueling an #EconomicBoom. #Carnival #MardiGras #Octoberfest #Nigeria bit.ly/3KUfqqd

The Overlooked Charms and Underappreciated Glories of “Flyover Country” Wonderful things can be found in the towns and cities between the coasts—but only if you’re willing to keep your eyes and mind open.

The overlooked charms and underappreciated glories of #FlyoverCountry #Scanton #StLouis #Kingman #Yuma bit.ly/4jb7YDH

You’re Not Antisocial, But Your Neighborhood Might Be When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn't need to be engineered; it emerges.

You’re not #AntiSocial, but your #Neighborhood might be. #PlaceMatters #CleanSweep #NeighborhoodInvestmentInitiative #BowlingAlone @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social bit.ly/49aCZTD

Embracing Ambiguity and Chaos How architecture school prepared me to teach in Papua New Guinea.

Embracing ambiguity and chaos. How #ArchitectureSchool prepared me to teach in #PapuaNewGuinea. #DesignEducation bit.ly/3YumDAi

A Primer on Archispeak A practical language guide for the aspiring architectural intellectual.

Want to talk like an #Architect? Here’s a handy primer on #Archispeak from #SeanJoyner. #Jargon #RevereTheVoice #EmployThePassingVoice @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/3L2aCyY

A Broadway Bathroom Soliloquy For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.

A #Broadway Bathroom Soliloquy. Terrific essay by #EkeminiEkpo on all things #ADA #ShubertTheatre @AmericanTheater @HowlRound @abilitymag bit.ly/4p6m6Q8

The Contradictions of Disney Hall An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.

The Contradictions of #WaltDisneyConcertHall. An amusing tribute to #FrankGehry from a long time critic. #SamHallKaplan bit.ly/3KW7Ivw

Remembering Robert A.M. Stern, Historic Preservationist The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.

Roberta Brandes Gratz pays tribute to an overlooked #RobertAMStern legacy: #HistoricPreservation #GraceChurch #1883AssociationHomeForRespectableAgedIndigentFemales @nyclandmarks.bsky.social bit.ly/48Q3u0F

What Japan Gets Right (A Partial List) A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.

What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV

My Semester With Frank Gehry In a profession that claims to celebrate nonconformity, he was a true iconoclast.

My semester with #FrankGehry. A great tribute to the ultimate #NonConformist #UCLASchoolOfArchitecture bit.ly/3XH85Nl

The Twilight of the Starchitect The broad cultural impact of architects like Robert A.M. Stern is waning. Are influencers killing the celebrity designer?

The twilight of the #Starchitect? Are #Influencers killing the #CelebrityDesigner? #RobertAMStern bit.ly/48vYkXs

No More Atlantic Yards! Can Mayor Mamdani embrace “social value” in New York City real estate?

No more #AtlanticYards! “Best and highest use” cannot be the only criterion for NYC #RealEstateDevelopment! #SocialValue #CommunityBenefits bit.ly/48vqnX1

Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.

Beautiful essay by @szacks.bsky.social on moving to #MexicoCity and navigating the streets there. #ConPermiso #PublicSpace commonedge.org/con-permiso-...

The Department of Education Has Classified Architects as “Non-Professional.” Why This Matters. The action is likely to reduce access to student loans, which will limit who chooses to pursue architecture.

The US Department of Education has reclassified #Architects as #NonProfessionals. This will limit access to #StudentLoans, especially for the less-affluent. @AIANational @NCARB bit.ly/4ojCtZ4

Raving Amid the Ruins Using the underground dance party milieu as a tool for dreaming up and building a new urban future.

Raving amid the ruins. A salute to #90sRaves: Using the #DanceParty as a tool for dreaming up a new #UrbanFuture. #MinnesotaHistoricalSociety bit.ly/4p3RfEs

Flagler College Invests in Its History The restoration and adaptation of the Ponce de Leon Hotel is an achievement that can, and should, be replicated.

@FlaglerCollege invests in its #History. Mark Hewitt on the magnificent restoration of the #PonceDeLeonHotel in @CityStAug #Carrère&Hastings bit.ly/4r2lDjT