White Arkitekter’s timber urbanism challenges concrete—but can forests bear the demand? The case for wood cities, and the limits they must confront.
Oshinówò Studio’s Freetown Memorial extension honours the Carrier Corps. Can inclusion change imperial memory—or merely enlarge its frame?
Lisbon’s Santo António Primary School poses a sharp conservation question: preserve the evidence of gender segregation, or keep making children inhabit it?
L.A.’s ADU boom turns parking into homes. But fair conversion must protect renters, support accessible travel, and share the costs of change.
Miami’s hurricane-resistant automated library expands access. But does 24-hour borrowing strengthen public service—or excuse withdrawing librarians?
SOM’s Cunningham Pier proposal tests whether luxury investment can deliver a genuinely public waterfront—or just a promenade designed to sell.
Holst’s completion of an Adjaye-designed Oregon library challenges signature authorship. Here’s how architectural credit should change when teams do.
Can one atmosphere include everyone? Explore how lighting, acoustic zones and alternative routes make neuroinclusive architecture a matter of choice.
A $691,000 Seattle ADU tests the promise of backyard housing. What is optional design spending, and what does an independent dwelling really cost?
After the Rio Grande do Sul floods, rebuilding can protect communities—or restore their vulnerability. Who should decide when to stay and when to move?
