December 13, 2024 Ι The New York Review of Architecture As promised by its title, Julia Schulz-Dornburg’s book often reads like a travel guide. Tourist season—in select parts of Combat City—is year-round, despite limited opportunities for sightseeing. What attractions there are include an archaeological dig and a folkloric festival, plus a heavy emphasis on boot-camp… Continue reading False Fronts
Month: January 2025
After A Devastating Storm, An Iowa Landmark Finds The Silver Lining
November 19, 2024 Ι Landscape Architecture Magazine On August 10, 2020, a derecho ripped across the Midwest with winds up to 140 miles an hour, causing $11 billion in damages, the most expensive thunderstorm in the United States to date. In the path of the wall of wind and thunderstorms was Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which… Continue reading After A Devastating Storm, An Iowa Landmark Finds The Silver Lining
Chicago Workers Cottages Gave Immigrants Access to Homeownership
July 28, 2024 Ι Bloomberg CityLab With their steep gables and simple details, Chicago’s workers cottages can seem today like quaint remnants from another time. Yet the cottages are in many ways the building blocks of the city’s modernity, precursors to the suburban building boom of the 20th and 21st centuries. Built in the wake… Continue reading Chicago Workers Cottages Gave Immigrants Access to Homeownership
Strip-Skeeze at Architect Magazine
April 17, 2024 Ι The New York Review of Architecture As Jeff Meyers, CEO at Zonda, the publisher of Architect Magazine, tells it, there are big things in store for the company’s premier design journal. In an interview with NYRA in early January, Meyers played up a new tech hire brought over from digital-native news… Continue reading Strip-Skeeze at Architect Magazine