March 8, 2025 Ι Metropolis Magazine The question at the heart of Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism (by Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy, Princeton University Press) is very simple: “What is Modernism?” Focusing on early women Modern architects with special attention on graduates of the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape… Continue reading Women Architects Struggled to Find a Home Within Modernism
Month: March 2025
Remembering the Landscape Architect Who Embraced the City
Bloomberg CityLab Ι March 1, 2025 In 1972, the New York Times described the landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg as one of the “New Left of playground designers” for his radical breaks with tradition. His playgrounds and landscapes emphasized abstract, elemental forms for play and exploration, inserted into gritty New York City public housing projects,… Continue reading Remembering the Landscape Architect Who Embraced the City