Aesthetics Alone Do Not Give Sacred Space Its Meaning
Oct 9, 2024 · Doug Staker is the Principal Architect with Squaremoon Studio, a small design firm based in Salt Lake City focusing on residential, adaptive reuse, and sacred space. After receiving his Masters in Architecture at UCLA, Doug was a design architect at Dynia Architects for twelve years followed by five years as Head of Architecture at Ezra Lee Design+Build.
The Architectural Pandemic of the “Stick Frame Over Podium” …
Feb 22, 2022 · In case you missed it, our world continues, after two years, to suffer cultural spasms in response to unseen, unrelenting, and deadly infective agents that continue to wash over entire populations, spreading fear, illness, and death. The U.S. is also suffering a quieter—but equally invasive—architectural plague, metastasizing into every part of the country.
The Surprising Stickiness of the “15-Minute City” - Common Edge
Jan 25, 2022 · Urbanism trends come and go: Broadacre City, Radiant City, EcoCity. Yet the “ 15-Minute City ” concept—which implies having all necessary amenities within a short walk, bike ride, or public transit trip from one’s home—has demonstrated stickiness not just as an idea, but as a powerful tool for action, from Paris to Seoul, Bogotá to Houston.
The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright – Common Edge
Sep 17, 2024 · Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s true, it ain’t bragging.
Michael Van Valkenburgh on the Making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Jul 10, 2024 · Brooklyn Bridge Park is not just a civic miracle—I believe it’s one of the great urban parks of the 21st century. The space is a mere 85 acres (Central Park is about 10 times as large), but it contains a multitude of activities, moods, terrains, even ecosystems, framed by some of the most stunning views imaginable: New York Harbor, birthplace of the great metropolis.
Hidden Figures: The Historic Contributions of Black Architects
Oct 5, 2020 · Designer Paul Wellington, based in Milwaukee, is the author of Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community, a book that documents more than 40 works of architecture around the country by Black architects that have had a direct impact on communities or color.He’s now working on a new book that will focus on Black women architects in a field dominated by white males.
The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis – Common Edge
Oct 2, 2024 · Josh Stephens is contributing editor to the California Planning and Development Report and a freelance writer, specializing in urban planning. Based in Los Angeles, Josh writes frequently for Planetizen, Next City, and InTransition, among others. His website is joshrstephens.net.
Affordable housing - Common Edge
Sep 11, 2023 · The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs. More
Architecture ≠ Truth: On the Idea of Buildings as Propaganda
Mar 9, 2021 · As predicted, President Biden overturned former President Trump’s 10-week-old Executive Order “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” Trump’s decree was a headlong attack on Modernism waged by the National Civic Art Society (NCAS), classicist activists lobbying for an official blessing.
How FEMA’s New “Resilience Zone” Program Works – Common Edge
Oct 16, 2023 · Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unveiled a new program to designate what it calls “ Community Disaster Resilience Zones ” and announced 483 such zones across the U.S. Far from being resilient, these places have a particularly high risk of natural disasters, many of which are the result of global warming. The FEMA designation means increased federal support and ...