A city loses its life-force when it loses its historic buildings.
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Welcome to Parliament! Bachelors Can Only Wear Brown Shoes Every Other Tuesday
What changes politically if Parliament moves to a modern, inclusive space from one steeped in sexist, classist history?
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‘A Tale of Decay’: The Houses of Parliament Are Falling down
As politicians dither over repairs, the risk of fire, flood or a deluge of sewage only increases. But fixing the Palace of Westminster might change British politics for good – which is the last thing many of its residents want.
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Unreal Estate: A Reading List About Our Shifting Vision of Home
In an age of economic and political instability, what do the spaces we dwell in say about us?
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McMansion, USA
How the emblem of mainstream economic success came to represent the fragility of 21st-century consumer culture.
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How the 1970s Could Vanish from Vancouver
Brutalist architecture — heavy on concrete and blocky shapes — used to be polarizing. In Vancouver, where land is scarce and developers are bulldozer-happy, it’s in the process of disappearing.
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Architecture and Religious Bias: A California Case Study
When a group of Sufis wanted to build a large sanctuary in the California hills, locals pushed back and the town grew divided.
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Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction
Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.
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Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction
Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Chromophobia
Western architecture is paralyzed by a fear of color, argues David Batchelor in this extract from his classic polemic, Chromophobia. Paralyzed — and fascinated.