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‘The Great Miscalculation’ Offers a Riveting Account of a Would-Be Crisis in Midtown Manhattan

Review: ‘The Great Miscalculation: The Race to Save New York City’s Citicorp Tower’ by Michael M. Greenburg

July 8, 2025

The book on Citicorp Tower and its potentially calamitous design flaw ‘puts a fresh spin on a familiar story that continues to offer lessons for the building professions writ large.’

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‘Tips from the Top’ Gathers Advice and Wisdom from More than 60 Global Architecture Practitioners

Excerpt: ‘Tips from the Top: Architects Share Their Advice for Success,’ edited by Clifford Pearson, Ken Yeang, and Raghda Alhayali

June 4, 2025

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A selection of advice gathered from more than 60 practitioners from around the world offer valuable wisdom for anyone in the profession.

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A New Book Examines the Link Between Archigram’s Radical Vision and High-Tech London Architecture

Review: ‘Architectures of the Technopolis: Archigram and the British High Tech,’ by Annette Fierro

Tim Abrahams

May 21, 2025

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Annette Fierro’s thematic exploration of utopias, engineering, and infrastructure examines the ‘manic impulses’ of postwar Britain through its built environment.

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Celebrating the Legacy and Growth of Milan’s Bosco Verticale

Excerpt: ‘Bosco Verticale: Morphology of a Vertical Forest,’ edited by Stefano Boeri, Maria Lucrezia De Marco, and Livia Shamir

May 20, 2025

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Read an excerpt from Matilda van den Bosch’s contribution to the collection of essays, which argues the towers are ‘a prime example of science put into practice while embracing nature.’

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An Inside Look at Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Comprehensive New Monograph

‘Architecture, Not Architecture,’ by Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro, and Benjamin Gilmartin. Edited by Phillip Denny and Christine Noblejas

Phillip Denny

April 7, 2025

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Phillip Denny reveals the creative process behind the New York firm’s long-awaited publication, which challenges disciplinary boundaries through its very form.

Commentary

How to Design an Urban Icon?

Carlo Ratti Antoine Picon

March 13, 2024

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The world is awash in glitzy buildings that attempt to shock-and-awe their way to the top, but most of these expensive, unsubtle projects have also been uninspiring, write Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon.

Commentary

Anomalies in Architectural Criticism: Skyscrapers of the Early 20th Century

Suzanne Stephens

March 4, 2024

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Looking at a handful of projects from the 1920s through 1940s, Suzanne Stephens traces shifting attitudes toward tall buildings in architectural criticism.

With Building Emissions Dropping Significantly This Year, It's Time to "Future-Proof" Our Infrastructure

Edward Mazria, FAIA

August 25, 2023

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“Addressing climate change and the entire built environment begins with design,” writes Architecture 2030’s Edward Mazria. “We’ve taken the initiative to lead, now the work intensifies as we expand our scope, influence, and impact.”

looking down into a classroom with a labor strike sign

Academic Worker–Led Strikes Across American Architecture Schools Reveal Inequities Nationwide

Shane Reiner-Roth

February 8, 2023

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Grappling with low wages and a high cost of living, academic workers across the University of California system staged a six-week strike that ranked as the largest of its kind in U.S. history.