Articles by James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

With the help of Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio, a new plan by a joint partnership between Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs incorporates mass timber construction.

Long Island City in New York and National Landing near Alexandria, Virginia, will be the sites of Amazon’s sought-after second headquarters.

Can gentrification improve urban communities without pushing out longtime residents?

A new group called Resilient Power Puerto Rico is installing permanent photovoltaic solar arrays around the island.

In his latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class–author Richard Florida argues that the stratospheric housing prices, costly entrepreneur-stifling zoning regulations, and homogenizing tidiness of "superstar cities" threaten to kill the creative ethos.

Google's radical proposal for flexible offices includes stackable modular components.

The rebuilding of New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina is as patchwork and kaleidoscopic as the city itself.

Eli Broad has his name on several buildings by high-profile architects, including The Broad in Los Angeles by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, opening this fall.