Emanuel Christ: The Architecture of the City
Emanuel Christ discusses the pressing need to re-evaluate the architecture of our urban spaces in light of urgent social and environmental concerns and presents on several of his firm's projects.
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Architects Declare wants to change design paradigms
Michael Pawlyn, one of the founders of Architects Declare, discusses the group's origins and plans for the future.
Empowering architects to take on carbon
The design community needs a robust toolkit of decarbonization strategies that all practitioners can use, argues KieranTimberlake's Stephanie Carlisle.
Alan Organschi: Building a global carbon sink
Large-scale engineered wood products offer the possibility of turning cities into carbon sinks, Organschi posits.
Rethinking form and function for a warming planet
Architects face significant hurdles to taking on climate change, says Atelier Ten's Nico Kienzl—but there are also exciting opportunities.
Kiel Moe: Climate change, architecture change
We must alter basic assumptions about architecture in order to address the key challenges of this century, Moe asserts.
How can firms address the climate crisis? Here’s Grimshaw’s take
Dr. Paul Toyne, a sustainability expert at Grimshaw, discusses the firm's Climate Emergency Taskforce.
Michelle Addington: Sustainability reset
Are architects proceeding from the wrong premise and solving the wrong problems in their approach to climate change?
Architecture as energy source
The built environment is colliding with the power grid, creating powerful opportunities for decarbonization, says Blueprint Power's Robyn Beavers.
To combat climate change, focus on existing buildings
Architects are uniquely positioned to make a difference on climate, argues the CEO of Urban Green—but first they need to rethink their role.
Living Buildings and the climate crisis
Architects have been slow to address global warming, says the International Living Future Institute's CEO, but can still make a difference by taking radical steps now.
For the RIBA, tackling global warming means changing both policy and practice
Adrian Dobson discusses the Royal Institute of British Architects' climate emergency declaration and 2030 Climate Challenge.
The relocation of Taro Island
As rising seas threaten the Solomon Islands, one community is planning a move to higher ground.
Milton S. F. Curry: Architecture and the egalitarian turn
The dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture discusses the inherent political implications of architecture.
Forms of aid: Architectures of humanitarian space in Nairobi, Kenya
Benedict Clouette and Marlisa Wise write about urban and architectural consequences of international humanitarian operations.
Reimagining the kiosk
A typical kiosk may offer newspapers, maps, or bottled water. These Folly/Function entries asked what else they could do.
Welcome to the people’s park
A roundtable discussion about the 2019 Folly/Function competition.
Inventing f-architecture
Dissatisfied with conventional models of architectural practice, the designers behind the feminist collaborative created their own.