Essay
Writing the program
By Mark Robbins
Prototypical solutions
By Brian McGrath
Anticipating, negotiating, conditioning: Tidal infrastructures of Patagonia
Melanie Kaba travels to "the end of the world" to investigate structures in Patagonia’s harsh coastal environments.
Klaus Jacob’s ethical activism
Klaus Jacob's climate advocacy provides an invaluable lesson, writes design historian Noah Chasin.
Material tour de force: The work of Eladio Dieste
Julian Palacio visits Uruguay to examine the material and structural innovation of engineer Eladio Dieste.
Connective spaces and social capital in Medellín
Jeff Geisinger investigates the built environment's impact on social capital in Colombia's second-largest city.
Exploring the China Academy of Art
Designer Lauren Crahan chronicles her time at the Hangzhou university's architecture program.
Transversal modernity: Spatial discourse in architectural paper projects in Iran, 1960–1978
Shima Mohajeri examines a 1973 design proposal for a civic center in Tehran by Louis Kahn.
The stereotomy of complex surfaces in French Baroque architecture
Hubert Pelletier describes the complex and beautiful structural surfaces of French Baroque architecture in three case studies.
Lina Bo Bardi’s return to Salvador
Angela Starita discusses the architect's (mostly unrealized) plan to restore the historic city center of Salvador, Brazil.