Architecture
Renzo Piano: Franzen Lecture 2006
Renzo Piano discusses projects featuring a particular emphasis on environmental considerations.
Horizontal light: Lewerentz, Aalto and the Nordic landscape
Thomas W. Ryan explores the seminal works of Alvar Aalto and Sigurd Lewerentz in Sweden and Finland.
Interfacing architecture in the fragile ecosystems of Australia
Jennifer Magee writes about the need for an architecture modeled on nature.
Naming and claiming
Ruth Gyuse writes about the populations relocated in the making of the Kainji Dam in Nigeria, examining how grandiose national ideas are interpreted at the local level.
Home and the world: The Sinai’s Gebeliya tribe
Sadia Shirazi writes about the transition from nomadic to fixed dwellings of the Gebeliya tribe in the Sinai Peninsula.
Information technology campuses: Infrastructure and the city in South India
Ameet Hiremath writes about his exploration of the information technology (IT) parks of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Light and proportion in the Cistercian monasteries
Naoki Seshimo writes about his exploration of the Cistercian monasteries in southern France through drawing.