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Uncommon Sense
Remembering Jane Jacobs, the 20th century's most influential city critic
The American Scholar, Autumn 2006
Farnsworth: The Lightness of Being
At one with its setting, Mies van der Rohe's serene creation retains the spiritual simplicity of a Zen garden
Preservation Magazine, July/August 2004
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First Person
Remembering Philip Johnson and the Glass House
Metropolis, November 2006
Jane-washing
The danger of Jacobs' legacy lies with developers who co-opt her ideas to justify their megaprojects.
Metropolis, July 2006
The New Residential Vernacular
For years New Yorkers were much more likely to work in glass towers than live in them. No more.
Metropolis, April 2006
Subterranean Modern
The stout and utilitarian subway bench may be one of the best pieces of design in New York's public realm.
Metropolis, June 2004
Urban/Suburban Splendor
The new Whole Foods store inside Time Warner Center offers New Yorkers something truly unique: space.
Metropolis, May 2004 Mirror Image
In the automotive world, brand identity seems to have taken a clear second place to plain, old-fashioned copying.
Metropolis, April 2004 Wanted: New Cabs
A look back at a classic MoMA show on taxi design reveals the sorry state of today's fleet.
Metropolis, March 2004 Scale and Whimsy
Michael Graves's work for Target may be his most enduring legacy.
Metropolis, February 2004 Walk Don't Walk
New York's flashing — and literal — street signs have gone the way of the Automat.
Metropolis, January 2004 Learning from Scully
For decades, Yale's voice of architecture wasn't an architect.
Metropolis, August 2003
Inverse Attention
Why do the automakers doing the least interesting design talk about it the most?
Metropolis, July 2003
Starcked Out
The former enfant terrible is veering dangerously close to self-parody.
Metropolis, June 2003
Flat Screen Illusion
As TVs get thinner, the dance between 2 and 3 dimensions gets more intriguing.
Metropolis, May 2003 Branded Architecture
At auto shows, the exhibition design is often flashier than the cars themselves.
Metropolis, April 2003
Put a Cork In It
The perfect marriage of form to function.
Metropolis, November 1999
Disconnected Urbanism
The cell phone has changed our sense of place more than faxes, computers, and e-mail.
Metropolis, November 1999
The Indomitable Work Space
Experts said technology would render it a dinosaur, but the lowly cubicle lumbers on.
Metropolis, November 1999
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