Learning From Scully
Metropolis, August 15, 2003
For decades, Yale's voice of architecture wasn't an architect.
ESSAYS & ARTICLES
Inverse Attention
Metropolis, July 1, 2003
Why do the automakers doing the least interesting design talk about it the most?
Starcked Out
Metropolis, June 15, 2003
The former enfant terrible is veering dangerously close to self-parody.
Flat Screen Illusion
Metropolis, May 15, 2003
As TVs get thinner, the dance between 2 and 3 dimensions gets more intriguing.
Branded Architecture
Metropolis, April 15, 2003
At auto shows, the exhibition design is often flashier than the cars themselves.
Disconnected Urbanism
Metropolis, November 15, 1999
The cell phone has changed our sense of place more than faxes, computers, and e-mail.
The Indomitable Work Space
Metropolis, November 15, 1999
Experts said technology would render it a dinosaur, but the lowly cubicle lumbers on.
Farnsworth: The Lightness of Being
Preservation Magazine, July/August 2004
At one with its setting, Mies van der Rohe's serene creation retains the spiritual simplicity of a Zen garden.
Subterranean Modern
Metropolis, June 15, 2004
The stout and utilitarian subway bench may be one of the best pieces of design in New York's public realm.
Urban Splendor
Metropolis, May 15, 2004
The new Whole Foods store inside Time Warner Center offers New Yorkers something truly unique: space.
Mirror Image
Metropolis, April 15, 2004
In the automotive world, brand identity seems to have taken a clear second place to plain, old-fashioned copying.
Wanted: New Cabs
Metropolis, March 15, 2004
A look back at a classic MoMA show on taxi design reveals the sorry state of today's fleet.
Scale and Whimsy
Metropolis, February 15, 2004
Michael Graves's work for Target may be his most enduring legacy.
Walk Don't Walk
Metropolis, January 15, 2004
New York's flashing — and literal — street signs have gone the way of the Automat.
The King of Central Park
Vanity Fair, September 2008
From the marble-columned lobby to the wine cellar and pool, the author examines the art, as well as the limits, of architect Robert A. M. Stern’s 15 Central Park West.
American Dreamer
Vanity Fair, September 2007
As Ralph Lauren enters decade five as a design superpower, the author explores his re-creation of a world that never was.
diller@gehry.nyc
Vanity Fair, June 2007
The author explores the partnership behind Gehry’s first freestanding structure in New York City.
Uncommon Sense
The American Scholar, Autumn 2006
Remembering Jane Jacobs, the 20th century's most influential city critic.
Jane-washing
Metropolis, July 1, 2006
The danger of Jacobs' legacy lies with developers who co-opt her ideas to justify their megaprojects.
The New Residential Vernacular
Metropolis, April 15, 2006
For years New Yorkers were much more likely to work in glass towers than live in them. No more.