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Model Home

In 1959, John S. Chase, Texas’s first licensed Black architect, laid claim to one of the state’s most radical houses

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From Auntie Anne’s to Ellipticals

In Columbus, Indiana, a dead mall is getting a new lease on life as a health-focused community hub

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Don’t Knock On Wood

B+H Architects wants to replace the shuttered West Seattle Bridge with a sleek mass timber and steel span

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Toward A More Just Built Environment

Dark Matter University brings a new model of architectural education to light

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To Connect And Serve

CannonDesign’s Buffalo community health hub supports a neighborhood and region in need

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Heard Loud and Clear

Community voices come first in reimagining of downtown Atlanta detention center

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It Takes a City

Foley Square’s Black Lives Matter mural is a designer-led transformation of public space

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The Golden Ratio

Long out of print, A-frame returns to satiate America’s lust for triangular homes

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Suppressing Oppression

Oklahoma State University students harness design to respond to, reframe Confederate monuments

Columbia university with a sign explaining it's closed because of coronavirus, as have many architecture schools
School’s Out…Forever?

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing architecture schools to rethink remote learning

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A Call to Arms

Operation PPE creates 3D-printed equipment for the COVID-19 front lines

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No Man's (Secret) Sky

In rural Michigan, an ordinary barn becomes a secret gift to the sky

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A House Divided

Where do the Democratic frontrunners stand on housing?

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Spirit of MoMA Past, Present, and Future

MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program curators and alumni talk about its future

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Snow Joking Matter

Snowmaking signals climate control mastery and avarice in a warming world

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After Stonewall

Three takes on how New York’s queer nightlife spaces have evolved

Several hive-shaped structures on the Martian surface, an example of space design
Designing Space for Space in Space

Living in space is the answer, but what was the question?

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A Post-Maria Mission

Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz on why Puerto Rico needs the help of more architects

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