No matter how brilliant they may be, architects are responsible for their acquiescence to clients, whose desires eclipse all ...

Built Density or Floor Area Ratio (FAR): A real estate metric that measures the total floor space of buildings relative to ...

A 1970 collection of essays, Meaning in Architecture, was on everyone’s reading list (along with Collage City, The ...

You have to go through these review and approval processes. It’s just part of doing buildings.” What’s really peculiar about ...

Indeed, if you’re a Malibu resident, care about the value of your home, and take pride in living in this seacoast village (as ...

The first edition of Waterworks [Princeton Architectural Press, 2003] was a follow-up to my first book, Invisible New York [Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998]. It was about all kinds of hidden ...

For years there has been a loud and often polarizing battle: NIMBYs vs. YIMBYs. But as housing costs soar and climate pressures mount, a new movement might offer a way forward—one that’s not about ...

While much has been reported about the tragic loss of single-family homes in the L.A. fires, both in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, there were also a significant number of commercial properties ...

In an era dominated by naked self-interest and polarizing political debates on climate change, a quiet revolution is taking place, regardless of the political landscape. The transformation of our ...

The two ends of Los Angeles’ Cultural Crescent—formed by the majestic Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains and their foothills, which ring the northern end of the great L.A. Basin—are gone. For ...

Let’s talk about education for a minute,” said Matthew Civello, CEO of Scanscraps, at a recent roundtable talk at the Conference of Climate and Compost at Baruch College in New York City. “I’ll just ...