The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai
The Netanyahu administration seems to have learned from neighboring petrostates that spectacle can distract from ethnic cleansing.
Jul 9, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
Luxury Brands Are Buying Our Cities Luxury Brands Are Buying Our Cities
Conglomerates like LVMH are gobbling up whole neighborhoods to advance their own interests.
May 28, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
Capitalist Rot Has Spread to American Kitchens Capitalist Rot Has Spread to American Kitchens
We’ve privileged constant renovation over resilience, and it’s damaged the aesthetics and functionality of domestic architecture.
Apr 16, 2024 / Razing Hell / Kate Wagner
What Happened to the 21st-Century City? What Happened to the 21st-Century City?
And how we can save it.
Mar 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wagner
Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever
Cameras aren’t just monitoring us in public—now they’re actually yelling at us.
Feb 16, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
What Israel’s Destruction of the Great Omari Mosque Means What Israel’s Destruction of the Great Omari Mosque Means
Yes, it’s a crime against cultural heritage. But more importantly, it’s part of a campaign of total annihilation.
Jan 24, 2024 / Mic Drop / Kate Wagner
The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg
There’s something very feudal about his massive doomsday bunker.
Dec 22, 2023 / Kate Wagner
Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine
Gaza is a site of human tragedy, not a prize of war.
Nov 14, 2023 / Mic Drop / Kate Wagner
In Defense of Homeownership In Defense of Homeownership
It’s been blamed for everything from NIMBYism to urban sprawl. So why do I still want in?
Oct 18, 2023 / Mic Drop / Kate Wagner
What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet? What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet?
We need political solutions to climate emergencies, not design solutions.
Oct 6, 2023 / Kate Wagner