Marianela D’Aprile

is a writer and the deputy editor of the New York Review of Architecture.

Niels Vodder display wtih furniture designed by Finn Juhl, Cabinetmakers Guild Exhibition, 1949.

How Did Americans Come to Love “Mid-Century Modern”? How Did Americans Come to Love “Mid-Century Modern”?

Solving the riddle of America’s obsession with postwar design and furniture.

Jan 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marianela D’Aprile

A visitor takes a picture with his mobile phone of an image designed with artificial intelligence inspired by Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”

Truth in the Age of the Deepfake Truth in the Age of the Deepfake

Could our interest in true-crime podcasts and celebrity biopics be telling us something about our collective discomfort with faking it?

Jun 2, 2023 / Highlights / Marianela D’Aprile

A view of 6 World Trade Center, the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, with the one World Trade Center in the background

Everyone Deserves Grandeur Everyone Deserves Grandeur

A new performing arts center in New York’s Financial District demonstrates the problem with the city’s beautiful, expensive buildings.

Apr 6, 2023 / Editorial / Marianela D’Aprile

A draughtsman, circa 1940.

What’s the Matter With Contemporary Architecture? What’s the Matter With Contemporary Architecture?

In his new book, Reinier de Graaf attempts to work out why his profession appears to be at an impasse.

Mar 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Marianela D’Aprile

Perverse and Unfair: The Radical Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis

Perverse and Unfair: The Radical Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis Perverse and Unfair: The Radical Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis

On the history of the single-family home in America, alternative modes of housing, and what it will take to fix the housing market.

Feb 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Marianela D’Aprile

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