Civilian Objects Civilian Objects
Architecture lets us speak of the spoken indirectly.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Life in the Ruins Life in the Ruins
How the destruction of architectural treasures became a weapon in Syria’s ongoing civil war.
Sep 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
The View The View
How Michael Bloomberg turned architecture into a sixty-four-ounce Coke.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Good Enough? Good Enough?
The amount of affordable housing in New York City is shrinking, and Mayor de Blasio’s development plans might not reverse the trend.
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’? What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’?
Inclusionary zoning laws are among the few tools left to ensure the creation of affordable housing.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Big MoMA’s House Big MoMA’s House
MoMA’s new expansion plans represent avant-gardism at its most deracinated.
Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Bull in China’s Shop Bull in China’s Shop
The urbanization of China and infusion of Western forms amounts to a second Cultural Revolution.
Feb 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
The Fungibility of Air The Fungibility of Air
Real estate has become an extractive industry, mining the air for property.
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Presidents and Libraries Presidents and Libraries
A blueprint for the Barack Obama presidential library.
Oct 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons
A call for architects to refuse to design chambers of living death.
Aug 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin