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Returning to Public Beauty
Politics Returning to Public Beauty Our federal buildings have been controlled by destroyers for too long. (Yvonne Baur/Shutterstock) There is an argument made by certain architects that, in its...
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The Intellectual Roots of Architectural Decay
Culture The Intellectual Roots of Architectural Decay The ideas of the Modern architectural movement are as ugly as the cities they created. (Posnov/Getty Images) The mythologies peddled by Modernist...
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Classical Architecture in the Capital
Culture Classical Architecture in the Capital A pair of bills in the Congress would return Uncle Sam’s buildings to a classical design. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) My previous...
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A Manhattan Original
Culture A Manhattan Original Among the impressive structures in Midtown Manhattan, this one stands alone. (Daniel M. Silva/Shutterstock) Black bricks are relatively common building materials, but they...
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The Radiant City
Culture The Radiant City Le Corbusier’s influential vision of totalitarian architecture has never coexisted with organic human reality. (Photo by Günter Bratke/picture alliance via Getty Images) No...
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A Little Portion of Land
Culture A Little Portion of Land Mobile homes put the dream of affordable housing within everyone’s reach. (Photo by: Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Making cheap, dignified...
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A Story Set in Stone
Culture A Story Set in Stone The anthropological and ontological claims of Krakow’s architecture. (Sopotnicki/Shutterstock) Summer in Krakow is hotter than you might think. I find reprieve in the...
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The Gravity of a Sphere
Culture The Gravity of a Sphere Las Vegas has rediscovered a sort of architectural genius. The Sphere in Las Vegas (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) I thought America was out of...
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A Built-In Solution to America’s Housing Shortage
Politics A Built-In Solution to America’s Housing Shortage Easing restrictions on accessory apartments will allow us to maximize the housing stock we already have. Arthur L. Richards Duplex Apartments...
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Winning the Federal Architecture War
Politics Winning the Federal Architecture War Winning the war will take smart, well-tailored congressional and executive action. (grandbrothers/Shutterstock) Even if the recently introduced bills that...
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