Sara Bronin’s new book, Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, is a deep, accessible dive into the prosaic realms of urban planning. Sara Bronin’s new book, Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes ...

How the Battle of the Grid played out in New Orleans and New York.

What’s so special about February?” I recently asked my graduate design studio class. “Shortest month?” “GroundHog Day?” “Valentine’s Day?” “It’s Black History Month!” was the answer I was looking for.

Metrics have been used for years by NIMBYs, YIMBYs, municipalities, and numerous other housing-focused groups to fight for their desired outcomes. But most metrics that are employed are seriously ...

New York City is in trouble, but few residents know it. Oh, sure, they know about crime, traffic, and the price of eggs, but they don’t know how rapidly the city is losing affordable housing. And ...

Ever one to hope for the best, last semester I suggested that students use ChatGPT as a “research partner” in the big bibliographic project they do in the fall term of Parallel Narratives, their ...

We are excited to announce the launch of a new monthly podcast, Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut ...

U.S. cities are still in recovery—recovery from the devastation wrought by the automobile age and the racist planning policies that accompanied it. In terms of broader planning policy, the new ...

Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?” ...

Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?” ...

Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?” ...

One important guideline: look for simple indicators of complex conditions.