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How an Architect Who Designs ‘Half-Houses’ Rebuilt a City Alejandro Aravena, who helped a city recover from an earthquake and a tsunami, says participatory design is not just inclusive but “more efficient.” CityLab, Sept. 26, 2019 In February 2010, a 8.8-magnitude earthquake—one of the strongest quakes ever measured—struck Chile. It triggered a tsunami with waves as…

Review of Plagued by Fire by Paul Hendrickson The American Scholar, Autumn 2019  In 1957, while in New York supervising the construction of the Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright agreed to be interviewed on television by journalist Mike Wallace. By this time, Wright was 90 years old, the author of several hundred buildings, and a…

What’s the Deal With AOC’s Retro-Style GND Posters? Posters for the Green New Deal unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strongly evoke a famous Depression-era federal art program. CityLab, August 30, 2019 On Friday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave Twitter users a look at two new posters her office is issuing to promote the Green New Deal,…

What Internet Memes Get Wrong About Breezewood, Pennsylvania A photo of a strip of fast-food outlets and gas stations is used to critique the sameness of the American landscape. But it could only be one place on Earth. CityLab, July 24, 2019  It’s summer, and for hundreds of thousands of Americans, that means at least…

The Detested Bradford Pear Tree Is Coming to a Forest Near You Cities and states are trying to remove Bradford pears‚ but the “weed trees” have already intruded deep into some forests, a biologist warns.   CityLab, July 2, 2019 In the 1960s, America fell in love with a new tree: the Bradford pear. Cultivated…