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Concrete Details: Why Air and Space Should Build Anew Officials want a staggering $1 billion to resuscitate D.C.’s busiest museum. Washington City Paper, July 29, 2016 Not to mince words, but the National Air and Space Museum is falling apart. The thin panels of Tennessee marble—actually, a kind of limestone—that clad the exterior are cracking…

Why the Olympics Are Bad for (Most) Cities Travel + Leisure, July 27, 2016 The run-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, which kick off in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, has been rocky, to say the least. In April, a bike path built for the games collapsed, killing two people. A key new piece…

A Marcel Breuer Building in Reston May Get Knocked Down Washingtonian, June 16, 2016 Unbeknownst even to many fans of modern architecture in the Washington area, Reston, Virginia, has a building designed by Marcel Breuer, the renowned architect responsible for such landmarks as the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and the Whitney Museum of Art (now the…

Detroit Is Designing a City With Space for Everyone, Including Goats A comprehensive approach to urban agriculture is rolling out in Motor City. Next City, June 6, 2016 Laura Mikulski loves her chickens. She keeps three — Dumptruck, Bossy and Crow — in the large yard behind her house in Ferndale, Michigan; they sleep in…

Welcome to Disturbia Why midcentury Americans believed the suburbs were making them sick  Curbed, May 25, 2016 Picture a suburban housewife of the 1950s. Her name is Mrs. John Drone (Mary), and she lives in Rolling Knolls Estates, a new development of what the salesman calls “California Cape Cod Ramblers” on the outskirts of Washington,…