architectural theory

Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020. Edited by Irene Cheng, Charles L.…

By Reza Aliabadi (Actar, 2020) In this pocket-sized manifesto, Persian-Canadian architect Reza Aliabadi explores the idea of emptiness as the essence of…

By Léa-Catherine Szacka (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2019) Considering the inherent limitations around exhibiting architecture, it is a…

When lockdowns and stay-at-home orders began to respond to Covid-19, so did questions of when things can “return to normal”. This line of questioning…

LiMa Housing, Berlin, by Herman Hertzberger. Photo: Axel Burvall courtesy are.na With lockdown in effect in many parts of the world, and urban streets and…

Some people are simply more self-aware than others when it comes to social distancing. The bigger question is how this will affect the way we think about public…

The dismal reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit with the first death of a colleague and hero.  I write this just after learning that Vittorio Gregotti…

When curator Jean-Louis Cohen introduces journalists to his new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, his enthusiasm bubbles over. Before he…

The Chicago Architecture Biennial challenges the profession’s entanglement with neoliberal economics, and its accompanying social and environmental ills.

Trevor Boddy reviews a newly released book edited by Canadian Architect’s Elsa Lam with architectural historian Graham Livesey.