Common Edge – Page 47
Jan 13, 2025 · When word trickled out that Gehry would take over master planning for the river, it caught some locals by surprise. No one was more startled, and more critical, than this poet, …
Light and Color: The Spirit-Led Work of James Turrell
Nov 7, 2024 · Last August, I was fortunate to participate in a two-week course on architecture and the human sciences sponsored by the Moving Boundaries Collaborative.Our venues were …
Wonder and Awe in a James Turrell Skyspace – Common Edge
Nov 13, 2024 · The fall night was crisp and clear. Sunlight was just fading over the Hudson River. I was making my way to the Friends Seminary School on East 16th Street in New York, where …
On the Value of Miniatures and Scale Models – Common Edge
Dec 18, 2024 · Isaac MacDonald is a consultant and writer with a focus on systems change and narrative. He holds an Urban Studies degree from Brown University, where he founded the …
Design for Global Survival: The 2030 Palette – Common Edge
Nov 11, 2024 · Climate-change impacts ar e rapidly intensifying. Recent events like the catastrophic hurricanes Helene and Milton, wildfires in Australia and the Amazon rainforest, …
It’s Hard for Architects to Be Transparent About Fees
Nov 25, 2024 · It is hard for arc hitects to be transparent. As a profession, we’re shrouded in cliches, both internal and external: the Corbu glasses, the black garb, The Fountainhead.As a …
Architecture Students on AI – Common Edge
Jan 15, 2025 · This past fall, I led a graduate design studio at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture in which students used AI to develop innovative, …
Will Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” Be a City for All?
Dec 16, 2024 · The New York City Council finally passed the Adams administration’s plan for the “ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity ” (COYHO). In giving its approval, the council made some …
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rebirth of Artisanship
Dec 17, 2024 · Check your Instagram f eeds or watch YouTube these days and you will likely see inspirational clips of French people getting emotional about the rebuilding of their cathedral, …
Confronting the Leviathan in Vietnam – Common Edge
Jan 8, 2025 · Call me depressed. Some years ago—never mind how many trips I’ve taken or how old I’ve grown—I found myself, despite a lifelong aversion to setting foot in northern Vietnam, …