Explicit Trespassers: Colin Jerolmack on New York’s Pigeons
Sociologist Colin Jerolmack explains how the inescapable pigeon can help us understand the broader systems — natural, physical, and cultural — that build our experience of the urban environment.
Video: Creating –ism
New this morning from The Architectural League is a video (embedded above) documenting this year's Beaux Arts Ball, an annual fundraiser that transforms...
5KL: Degrowing Our Way to Genuine Progress
In September, The Architectural League announced The Five Thousand Pound Life, an ambitious initiative of live programs, digital releases, and a major design study that seeks to imagine a viable American future in light of the urgent challenge climate change poses to our environment,
Competition Report: Stormproof
Maria Aiolova of Terreform ONE discusses the design group's ONE Prize, an annual design and science award that this year focused on how cities can adapt to future challenges of extreme weather, yielding winning proposals that address coastal conditions from Staten Island to Tokyo to Sumatra.
Sustainable Citizenship with Melissa Lane | October 29
The second live program of the Architectural League initiative The Five Thousand Pound Life will take place on Tuesday, October 29th.
Toward a Stronger Social Infrastructure: A Conversation with Eric Klinenberg
Eric Klinenberg explains the complexities and importance of neighborhood networks and community spaces and discusses the opportunities they present to designers and urbanists.
El Timbiriche: Designing for Wellness in Williamsburg's Southside
Farzana Gandhi, Anusha Venkataraman, and Gabriela Alvarez explain the motivations behind and the design for a mobile health and wellness unit, sharing how the project can use a community's traditions to help solve some contemporary challenges.