A Conversation with Mitch Epstein

From a personal story of industrial decline to a national exploration of energy production, the artist discusses the themes that connect his body of work, including his current exhibition of photographs of some of New York's extraordinary and idiosyncratic trees.

The Omnibus Roundup - Holly Whyte Way, NYU Compromise, Upstate / Downstate, Infographic Central and This Side of Paradise

The Omnibus Roundup - Berlin Confronts Confronting Comfort, a Formula for Equitable Transportation, .nyc, East River Esplanade and Gardener on the Roof

BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB TRIP TO WITHDRAW FROM PLANNED BERLIN SITE If the BMW Guggenheim Lab is an experimental exploration of the multiple meanings and possibilities of public space worldwide, one of the experiment's perceived follow-on effects has come to eclipse all others: gentrification. The experiment's control factor is a temporary venue designed by Atelier...

The Omnibus Roundup - High Line Designs, Quinn on Design, Concert Venue Design, When the Future Was 1950, and How Women Shape Our World

Atlas Obscura

Dylan Thuras explains the story behind an online compendium of weird and wondrous places, reflecting on the nature of exploration, discovery and wonder.

The Omnibus Roundup - Soldiers of Cleanliness, Tactical Urbanism, Pahlka at TED, Farm Video Fellow, East Asia's Urban Factories and Bronx Moderne in the Park

By the El: 3rd Avenue and its El at Mid-Century

Lawrence Stelter discusses his book on the 3rd Avenue Elevated, which combines a rich archive of his father's photography with a comprehensive understanding of New York’s public transit history.

The Omnibus Roundup - Architecture's Death & Life, Mineral Wealth, Radical Cameras, Politics of Public Space, Public Art & Vertical Orchid Gardens

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ARCHITECTURE Is architecture a profession of luxury? Irreconcilably tied to the climbs, dips and dives of the economy, built on a tradition of 80 hour weeks for …

The Omnibus Roundup - BlockParty 2012 Countdown Edition

Mapping as a Spatial, Political and Environmental Practice

Architect and educator Louise Harpman shares student work from NYU undergraduates whose visual representations of complex information make a case for creative "mapping" as a vital tool for researchers and designers.