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What is Architecture?

“Gang likens the architect to a cook, a prospector, and a nomad,“ according to a recent piece in ENR about “blooming starchitect” Jeanne Gang. A similarly creative way of describing architects has come from Bjarke Ingels, who describes his role … Continue reading

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Reply All: Graphic Design of Architecture

In researching the use of graphic design in architecture, I came across an interview with Jennifer Sage, principal of Sage & Coombe. The firm has done a lot of work in and around New York. In an interview discussing the … Continue reading

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Reply All: Future Plans

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, released the first comprehensive, 10-year plan for the development of 520 miles of NYC shoreline. While the mayor was previously criticized for allowing IKEA to set up camp on … Continue reading

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Reply All: Interpretation in Criticism

In her 1964 essay, “Against Interpretation,“ Susan Sontag discusses interpretation in art criticism.  We are no longer in a time when art was just art (were we ever?), instead “from now to the end of consciousness, we are stuck with … Continue reading

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