Losing Friends to the American Dream: Homeownership There are real social and societal costs when people believe that a standalone house is the ultimate goal.

Losing friends to...#Houses. Chasing the #AmericanDream of #HomeOwnership. #SocialIsolation bit.ly/4eyc9cl

The Passion to Build: Three Architects, Three First Structures The buildings of our youth are born of a wild and innocent belief in the meaning of making.

The passion to #Build: 3 #Architects, 3 first structures. #ChristopherAlexander #TurnerBrooks #DuoDickinson #FoamHouse bit.ly/4vzIbuS

Controversy in Rome: “You Don’t Make History, You Are History” An artist’s politicized restoration at a medieval church sparks heated debate.

Controversy in #Rome: “You don’t make history, you are history.” #BascilicadiSanLorenzo #BrunoValentinetti #GiorgiaMeloni bit.ly/4c6ifz9

With Federal Dollars, Sunnyside Yards Might Just Happen This Time Using mass timber would reduce the project’s carbon footprint and keep structural costs down.

#SunnysideYards might just happen this time! argues #DavidBurney #AffordableHousing #MassTimber @mayor.nyc.gov @vishaan.bsky.social bit.ly/4mpG20A

Why Architects Need to Commit to Educating the Public The K–12 students connected with today will become the clients that value the profession tomorrow.

Why #Architects need to commit to educating the #Public. #K-12Education #ArchitectureWeek2026 bit.ly/48xyFOH

Want Some Bad Food and Poor Design to Go With Your Tesla Charge? Elon Musk’s attempt at an urban restaurant strives to be cool but fails utterly.

Wait for a charge, stay for some bad food. A hilarious review by @jrs310310.bsky.social of #ElonMusks’ new #TeslaDiner in #WestHollywood. bit.ly/4sb9vwm @planetizen.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social

Rebooting Downtown, America’s Most Underperforming Neighborhood What if the central business district in your city became the best neighborhood? Here’s a roadmap.

#RebootingDowntown, America’s most underperforming neighborhood. A great roadmap by #StylianiKalomoiraKontogianni @Daniel Lurie @sfplanning @sf_downtown @DanielParolek @OpticosDesign bit.ly/4lWuEZI

Learning to Reject the Transactional City As a Mexican American interested in the relational nature of cities, the author was fortunate to attend MIT when vestiges of radical planning still lingered.

Beautiful essay by @JamesRojas: Learning to reject the #TransactionalCity. #LatinoUrbanism #EastLA @mitdusp.bsky.social bit.ly/4bwAugP

Urban Lessons From the Paris Perimeter The conformity of Haussmann’s blocks gains meaning from the often intimate bricolage of Paris’ other textures.

Terrific photo/essay by Li Wen on the varied textures of Parisian neighborhood: #UrbanLessons from the #Paris perimeter. bit.ly/3PFuEkG

Trump’s Proposed White House Expansion Debases Classical Architecture A new Vitruvian trinity—beauty, sustainability, and justice—are the design values we should be defending.

#Trump’s proposed #WhiteHouse expansion actually debases #ClassicalArchitecture. Great essay by #StevenWSemes #Ballroom #Benito Mussolini @notredame.bsky.social @savingplaces.bsky.social @workingclassicists.bsky.social bit.ly/3NGPZK3

The Liability Question: When AI Designs Buildings, Who’s Responsible? Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.

The #Liability question: when #AI designs #Buildings, who’s responsible? From #ChadDReineke @aiaofficial.bsky.social bit.ly/4dtlC4b

How Much Information Do Architects Owe the Public? It’s our duty to be transparent about what we do and why we do it.

How much information do #Architects owe the #Public? #WhiteHouseBallroom bit.ly/4buRB1l

The Three Lessons of My Failed Homestead Where my wife and I erred when it came to time, money, and family culture.

The 3 main lessons of my failed #Homestead. Great advice from @stevemouzon.bsky.social #Money #Time #Culture @homesteaders.bsky.social bit.ly/4sa3XmL

Episode 4: Our Buildings, Our Selves, With Guests Gerhard W. Mayer and Lindsay Stirman Discussing the housing crisis with the co-founders of L.A.’s Livable Communities Initiative.

Episode 4 of the #CommonEdge podcast: Our Buildings, Our Selves. Addressing the #HousingCrisis, with Gerhard W. Mayer and Lindsey Stirman. #LivableCommunitiesInitiative #ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation #AIAConnecticut #WPKN bit.ly/40qdKJ2

We Don’t Have a Climate Design Problem: We Have a Trust Problem Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction or physical engineering; it’s about whether residents believe the systems around them are coherent and fair.

We don’t have a #ClimateDesignProblem, we have a #TrustProblem. #Benthemplein #PhladelphiaGreenCityCleanWaters bit.ly/3P0Ai0D

Preservation Actually Saves Affordable Housing, Contrary to Popular Belief Thousands of affordable units are protected from demolition because they exist in New York City’s historic districts.

Contrary to popular myth, #HistoricPreservation actually saves #AffordableHousing #HistoricDistricts @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social bit.ly/4cCZQur

Is This Chalet Really an Antoni Gaudí? A new study appears to settle an old debate. But there’s a twist.

Is this chalet really an #AntoniGaudi? #XaletDelCatlaras #LePobaDeLillet #CatalanDepartmentOfCulture #GaudiFoundation bit.ly/4b8CRoF

Architecture’s Awkward Embrace of Artificial Intelligence Technological advancement is coming, whether the profession wants it or not.

#Architecture’s awkward embrace of #ArtificialIntelligence. #DigitalUtopia #DystopianNightmare @brianphillips.bsky.social @byjacobward.bsky.social bit.ly/402BVND

Coastal Adaptation Is at a Carbon-Intensive Crossroads A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate Positive Design.

#CoastalAdaptation is at a #CarbonIntensive crossroads. A call for #NatureBasedSolutions. @Arch2030 @HarvardSalata @NationalASLA @AIANational bit.ly/4ldvMYz

Architects Will Not Be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence A call for the assertion of professional judgment and responsibility in this automated age.

Chad Reineke on why #Architects will not be replaced by #ArtificialIntelligence! bit.ly/46j7CWw

Colin Rowe and the Impact of Great Teaching Part 2 of our consideration of the influential architect, planner, and educator.

#ColinRowe and the lasting impact of #GreatTeaching. #Architecture #Planning #Education #MarkAlanHewitt #OroEditions @nealip.bsky.social bit.ly/40blfnf .

Bring on the Exterior Decorators! The patchwork facades of contemporary residential structures offer no beauty or sense of a building’s interior structure.

Bring on the #ExteriorDecorators! War of the #ClashingFacades! #StickFrameOverPodium #DuoDickinson bit.ly/3ZFijPi

The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe A recent book on the architect, planner, and educator sheds new light on his seminal career.

The #UrbanDesign legacy of #ColinRowe. #CollageCity Great review of #MarkAlanHewitt. @mitpress.bsky.social bit.ly/3OxIR2t

What Exactly Does It Mean to Be an “AI-Powered” Architecture Firm? A talk with Patrick Chopson, co-founder of Cove Architecture.

What exactly does it mean to be an #AIPoweredArchitecture firm? Great talk with PatrickChopson at Cove. bit.ly/4tpCRZD

#Architects vs. Acceleration: A 2026 Survival Story. A must read by #EricJCesal on the implications of #AI on the professions. ​​https://bit.ly/45K2Z7B

Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development? As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Don’t disband the #UrbanDesignDivision just as #NewYorkCity ramps up #HousingDevelopment. #Gowanwus #HuntersPoint #4thAvenueBrooklyn. @nycplanning.bsky.social
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Driving Toward Bankruptcy? L.A. Is Almost There We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.

Is Los Angeles driving toward bankruptcy? Why the region is a 'development Ponzi scheme.' #Sprawl #GerhardWMayer @strongtowns.org @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social commonedge.org/driving-towa...

A Student Design Competition Tackles Forced Labor in the Construction Industry Created by the Grace Farms Foundation and ACSA, “Design for Freedom” seeks to help AEC professionals engage in ethical material sourcing.

#DesignForFreedom. A student competition tackles modern day #SlaveLabor in global construction. #GraceFarmsFoundation @ASCA @CMUSoA @ucalgary.bsky.social bit.ly/4jQ0jef

How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.

How #HomeDesign can help break the #HousingCrisis: custom designs on tight budgets. @Habitat for Humanity @DuoDickinson bit.ly/4pAdCkh

The Coming Redesign of Ruben Salazar Park Los Angeles should use this opportunity to capture the many Chicano memories and stories of August 29, 1970.

The #Redesign of #RubenSalazarPark in #EastLA should capture the memories and stories of the #ChicanoMoratorium. #RubenSalazar #JamesRojas bit.ly/4pFG2JI