A New Spin on Senior Living
Affinity communities are filling a void in needed services for aging seniors of various ethnic backgrounds, creating places that feel...
Notes on the Nature of Doors and Passages in Care Settings
Excerpt from ENVIRONMENTAL & ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENOLOGY (fall 2015) Vol. 26 ▪ No. 3 How concrete everything becomes in the world of...
What if the three pigs worked together? A tale of architecture and cooperation.
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No Leapfrog City
Thirty years ago I dreamed about building over the Mechanic Theater. In the 1960's the Mechanic's original architect, John Johansen, had...
Alexandra Lange Asks: "How can you learn about the world in spaces without character?"
'Watching the demolition of her own elementary school,Alexandra Lange reflects on the increasingly generic design of schools, museums and...
Event: IPA Round Table: "A Total Reset" for Public Housing.
New New York mayor Bill de Blasio has declared “a total reset” for public housing in New York. At the same time, the decline of...
Four Fundamentals of Design for Therapeutic Gardens
I've always admired Claire Cooper Marcus' work. Over the years I've given out a half dozen copies of her book, House as Mirror of Self,...
Rothko and Pollock Paint-By-Numbers Kits
Originally posted in 2011. Transforming art for everyone into conceptual art. Imagine carefully filling in the shapes to recreate an...
Are We Entering a Golden Age for Medical Devices?
You’ve probably heard that medical device makers have not been happy -- because the cost of expanding health insurance is meant to be...
Baltimore Architects Stand on Principle
Fans of the HBO series The Wire know that inner-city Baltimore is a land of narrow three-story row houses, many of them boarded up,...
