"There should be no top 10 prizes for sustainable architecture"
Awards should not be bestowed on buildings that boast sustainable credentials but lack other design merits, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "There should be no top 10 prizes for sustainable architecture"
"Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working on the project is as unethical as it first seemed in this Opinion column. More about "Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"
"Should we resurrect dead buildings?"
In light of plans to bring the neoclassical Penn Station and Frank Lloyd Wright's lost pavilions back to life, Aaron Betsky argues that architects should focus on renovating existing buildings rather than replacing new with old, in this Opinion column. More about "Should we resurrect dead buildings?"
"Sublime architectural images are just mirages destined to remain in books"
Although projects by OMA and BIG have come close, we're still a way off realising "sublime" architecture through generic building forms, says Aaron Betsky in his latest Opinion column. More about "Sublime architectural images are just mirages destined to remain in books"
"Architecture that constructs a better world, not better bubbles, is the true task in this new year"
With Donald Trump's presidency looming, Aaron Betsky's latest Opinion column stresses the need for architecture that will bring America's isolated communities together, and not just benefit the world of pick-up-truck drivers. More about "Architecture that constructs a better world, not better bubbles, is the true task in this new year"
"How Donald Trump will solve America's infrastructure problems is completely unclear"
Hillary Clinton's plans to improve infrastructure in the USA weren't ambitious enough, but at least she had plans, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "How Donald Trump will solve America's infrastructure problems is completely unclear"
"Installation art has finally taken over the last bastion of architecture"
Colossal public artworks like Thomas Heatherwick's interlinking staircases for New York are the architectural monuments of our time, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "Installation art has finally taken over the last bastion of architecture"
"After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot"
Opinion: the imaginative but unrealistic proposals for Detroit on show at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale have left Aaron Betsky wondering if there is hope for architectural projects among the city's ruins. More about "After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot"
"Railroad stations are our contemporary architecture of democracy"
Opinion: the golden age of airports is over, says Aaron Betsky. Railways have trumped air travel with better-designed terminals that are the epitome of contemporary democracy. More about "Railroad stations are our contemporary architecture of democracy"
"Let's hear it for temporary architecture"
Opinion: temporary architecture is having a "moment" in Europe, and it has some serious lessons to offer architects that are still obsessed with permanence, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Let's hear it for temporary architecture"
"Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels"
Opinion: when it comes to headline-grabbing proposals, Bjarke Ingels and BIG are becoming increasingly hard to beat – and increasingly divisive among critics. Aaron Betsky explains why he's part of the BIG fan club. More about "Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels"
"We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"
Opinion: there are concrete tactics that architecture can use to make people feel mentally and socially safe, says Aaron Betsky, but the real question is how we apply them to public buildings and spaces. More about "We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"
"Manhattan is theirs, we just get to admire it"
Opinion: Manhattan's rash of skinny towers for the super rich is helping turn New York into an extreme work of art. It's a Capitalist Jerusalem made real, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Manhattan is theirs, we just get to admire it"
"Experimental architecture emerged to question Postmodernism's jokes"
Pomo summer: amid the joy and humour of the Postmodern movement, a serious and experimental form of architecture developed to offer both seductive and frightening versions of reality, says Aaron Betsky in his first Opinion column for Dezeen. More about "Experimental architecture emerged to question Postmodernism's jokes"