"Amazon HQ2 will strain spaces and systems on which all New Yorkers rely"
Amazon HQ2 will only exacerbate New York City's already stretched infrastructure, cramped public spaces and sky-high rents, says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column. More
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"Nowhere did the Bauhaus' artistic and intellectual heritage find ground as fertile as in America"
The Bauhaus fundamentally changed the philosophy and methodology of design education in the United States, says Margret Kentgens-Craig author of The Bauhaus in America, in this opinion as part of our Bauhaus 100 series. More
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"Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"
Why can't all public libraries be as warm and welcoming as Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary, asks Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More
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"The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"
The historicism of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission is no laughing matter, says Sam Jacob. More
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"Brian Eno's ideas have unexpected resonance for architecture"
Brian Eno's approach to producing music, through simple, open systems, should be adopted for the design of our towns and cities, says Finn Williams. More
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"To change Sheffield for the better, the answer might lie in anger and civic action"
Sheffield is one of the UK's most important cities for modern architecture, says Owen Hatherley, and we need to take action to stop it being destroyed. More
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"The role of the contemporary visualiser is deeply misunderstood"
After architectural visualisers received a bad rap from Aaron Betsky and Es Devlin, Troy Hodgson defends his profession and explains why renderings don't always exactly match the finished buildings they portray. More
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"Just because a building looks ugly, it doesn't make it a bad building"
Buildings like Amin Taha's 15 Clerkenwell Close may not be to everyone's taste, but they deserve to be judged on more than just aesthetics, says deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. More
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"Hiring an African American woman on your leadership team is a step in the right direction"
Improving the diversity of your architecture firm will help you win more projects, says Gabrielle Bullock. More
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"Humans are clever. They can solve problems. There is hope"
We are entering a new geological era: the anthropocene, in which human activity is a dominant influence on earth's geology and environment. At Dutch Design Week, a special edition of our Good Design for a Bad World series will ask if design can harness this phenomenon to prevent global catastrophe, writes Marcus Fairs. More
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"It makes no difference whether you draw with Rhino or a Pelikan"
An architect's tool of choice for visualising designs is not important, says Aaron Betsky, as long as the effects of time and use on the finished creations are considered during the process. More
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"The world's most sustainable office building isn't enough to save the planet"
Awarding the Stirling Prize to Foster + Partners for its Bloomberg building sends the wrong message and risks runaway global warming. We need a new approach to sustainability says Phineas Harper. More
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"Let's start designing the future that gives us a future"
The United Nations says we have 12 years to take action against climate change, to avoid global disaster. It's the greatest design challenge in history, says Nicolas Roope. More
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"What might a child-friendly airport look like?"
Now that millennial families are the fastest growing demographic in travel, airport design needs a radical shake-up, says Christine Murray. More
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"Goldsmiths CCA is an art gallery not a squat, and it is unseemly for it to pretend to be one"
Assemble's approach to transforming a public bathhouse into an art centre is refreshing, says Owen Hatherley, but the results feels a little too much like a celebration of poverty. More
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"Robert Venturi opened my eyes to architecture"
Following the death of Robert Venturi, Charles Holland reflects on the American architect's career of revered research, trailblazing projects and witty demeanour. More
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"Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown were our architectural heroes"
Sean Griffiths pays tribute to postmodernism pioneer Robert Venturi, who died earlier this week, describing the huge influence he had on the way we view architecture and sharing personal stories about their meetings. More
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"Renderers, if you can't show us where we are, show us where we might go"
Whether for client meetings or the silver screen, architectural renderings that sell fantasy need to be grounded in ambitions for improving the world, rather than sugar-coated versions of reality, says Aaron Betsky. More
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"The future of Ukrainian architecture could be collective, lightweight and public"
Stage, the crowdfunded wooden pavilion that won a special mention in the European Prize for Urban Public Space, is paving the way for a new approach to architecture in Ukraine, says Owen Hatherley. More
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"Landscape architects can't rely on architecture-centric media"
Landscape architects need to fly the flag for their profession if they are to receive the recognition they rightly demand and deserve, says Charles A Birnbaum. More