New York State’s Continuums of Containment

New York State’s Continuums of Containment

From the ubiquity of spatial controls and surveillance, down to their material finishes, New York City’s public housing and New York state prisons bear a familial likeness. Having lived in both environments, E. Paris Whitfield elucidates the way the city’s underfunded public housing system socializes tenants into the state’s prison system.

“Architecture is Never Non-Political”: Michael Sorkin

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Public emptiness becomes a dystopic object of contemplation

Covid-19, Ongoing Construction, Istanbul w/ Eda + Charlie

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The City and the City and Coronavirus

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Failed Architecture Opens Satellites in Beirut, Bogotá, Istanbul and New York

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Persevere through desires for collectivity, proximity, and intimacy

The Intentional Dilapidation of Historical Buildings Is Not Neglect, It’s a Subversive Act

How The Urban Eclipsed the City: An Interview with Ross Exo Adams

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The Virus Biennale: Shall We Call the Whole Thing Off?

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Architects and urban designers cannot pretend to be innocent, creative workers

We Participate, They Profit

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Singapore’s Scentless Growth is Built on the Brutal Extraction of Cambodian Sand and Imported Labour

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Coming to Terms with a Growth-Free Future

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Architects Declare a Climate Emergency But Can They Avoid Real Estate’s Greenwashing Tendencies?

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The material solutionism available to architects is unable to address some of the key drivers of climate disaster

Watch It Die: The Managed Decline of Tainted Architecture

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Bjarke Ingels and the Art of Greenwashing

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A Decade of Failed Architecture

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How the British Buried Their Imperial History Along with Wembley Stadium

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Constructing a museum is not a politically neutral act