How One Bedouin Well Became a High-security Jordanian Prison

How One Bedouin Well Became a High-security Jordanian Prison

On the foundations of a Bedouin well, a British site for colonial control and surveillance eventually became Al Jafr prison. The site indicates that once built, the architecture of control persists through changing political regimes and modes of domination.

Berlin Marzahn: Social Housing with Marquis Hawkes

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Photo Essay: Brooklyn’s New Everyday Architecture for the 1%

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Vienna’s Social Housing Legacy: Rethinking Value

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The Battle Over What Istanbul’s Iconic Bridge Means

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Photo Essay: The Fading Glory of Brazil’s Disappearing Love Motels

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What’s An Architecture Biennale Good for Anyway?

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Self-Builds: Between Unruly Real Estate Markets and Failed Housing Policies

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Instagramming Architecture

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Photo Essay: Albania’s Concrete Skeletons

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Robert Moses, Pig-Ears and the Camden Bench: How Architectural Hostility Became Transparent

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Spaces of Otherness: Ruins Through a Feminist Lens

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Slum Porn: Urban Misery as Catchy Imagery

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Komtar: Malaysia’s Monument to Failed Modernism

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The Tyranny of the Filter Bubble and the Future of Public Space

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Why the Pop-up Hype Isn’t Going to Save Our Cities

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What the City of the Future Looks Like in the Next Economy

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The Forgotten Spaceships of the Po Valley

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What the City of the Future Looks Like If We Don’t Change Course

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The Future of Work: Amsterdam’s Vijzelbank

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On Zaha Hadid’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza

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