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#LosAngeles and the #DensityParadox. Why we must reclaim land from #Cars. #GerhardMayer bit.ly/4oyvPyX
Los Angeles and the Density Paradox
The city is already overloaded with cars, yet it lacks the density needed for transit to work effectively. Moving beyond this stalemate is essential.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#LosAngeles and the #DensityParadox. Why we must reclaim land from #Cars. #GerhardMayer bit.ly/4oyvPyX
Great talk with #CarolBebelle: #NewOrleans and the power of the #CreativeEconomy. #CountingOurBlessings bit.ly/489lgww
The City of New Orleans and the Power of the Creative Economy
A talk with Carol Bebelle, editor of the new book Counting Our Blessings: New Orleans Stories 20 Years After Katrina.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great talk with #CarolBebelle: #NewOrleans and the power of the #CreativeEconomy. #CountingOurBlessings bit.ly/489lgww
With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DaivdBurney #MariumNaveed @nyc.streetsblog.org @strongtowns.org bit.ly/4qWFFMU
Transit Stops Can Be Vital Places in New York City’s Social Life
As NYC prepares for Mayor Mamdani’s free buses, officials have a chance to rethink some of the city’s most common public spaces.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DaivdBurney #MariumNaveed @nyc.streetsblog.org @strongtowns.org bit.ly/4qWFFMU
How #AI will upend #Architecture’s antiquated #BusinessModel. Great talk with #FrankStasiowski #QuantumComputing @risd1877.bsky.social bit.ly/47w5NVG
How AI Will Upend Architecture’s Antiquated Business Model
A conversation with leading management consultant Frank Stasiowski.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How #AI will upend #Architecture’s antiquated #BusinessModel. Great talk with #FrankStasiowski #QuantumComputing @risd1877.bsky.social bit.ly/47w5NVG
A beautiful essay by #JamesRojas: A Requiem for @mit.edu #Room10-485. #DepartmentOfUrbanStudiesAndPlanning @mitdusp.bsky.social bit.ly/48Vl5G0
A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A beautiful essay by #JamesRojas: A Requiem for @mit.edu #Room10-485. #DepartmentOfUrbanStudiesAndPlanning @mitdusp.bsky.social bit.ly/48Vl5G0
When the #WrongDesign happens, who’s responsible? #Architects are responsible for their acquiescence to #Clients, whose desires eclipse all other meanings. #WhiteHouseBallroom #PennStation #AlbertSpeer bit.ly/4huXE8E
When the Wrong Design Happens, Who’s Responsible?
No matter how brilliant they may be, architects are responsible for their acquiescence to clients, whose desires eclipse all other meanings.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
When the #WrongDesign happens, who’s responsible? #Architects are responsible for their acquiescence to #Clients, whose desires eclipse all other meanings. #WhiteHouseBallroom #PennStation #AlbertSpeer bit.ly/4huXE8E
David Burney in praise of #UrbanDensity. It’s a quality-of-life benefit, not a dystopian threat. @upmpratt bit.ly/4ofHmTR
In Praise of Urban Density
A large population is a quality-of-life benefit, not a dystopian threat.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
David Burney in praise of #UrbanDensity. It’s a quality-of-life benefit, not a dystopian threat. @upmpratt bit.ly/4ofHmTR
Bluesky Social: Is #Architecture a #Language? No, it’s like language. Mark Hewitt on #GeorgeLakoff’s new book #TheNeuralMind. @george-lakofff.com @uchicagopress.bsky.social bit.ly/4opxIh4
Is Architecture a Language? No. It’s Like Language
George Lakoff’s new book, The Neural Mind, tells us why.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bluesky Social: Is #Architecture a #Language? No, it’s like language. Mark Hewitt on #GeorgeLakoff’s new book #TheNeuralMind. @george-lakofff.com @uchicagopress.bsky.social bit.ly/4opxIh4
Exploring the #EthicalRamifictions of working on #Trump’sWhiteHouseBallroom. #CommitteeForThePreservartionOfTheWhiteHouse. bit.ly/3WPDJHY
Would You Work for Trump?
His White House ballroom project would be an ethically thorny project for any architect.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Exploring the #EthicalRamifictions of working on #Trump’sWhiteHouseBallroom. #CommitteeForThePreservartionOfTheWhiteHouse. bit.ly/3WPDJHY
Sam Hall Kaplan reports. Letter from #Malibu: Chaos, Civic Dysfunction and Looming Corruption. #AbeRoy @cecewoodsmedia bit.ly/4nRtheZ
Letter From Malibu: Chaos, Civic Dysfunction, and Looming Corruption
City Hall controversies expose municipal rot, even as residents grow weary waiting to rebuild after the fire.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sam Hall Kaplan reports. Letter from #Malibu: Chaos, Civic Dysfunction and Looming Corruption. #AbeRoy @cecewoodsmedia bit.ly/4nRtheZ
Our #HousingCrisis is a monumental failure of #Design: A comprehensive blueprint by Gerhard W Mayer for creating a new way forward. #Mobility #UrbanDesign @LCI_LA bit.ly/3WAyprN
Our Housing Crisis Is a Monumental Failure of Design
Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for creating a new path forward.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our #HousingCrisis is a monumental failure of #Design: A comprehensive blueprint by Gerhard W Mayer for creating a new way forward. #Mobility #UrbanDesign @LCI_LA bit.ly/3WAyprN
Soane, Macintosh Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Homes. #CharlesRennieMacintosh #SirJohnSoane #CharlesJencks @SoaneMuseum bit.ly/48ZnBuH
Soane, Mackintosh, Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Houses
A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Soane, Macintosh Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Homes. #CharlesRennieMacintosh #SirJohnSoane #CharlesJencks @SoaneMuseum bit.ly/48ZnBuH
Great interview with #DanParolek Decades-Old Zoning and Building Codes Are Responsible for Our Housing Choices. @opticosdesign.bsky.social @newurbanism.bsky.social @culdesac.bsky.social bit.ly/4pJAa3g
Decades-Old Zoning and Building Codes Are Responsible for Our Housing Choices
Architect-planner Dan Parolek—who coined the phrase “missing middle housing”—is working to solve entrenched problems.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great interview with #DanParolek Decades-Old Zoning and Building Codes Are Responsible for Our Housing Choices. @opticosdesign.bsky.social @newurbanism.bsky.social @culdesac.bsky.social bit.ly/4pJAa3g
The lost soul of #Oakland: Living large(r) in #LowerRockridge. #RealEstateSpeculation is ruining the beauty of a great urban neighborhood.
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The Lost Soul of Oakland: Living Large in Lower Rockridge
Real estate speculation is eroding the beauty of a great urban neighborhood.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The lost soul of #Oakland: Living large(r) in #LowerRockridge. #RealEstateSpeculation is ruining the beauty of a great urban neighborhood.
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Are you a #Classicist, Mr. President? #Thomas Jefferson explains #ClassicalArchitecture to his brainless successor. @classicist @AIANational @hewittarch bit.ly/46rsqKA
Are You a Classicist, Mr. President?
Thomas Jefferson explains classical architecture to his brainless successor.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Are you a #Classicist, Mr. President? #Thomas Jefferson explains #ClassicalArchitecture to his brainless successor. @classicist @AIANational @hewittarch bit.ly/46rsqKA
Letter from #Malibu: City balks at creating a #DisasterRegistry for #ElderlyResidents. Why? Asks #SamHallKaplan @CityMalibu bit.ly/47MX17D
Letter From Malibu: City Balks at Creating a Disaster Registry For Elderly Residents
Though 60% of its residents are old, officials won’t assist in an effort to identify the most vulnerable.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Letter from #Malibu: City balks at creating a #DisasterRegistry for #ElderlyResidents. Why? Asks #SamHallKaplan @CityMalibu bit.ly/47MX17D
#¿Prefieres? A deck of cards with healthcare benefits! How #GameDesign fostered connection between #Nurses and #MothersToBe. bit.ly/46qHGra
How Game Design Is Fostering Connection Between Nurses and Mothers-To-Be
¿Prefieres? A deck of cards with healthcare benefits.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#¿Prefieres? A deck of cards with healthcare benefits! How #GameDesign fostered connection between #Nurses and #MothersToBe. bit.ly/46qHGra
Creating #SacredSpeace isn’t about #ProblemSolving. #Churches #Synagogues #Temples #Mosques The key is #Listening, not leading. bit.ly/48cr9JL
Creating Sacred Space Isn’t About Problem Solving
Communities of faith want their identity reflected in the places they gather.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Creating #SacredSpeace isn’t about #ProblemSolving. #Churches #Synagogues #Temples #Mosques The key is #Listening, not leading. bit.ly/48cr9JL
“#AI can’t draw a draw a #Floorplan with any degree of coherence!” Great talk with #Architect and #YaleProfessor Phil Bernstein. bit.ly/42jgdGn
AI “Can’t Draw a Damn Floor Plan With Any Degree of Coherence”
A conversation with architect, technologist, and Yale professor Phil Bernstein.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“#AI can’t draw a draw a #Floorplan with any degree of coherence!” Great talk with #Architect and #YaleProfessor Phil Bernstein. bit.ly/42jgdGn
This open letter to #JustinShubow is more timely than ever: #JustinShubow’s insane push for a state sanctioned architectural style. @jeffspeck.bsky.social bit.ly/4pkuk8w
Justin Shubow’s Insane Push for a State Sanctioned Architectural Style
Jeff Speck's response to the recently signed executive order mandating traditional architecture for federal buildings.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This open letter to #JustinShubow is more timely than ever: #JustinShubow’s insane push for a state sanctioned architectural style. @jeffspeck.bsky.social bit.ly/4pkuk8w
Kansas City: Wandering the middle ground. An L.A.-born planer finds traces of home in the midwest. commonedge.org/kansas-city-...
Kansas City: Wandering the Middle Ground
An L.A-born urban planner finds traces of home in the Midwest.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Kansas City: Wandering the middle ground. An L.A.-born planer finds traces of home in the midwest. commonedge.org/kansas-city-...
Michael J. Crosbie’s take on #VictorKossakovsky’s new release #Architecton: A Tribute to Stone and a Rebuke of Concrete. @A24 bit.ly/4lXc428
Architecton: A Tribute to Stone and a Rebuke of Concrete
This new film delivers a penetrating message about the built world we’ve created.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Michael J. Crosbie’s take on #VictorKossakovsky’s new release #Architecton: A Tribute to Stone and a Rebuke of Concrete. @A24 bit.ly/4lXc428
Sam Hall Kaplan’s Letter from Malibu: Land grabs and speculation amid the ruins. #NickAndMarMowbray bit.ly/4mJpsrT
Letter From Malibu: Land Grabs and Speculation Amid the Ruins
The future of the city’s expensive beachfront remains unclear, but almost certainly will be costlier than ever to rebuild.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sam Hall Kaplan’s Letter from Malibu: Land grabs and speculation amid the ruins. #NickAndMarMowbray bit.ly/4mJpsrT
Why #Architects need to be part of an evolving #AIPolicy. Strategic imagination is what #Architects do! #AmericasAIActionPlan #DataCenters @AIANational bit.ly/3HCKWaF
Why Architects Need to be Part of Evolving A.I. Policy
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Why #Architects need to be part of an evolving #AIPolicy. Strategic imagination is what #Architects do! #AmericasAIActionPlan #DataCenters @AIANational bit.ly/3HCKWaF
Trash to Treasure: A #NewOrleans Re-Creation Story. #AsheCulturalArtsCenter #CultureBearers #Katrina20YearsOn @vdayorg.bsky.social bit.ly/4p2yX75
Trash to Treasure: A New Orleans Culture Re-Creation Story
The many ways residents and local institutions worked to bring the Crescent City back after a historic natural disaster.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trash to Treasure: A #NewOrleans Re-Creation Story. #AsheCulturalArtsCenter #CultureBearers #Katrina20YearsOn @vdayorg.bsky.social bit.ly/4p2yX75