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Unlike those location-bound festivals, Detty December involves the entire city of Lagos, from the upscale beaches of Victoria ...

Wonderful things can be found in the towns and cities between the coasts—but only if you’re willing to keep your eyes and ...

When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement ...

A family sits on their stoop in the seaside village of Laukanu, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

In the vernacular world, one describes what a thing is. In archispeak, one describes what a thing signifies. Floors are no ...

For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.

Every architect understands that an ethically challenged client or project can imperil a practice. Perhaps apropos of this: The design for Donald Trump’s $200 million White House ballroom, renderings ...

A house is the ur-building, the quintessential embodiment of structure as shelter. Over time, as humanity evolved, it became deeply entwined with culture and commerce, with each one built reflecting a ...

For years there has been a loud and often polarizing battle: NIMBYs vs. YIMBYs. But as housing costs soar and climate pressures mount, a new movement might offer a way forward—one that’s not about ...

Welcome to the second episode of Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a monthly podcast produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and ...