Routledge Books

The radical reformers who sought to redesign the American bathroom, and the inhibitions and taboos that got in the way.

Intriguing parallels in the design of prisons and museums, from the Panopticon to the Guggenheim to contemporary work by Peter Zumthor and Rem Koolhaas.

Today’s energy debates go back to the postwar era, when scientists argued that shifting away from fossil fuels was not just technically feasible but also ethically necessary.

The architect’s career embodies the inevitable contradictions in trying to marry art and capitalism, radicalism and pragmatism, icon-making and city-making.

Two decades after the end of apartheid, South Africa struggles to commemorate a terrible history.

The genius of Eminem: He reclaims the space of borderama spectacle — the space of Detroit — for the purpose of personal testimony.

Henry Ford retooled the city on the hill for a new mobility. The cars he built, and the roads created to serve them, radically remapped our cities.

Detroit looks just like a city, except it’s not one any more. The first installment in a three-part essay.