https://placesjournal.org Public scholarship on architecture, landscape, and urbanism Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:57:56 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 233643859 Tue, 20 May 2025 15:40:12 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=98286 California has long allowed an ambiguous boundary between public and private land along its extensive coast. Climate change is testing the limits of this fragile compromise.

]]> 98286 Tue, 13 May 2025 16:02:20 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=97542 In Chiapas, a Mayan textile tradition was disappearing until an artist helped local weavers relearn Indigenous methods. This is the crux and challenge of socially engaged creative practice.

]]> 97542 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:07:03 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=97510 Histories of grassroots organizing and collective action rarely have a place in official archives. How can communities better preserve their narratives of political and social movements?

]]> 97510 Wed, 07 May 2025 06:33:31 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=97703 The collection of books, curated by Places, as featured in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

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