MLA Thesis
The Aesthetic Potential of Sustainability
Places Journal
On the challenge of developing the “radical aesthetic potential” of sustainable design.
Five Ways to Change the World
Places Journal
An idiosyncratic and partial guide to activism through architecture.
Notes Toward a History of Agrarian Urbanism
Places Journal
Architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Hilberseimer, and Andrea Branzi anticipated today’s interest in urban farming.
The Shape of Green: Aesthetic Imperatives
Places Journal
On the relationship of sustainability to technology and aesthetics.
Mythologies of Placemaking
Places Journal
Designers and planners talk about “sense of place,” but this murky buzzword often serves to rally support for redevelopment projects that ignore deep patterns of local culture.