Beyond Buildings
The Beautiful Problem of Princeton’s New Museum
David Adjaye’s campus centerpiece dazzles in light and detail—but its monumental form and moral baggage raise harder questions about architecture’s ethics and excess.
10 MIN READ
Aaron Betsky
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Beyond Buildings
The Architecture of Ego: Trump’s Ballroom and the Desecration of America’s House
7 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
The New Geometry of Mexican Modernism
9 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
The Future of Mexico City Is Underwater
8 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
Can Architects Save Suburbia from Itself?
9 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
Calder Gardens: The Anti-Museum as Architecture
8 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
Aaron Betsky Weighs In: Trump’s Classical Dreams Meet Architectural Reality
7 MIN READ
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Beyond Buildings
Intelligens vs. Instinct: Can Architecture Still Save Us?
10 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
Designing the Monstrous Sublime: A Field Guide to the Anthropocene’s Hybrid Creatures
6 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
Ghosts, Tricks, and Tuscan Columns: Unlocking Michael Graves’ Secret Laboratory
6 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
Censorship or Caution? The ACSA’s Gaza Journal Controversy Exposes a Field at War With Itself
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A Critic's Notebook
Carlo Ratti’s Promise of Innovation: Previewing the Venice Biennale’s Architectural Experiments
6 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
Uniformity in Architecture: Why Buildings Are All the Same
7 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
The Cinematic Dreamer: Revisiting the Forgotten Architect Frank Israel and his Vision in Los Angeles
6 MIN READ![University of California, Riverside Arts Building, 2001, by Israel Callas Shortridge Associates [Franklin D. Israel (American, 1945-96), Barbara Callas (American, b. 1955), Steven Shortridge [American, 1962-2014)], and Fields Devereaux Architects & Engineers (Edwin Fields [American, 1934-2020] and J. Peter Devereaux [American, b. 1956]), with Annie Chu (American, b. 1959), Photo by Tom Bonner.](https://architectmagazine.stg.zonda.onl/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/fig-6-11.jpg?w=164)
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A Critic's Notebook
Ric Scofidio’s Legacy: Redefining Space and Spectacle
6 MIN READ
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A Critic's Notebook
Futuristic Fusion: Exploring the Amazing Worlds of Fredrik Jonsson and Liam Young
8 MIN READ
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The Critic's Notebook
Beyond Boundaries: Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Latest Monograph Challenges the Essence of Architectural Media
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The Critic's Notebook
The Stupendous Stupinigi: How the Baroque Invented Streaming Media
6 MIN READ