Amanda Kolson Hurley
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A Costume Ball Where Architects Dress as Buildings
In a revival of a 1930s society party, guests at a Chicago ball wore outfits of famous buildings such as Marina Bay Sands and the Aqua Tower. → Read More
AOC’s Green New Deal Posters Have a Very Old New Deal Look
A pair of posters for the Green New Deal unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strongly evoke the artistic output of a Depression-era public art program. → Read More
Pretty But Reviled, Bradford Pear Trees Are Invading U.S. Forests
Cities and states are trying to remove Bradford pears‚ but the “weed trees” have already intruded deep into some forests, a biologist warns. → Read More
A Brazilian Vision Blooms Anew in the Bronx
Famed for his landscape designs, Roberto Burle Marx was also a painter, plant collector, and environmental crusader, as revealed in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden. → Read More
Floating Cities Aren’t the Answer to Climate Change
UN-Habitat is looking at high-tech urban islands as a potential survival fix for communities at risk from rising seas. This isn’t what resilience looks like. → Read More
An Alternative History of the 'Radical' Suburbs
We all know the stereotypes: Suburbia is dull, conformist, and about “keeping up with the Joneses.” But what about the suburbs of utopians and renegades? → Read More
Urban Forests Are More Vital Than Ever. Why Aren't We Managing Them Better?
Forest managers in cities need more data on climate change, pests, and other factors, and they spend much of their time and funding on invasive species. → Read More
Picturing the World Through the Humble Basketball Hoop
For years, photographer Bill Bamberger traveled all over the U.S. and to a dozen other countries in search of one thing: basketball hoops. → Read More
America’s Management of Urban Forests Has Room for Improvement
A new survey finds that urban forests could benefit from better data on climate change and pests and a focus on social equity. → Read More
Everything You Wanted to Know About Mormon Temple Architecture
Despite its olive trees and piazza, the new temple will look familiar to American eyes. → Read More
Introducing CityLab's Special Report on the Bauhaus
A special series that reflects on the Bauhaus school on its 100th anniversary—from the roots of its ideas to how its concepts impacted an impure world. → Read More
L.A.’s Public Earthquake-Warning App Is the First in the U.S.
ShakeAlertLA aims to give smartphone users a few seconds’ warning of imminent quakes. → Read More
What We Learned About American Suburbs This Year
The old narrative of city and suburb is dead; in 2018, the spaces outside of cities were revealed in their full complexity. → Read More
Will Roger Scruton Reignite a War in U.K. Architecture?
The U.K.’s new housing czar Sir Roger Scruton thinks traditional architecture can foil NIMBYs. But architecture didn’t cause Britain’s housing crisis. → Read More
Millennials Aren't Just Renting in Cities: They're More Likely to Buy There
New research finds that Millennials are 21 percent more likely to buy their first homes near city centers than Generation X. → Read More
Hurricane Michael's Devastation, in Before-and-After Photos
NOAA images reveal the storm’s brutal, but uneven, impact on the Florida Panhandle. → Read More
The Future of the Big Box Is a 'Nostalgiaville' for the Elderly
Weeks after opening, a model town for treating dementia is set to be replicated around the U.S. → Read More
How Kids Learn to Navigate the City (and the World), in Five Designs
Critic Alexandra Lange talks about the objects and places that represent a-ha moments in child-centered design. → Read More
Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Construction Industry
Flush with venture capital, the startup Katerra wants to revolutionize the construction industry. But as history shows, it’s harder than it looks. → Read More
Inside the Secret Cities That Created the Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II, worked out of three purpose-built cities in Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington state. A new exhibition considers their design and legacy. → Read More