• The default style of pointless variety

    This is an Internet image that I recently came across, appearing on various websites, describing a common urban architectural style of our time. The point of this meme is that developers are driving this style, and it's boring. What's sad is that all of these buildings were designed by architects...Read more

  • The beauty of small towns

    Galena, Illinois, is often pictured when urbanists want to show the ideal American main street. It was also listed as number 35 in a recent Architectural Digest report on 50 Most Beautiful Small Towns in America . While this list is subjective, it does highlight the treasure of America’s small...Read more

  • Post office moved, town solid

    A worker October 17 puts the finishing touches on the 33-year-old Seaside, Florida, post office, which was moved to a new location on the town's Central Square. Someone uses the facility later that day. Hurricane Michael landed on the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm on October 10, the most...Read more

  • A map of every building in America

    A new database makes every single structure in the United States visible
    The New York Times has put out a fascinating set of maps revealing building patterns across the United States, using Microsoft's Building Footprints , the first comprehensive database of the built environment in the nation. Using the data, the NYT team assembled portraits of the nation's...Read more