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Five Critical Essays

May 12Posted by austinwilliams in architecture-and-urbanism, Articles, culture-and-society, education, front_page, top_story

Offering hospitality to a dissenting view as evidence that the closure of our democratic traditions is not yet complete.

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

May 5Posted by austinwilliams in architecture-and-urbanism, Articles, culture-and-society, front_page, top_story, urban-living

Richard Hawley: “All you have to do is tell the story because what has happened to our country is so dramatic.”

China’s urban dilemmas

Apr 30Posted by austinwilliams in architecture-and-urbanism, Articles, communities, culture-and-society, development-and-environment, front_page, top_story, urban-living

For 40 years, China has been urbanizing in order to accommodate its growing population often with scant regard to the finer points of urban design.

Housing: Where Will We All Live?

Apr 28Posted by austinwilliams in architecture-and-urbanism, Articles, communities, development-and-environment, front_page, top_story, urban-living

While the construction industry tries to deal with its economic problems by redundancies and bankruptcies; the big new stupid idea in architecture schools is “degrowth.”

German Right and Left United in Attacking Israel

Feb 19Posted by austinwilliams in Articles, culture-and-society, front_page, miscellaneous, top_story

It’s not the far-right, but the anti-Israel left that has been agitating against Israel in universities and other institutions.

What’s in a name?

Feb 14Posted by austinwilliams in Articles, culture-and-society, education, front_page, miscellaneous, top_story

What designers do, and how they describe themselves, is important. By the 1990s, the graphic designer and the craft of design was being written out of the script.

Corroding the Curriculum

Feb 13Posted by austinwilliams in Articles, development-and-environment, education, front_page, science-and-technology, top_story

Parents and teachers would be horrified to find political parties in schools pushing partisan agendas, but seem happy for environmental lobbyists to hand out leaflets, write lesson plans, and prepare coursework.

Houthi nannies

Jan 13Posted by austinwilliams in Articles, development-and-environment, front_page, miscellaneous, mobility-and-transportation, top_story

Most environmental activists can’t really be equated with vicious terrorists, but even so, we should be prepared for the next phase of naïve eco-protest.