Jack Murphy

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A public conversation about housing in New York renews discussion of problematic windowless bedrooms

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A week ago, New York City mayor Eric Adams participated in a live conversation at The Greene Space about the future of...
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Forty-two finalists announced for Come Home, a housing ideas competition in Chicago

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Design competitions are a funny exercise: Invite architects to produce thoughtful and visually interesting drawings without compensation, convene a jury to decide...
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After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a network of women architects studies abortion using the tools of architecture

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Abortion in the U.S. has a significant spatial component. Let’s start with the obvious: Abortions, both surgical and medical, have historically happened...
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REX’s Perelman Performing Arts Center set to open in September

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REX’s Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center is scheduled to open in September. The effort, nearly 20 years in the making, will...
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Kenzo Tange’s Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium to be demolished due to high cost of repairs

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In February, it was announced that Kenzo Tange’s Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Takamatsu, Japan, will be demolished. Tange designed the structure in 1964....
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Why is there a shrunken replica of a 2,000-year-old Roman temple on West 51st Street?

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At the start of a new year, I always find myself looking to re-orient perspective toward the near future. It’s not about...
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Steven Holl Architects realizes materially rich Rubenstein Commons for the Institute for Advanced Study

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Each morning, like clockwork, Albert Einstein and Kurt Gödel walked from the town of Princeton, New Jersey, to their offices at the...
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A case of mistaken identity leads artist Jamie Diamond to commission conceptual bank designs for sites in New Mexico

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In March 2015, Jamie Diamond, a photo-based artist, received an email from one Richard “Dick” Stanley. Mistaking Diamond for Jamie Dimon, the...
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Facing flat prospects for 2023, Vornado holds off on Penn District plan—for now

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On a recent company conference call, real estate developer Vornado confirmed it is pausing its plan to redevelop the blocks surrounding Penn...
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Head Hi is a Brooklyn destination for design publications, beverages, and cultural programming

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After nearly a decade without one, does New York City finally have a bookstore dedicated to architecture and design? At a recent...
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Controversy continues surrounding Cooper Union’s postponement of student exhibition about Soviet design school Vkhutemas

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Commentary continues to proliferate in the architecture community after Cooper Union’s last-minute decision to postpone the exhibition Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde,...
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A multimedia exhibit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reveals more details about NEOM’s linear city

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The Line ExperienceDiriyah Biennale Foundation7120 Muhammad Ibn Rashid Al UrainiAl Diriyah Al Jadidah, 2598Riyadh 13732Saudi ArabiaOpen through April 29 By now we’ve...
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