Why architects love cross-laminated timber
CLT — plywood's giant cousin — lets buildings rise in wood instead of concrete, and the first U.S. towers built with it are already housing people.
Karim Al-RashidArchitecture
Practices, projects and the materials they specify: how a building meets the street, ages in weather, and what its details cost to maintain.
Courtyard apartments: the quiet alternative to the tower
Low-rise buildings wrapped around a shared garden built half of American cities' housing before zoning pushed them out — and they are coming back.
Karim Al-Rashid
What is a brise-soleil, and why do buildings wear them?
The shading screens cropping up on new apartment facades are older than air conditioning — and they are quietly coming back because they work.
Rosa Marchetti