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Letting the High Line Be the High Line The gentle architecture of Phase Three Published in Architectural Record, September 2014 ![]() America's Housing Disparity Micro-cribs and mega-mansions grow further apart Published in Huffington Post, April 1, 2019 ![]() Architecture Firm Succession Plans Can Frank Gehry's firm outlive its founder? Norman Foster's? Zaha Hadid's? Published in Architectural Record, December 2014 ![]() NYU Law School Commencement Speech Published in Speeches / talks, May 1994 ![]() Architects Remember the 1964-65 World's Fair Published in Architectural Record, May 2014 ![]() Transparent's Creator A few minutes with Jill Soloway Published in Blackbook, August 2014 ![]() The Side of North Korea That Isn't Making Headlines Published in Introspective (1stdibs), July 28, 2018 ![]() A Harbor Cruise, Under a Rainbow Aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey Published in The New York Times, July 26, 2002 ![]() Santiago Calatrava's Four Billion Dollar Mall A review of the World Trade Center "Transit Hub" Published in Blueprint, July 2016 ![]() Commentary on Korach Published in Synagogue, June 16, 2018 ![]() A Park Grows in Moscow Diller Scofidio + Renfro leads an international team of designers, working in the shadow of the Kremlin Published in Blueprint, October 2017 ![]() The Disruptors Technologies that are changing how architects practice Published in Architectural Record, May 2018 ![]() My New App: Splainer Published in Metropolitan Home, May 2016 ![]() How Giant Architecture Firms Encourage Design Excellence Published in Interior Design, January 2014 ![]() Saving L.A.'s Modernist Houses, Several Different Ways Keeping them safe, as galleries, showrooms, and even semi-private homes Published in Interior Design, May 2014 ![]() The End of Sixties Architecture Published in The New York Times, October 31, 2004 ![]() Starchitects on the Buildings That Influenced Them Most Ando, Meier, Scott Brown, Decq, and others talk about their inspirations Published in Architectural Record, April 2016 ![]() The Many Dimensions of Roberto Burle Marx Should the great landscape architect be recognized for more than his astounding parks and gardens? Published in Architecture, April 2016 ![]() An Icon in Eclipse? The Empire State Building risks being obscured by lesser towers Published in The Huffington Post, November 28, 2014 ![]() Not All Couples Are Same-Sex or Opposite-Sex Published in The Huffington Post, June 16, 2015 ![]() Apple versus Bloomberg Which is "the greenest office building in the world" Published in fredbernstein.com, November 2017 ![]() Bob Dylan's Mother "He’s a beautiful poet. But I don’t think he was ever the greatest singer." Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, November 1990 ![]() Gene Simmons's Mother The Holocaust survivor who birthed a rock star Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, November 1990 ![]() Harvey Fierstein's mother "Is Harvey gay? I don't know. I don't sleep with him." Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, November 1990 ![]() The Punctured Sky A history of New York City architecture Published in Books, April 2008 ![]() A Proposal for the Next World's Fair Published in Design Observer, November 2011 ![]() Why The City Needs to Save a House in the East Village Without the old brick house, it's glass-on-glass Published in Design Observer, October 2011 ![]() Frederic Schwartz A tribute Published in Architectural Record, April 2014 ![]() "We Have a Family Welder" Arthur Cotton Moore designs a curvy metal house to test his theories Published in The New York Times, September 24, 2000 ![]() American Architecture: 1945-1970 (all that in 2,500 words) Published in A+U (Japan), November 2017 ![]() Concrete Makes a Comeback Published in Interior Design, November 2014 ![]() Vito Acconci "I can’t stand art. I never could," the former artist (now designer) claims Published in Art Basel Magazine, November 2012 ![]() A Carbon Fiber House by Ali Tayar Published in The Architect's Newspaper, May 2015 ![]() Dilller Scofidio + Renfro's Triumph Their new building for Columbia Medical School caps decades of experimentation Published in Blueprint, November 2016 ![]() Rauschenberg and Johns Two great artists as lovers Published in Out, February 2010 ![]() Queen for a Day Events of the summer of 1969 Published in fredbernstein.com, October 2016 ![]() If I can make it there . . . The importance of New York to architects' careers Published in Interior Design, October 2016 ![]() Introduction to Unatanneh Tokef Remarks on Rosh HaShanah 2016 (5777) Published in fredbernstein.com, October 2016 ![]() The Ethereal Architecture of Sou Fujimoto Published in The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2014 ![]() Building on Sacred Ground Toshiko Mori's architectural dialogues with the masters Published in The New York Times, May 8, 2005 ![]() What Price Honor? A temple to honor at the United States Air Force Academy damages a modernist icon Published in Architectural Record, January 2016 ![]() Nara: The Town That Time Forgot Published in The New York Times, November 13, 2006 ![]() D'var Torah on Mikheitz How good it is for brothers to sit peacefully together Published in Speeches / talks, December 2012 ![]() Being Frank Gehry Published in fredbernstein.com, September 2015 ![]() D'var Torah on Behar Let's give the land a rest Published in Speeches / talks, May 2014 ![]() Entertaining Mr. X A look at Douglas Coupland and his novel Miss Wyoming Published in The Independent on Sunday (London), February 14, 2003 ![]() It's the Architecture, Not The Architect, I'm Rooting For Give Calatrava a chance! Published in Architectural Record, December 2013 ![]() Glazing Over Manhattan Published in Architectural Record, May 2013 ![]() The Parenting of Low Expectations Foreword to "52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom: Effective Strategies for Raising Respectful, Happy Kids" by Meg Akabas Published in 52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom, December 2012 ![]() A Doll House in a Doll House Barbra Streisand's "barn" in Malibu Published in FredBernstein.com, November 13, 2012 ![]() A Congress for the Many, or the Few? Published in The New York Times, September 9, 2012 ![]() Panama Highway, A Noose Around Casco Viejo's Neck? Published in Architectural Record, October 2012 ![]() U.S. Flops at Shanghai Expo Published in Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2010 ![]() A School by Edward Durell Stone While fighting over his Columbus Circle building, preservationists overlooked another Stone structure just a few blocks away Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), December 2006 ![]() Stitching Together a New Life in Riverdale Surviving the Holocaust with needle and thread Published in The New York Times, August 8, 2008 ![]() Poll Watching (and Worrying) in Philadelphia Published in FredBernstein.com, November 5, 2008 ![]() Pecha Kucha Around the world in 20 slides Published in Culture + Travel, September 2008 ![]() How Green Is My Renovation? A roundtable of experts on making existing houses greener Published in Metropolitan Home, April 2008 ![]() Turning Steel Into Lace Living rent-free, Cal Lane makes her mark Published in The New York Times, January 20, 2008 ![]() Rediscovering a Heroine of Chicago Architecture Published in The New York Times, January 20, 2008 ![]() ![]() |