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America's Housing Disparity Micro-cribs and mega-mansions grow further apart Published in Huffington Post, April 1, 2019 ![]() The Side of North Korea That Isn't Making Headlines Published in Introspective (1stdibs), July 28, 2018 ![]() Commentary on Korach Published in Synagogue, June 16, 2018 ![]() The Disruptors Technologies that are changing how architects practice Published in Architectural Record, May 2018 ![]() Apple versus Bloomberg Which is "the greenest office building in the world" Published in Architectural Digest, November 2017 ![]() American Architecture: 1945-1970 (all that in 2,500 words) Published in A+U (Japan), November 2017 ![]() 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 ![]() Dilller Scofidio + Renfro's Triumph Their new building for Columbia Medical School caps decades of experimentation Published in Blueprint, November 2016 ![]() 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 ![]() Santiago Calatrava's Four Billion Dollar Mall A review of the World Trade Center "Transit Hub" Published in Blueprint, July 2016 ![]() My New App: Splainer Published in Metropolitan Home, May 2016 ![]() 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 ![]() What Price Honor? A temple to honor at the United States Air Force Academy damages a modernist icon Published in Architectural Record, January 2016 ![]() Being Frank Gehry Published in fredbernstein.com, September 2015 ![]() Not All Couples Are Same-Sex or Opposite-Sex Published in The Huffington Post, June 16, 2015 ![]() A Carbon Fiber House by Ali Tayar Published in The Architect's Newspaper, May 2015 ![]() Architecture Firm Succession Plans Can Frank Gehry's firm outlive its founder? Norman Foster's? Zaha Hadid's? Published in Architectural Record, December 2014 ![]() An Icon in Eclipse? The Empire State Building risks being obscured by lesser towers Published in The Huffington Post, November 28, 2014 ![]() Concrete Makes a Comeback Published in Interior Design, November 2014 ![]() The Ethereal Architecture of Sou Fujimoto Published in The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2014 ![]() Letting the High Line Be the High Line The gentle architecture of Phase Three Published in Architectural Record, September 2014 ![]() Transparent's Creator A few minutes with Jill Soloway Published in Blackbook, August 2014 ![]() Architects Remember the 1964-65 World's Fair Published in Architectural Record, May 2014 ![]() D'var Torah on Behar Let's give the land a rest Published in Speeches / talks, May 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 ![]() Frederic Schwartz A tribute Published in Architectural Record, April 2014 ![]() How Giant Architecture Firms Encourage Design Excellence Published in Interior Design, January 2014 ![]() 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 ![]() D'var Torah on Mikheitz How good it is for brothers to sit peacefully together Published in Speeches / talks, December 2012 ![]() 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 ![]() Vito Acconci "I can’t stand art. I never could," the former artist (now designer) claims Published in Art Basel Magazine, November 2012 ![]() Panama Highway, A Noose Around Casco Viejo's Neck? Published in Architectural Record, October 2012 ![]() A Congress for the Many, or the Few? Published in The New York Times, September 9, 2012 ![]() 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 ![]() U.S. Flops at Shanghai Expo Published in Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2010 ![]() Rauschenberg and Johns Two great artists as lovers Published in Out, February 2010 ![]() 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 ![]() Stitching Together a New Life in Riverdale Surviving the Holocaust with needle and thread Published in The New York Times, August 8, 2008 ![]() The Punctured Sky A history of New York City architecture Published in Books, April 2008 ![]() How Green Is My Renovation? A roundtable of experts on making existing houses greener Published in Metropolitan Home, April 2008 ![]() Rediscovering a Heroine of Chicago Architecture Published in The New York Times, January 20, 2008 ![]() Turning Steel Into Lace Living rent-free, Cal Lane makes her mark Published in The New York Times, January 20, 2008 ![]() A Loft in Boston's Chinatown Sam Davol, the cellist for the Magnetic Fields, and his wife, Leslie, move north Published in The New York Times, November 22, 2007 ![]() An Airy Retreat from a Jam-Packed Store At home with the Ricky of Ricky's Published in The New York Times, October 18, 2007 ![]() An Artful Retreat from the Art Scene Building a modernist house in the Hamptons Published in The New York Times, October 12, 2007 ![]() These Walls Could Talk . . . In Salem, Witchcraft and Old Architecture Published in The New York Times, October 12, 2007 ![]() Shining Moment A Paul Rudolph apartment, untouched for nearly 40 years Published in The New York Times, October 10, 2007 ![]() In Costa Rica, Built for Books and Breezes Published in The New York Times, October 4, 2007 ![]() Remembering the Royalton Mourning Phiippe Starck's Miracle on 44th Street Published in Interior Design, September 2007 ![]() A Firehouse Becomes a Home for Art and Music Published in The New York Times, September 9, 2007 ![]() Glass House, Great Performance Merce Cunningham animates Philip Johnson's estate Published in Interior Design, August 2007 ![]() From Modest to Modernist Jennifer Luce's triumph in La Jolla Published in The New York Times, August 23, 2007 ![]() Oysters Seeking Home on Quiet Maine Island Published in The New York Times, August 13, 2007 ![]() A House for a Korean-American Family Published in The New York Times, August 13, 2007 ![]() The B&B Option Is Put to the New York Test Published in The New York Times, July 23, 2007 ![]() In Provincetown, an Unlikely Gay Marriage Rosie O'Donnell puts her stamp on Family Week Published in The New York Times, July 23, 2007 ![]() Do Ask, Do Tell David Mixner moves to Livingston Manor, New York Published in The New York Times, July 17, 2007 ![]() Mass Market and Couture Young designers mix it up in Greenpoint Published in The New York Times, June 22, 2007 ![]() Not in My Front Yard Controversy on West 15th Street Published in The New York Times, June 22, 2007 ![]() Lessons Learned at the Academy for Anything Cass Calder Smith comes to New York Published in The New York Times, May 18, 2007 ![]() Housing Plan Turns Disney Grumpy Published in The New York Times, May 18, 2007 ![]() Letting the Architecture Speak for Itself Published in The New York Times, April 24, 2007 ![]() Shaving My Wallet Better Than My Face Falling for the Infinity Razor Published in The New York Times, April 13, 2007 ![]() Up in the Attic, Millennium Style Published in The New York Times, March 29, 2007 ![]() In Michigan, A Green Museum Published in The New York Times, March 29, 2007 ![]() A Road Trip Back to the Future Visiting Paul Rudolph's Buildings in New England Published in The New York Times, March 25, 2007 ![]() Getting In at the Underground Floor Published in The New York Times, February 25, 2007 ![]() Post-Renovation Depression The contractors are gone. So why do I feel blue? Published in The New York Times, February 22, 2007 ![]() The Central Park of Southern California Published in The New York Times, February 4, 2007 ![]() Billy Doesn't Live Here Anymore Published in The New York Times, January 27, 2007 ![]() A Brief History of the Twin Piers: What Might Have Been Published in FredBernstein.com, January 25, 2007 ![]() A Paparazzi-Proof Condo Published in The New York Times, January 23, 2007 ![]() Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle At home with Ann Brashares and Jacob Collins Published in The New York Times, January 4, 2007 ![]() A Former Studio, Still Filled With Art Published in The New York Times, December 31, 2006 ![]() 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 ![]() Don't Call it the Poconos Northeastern Pennsylvania Gets Chic Published in The New York Times, December 22, 2006 ![]() Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada A review of the cold accommodations Published in The New York Times, December 17, 2006 ![]() UnSangDong Architects 2006 Design Vanguard Published in Architectural Record, December 2006 ![]() Letting Kahn Be Kahn Restoring the Yale University Art Gallery Published in The New York Times, December 10, 2006 ![]() Will the U.S. Be at the Shanghai Fair? Published in Architectural Record, December 2006 ![]() Sky-High Style Master Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen used his signature vocabulary to create a unique rocky mountain retreat. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2006 ![]() Legacies Passed from Father to Son Gustavo Bonevardi in the West Village Published in The New York Times, December 3, 2006 ![]() Marc Newson The high-flying designer lands in Miami Published in Design Miami, December 2006 ![]() Nara: The Town That Time Forgot Published in The New York Times, November 13, 2006 ![]() Good Things in Small Packages West Village resident Marianne Cusato designs Katrina Cottages Published in The New York Times, November 5, 2006 ![]() With a Diocese as a Developer, Emotions Run High in Santa Fe Published in The New York Times, October 29, 2006 ![]() A Makeover Too Far The conspicuous consumption of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Published in Dwell, October 2006 ![]() In Marfa, a New Interior With an Old Soul Published in The New York Times, October 12, 2006 ![]() For a Shortbus Star, a Small Apartment Published in The New York Times, October 7, 2006 ![]() Making a Neighborhood Safe for Kids Published in The New York Times, September 17, 2006 ![]() An Island Where Millions Aren't Enough The high price of Bermuda real estate Published in The New York Times, September 10, 2006 ![]() Homeowners Aren't Smlling for These Cameras Published in The New York Times, August 20, 2006 ![]() Getting the Glass House Ready for Its Close-Up Published in The New York Times, August 13, 2006 ![]() Betting the Ranch in South Florida Syd Kitson's big deal Published in The New York Times, July 29, 2006 ![]() A Battle Over Modernism Goes Casa a Casa in Santa Fe Published in The New York Times, July 13, 2006 ![]() Modernism Comes to "Frump's Island" Published in The New York Times, July 9, 2006 ![]() The Town the Boom Forgot Published in The New York Times, June 25, 2006 ![]() Visiting the Barnes -- While You Still Can Published in The New York Times, June 23, 2006 ![]() For an Artist, a Glass Box by Mies Published in The New York Times, June 16, 2006 ![]() The Blue Moon, on Orchard Street Published in The New York Times, June 16, 2006 ![]() Sprawl Outruns Arizona's Biosphere Published in The New York Times, May 28, 2006 ![]() Where the Best Antiques Can't Be Bought A day trip to Troy, N.Y. Published in The New York Times, April 7, 2006 ![]() The Wright Stuff, in the Japanese Heartland Visiting the Meiji Mura Museum Published in The New York Times, April 2, 2006 ![]() A studio that refuses to think small Published in The New York Times, March 30, 2006 ![]() Not a Palace, But It's Home The Ottoman emperor-in-waiting lives in a walk-up, rent-controlled apartment Published in The New York Times, March 26, 2006 ![]() A New Orleans Hotel Bounces Back A review of the W New Orleans Published in The New York Times, March 12, 2006 ![]() In Princeton, Architects Get Lucky Published in The New York Times, February 26, 2006 ![]() Pretty Profits from Ugly Houses How HomeVestors went national Published in The New York Times, February 19, 2006 ![]() Spending Money Like Water Two hotels in Miami Beach makes waves Published in The New York Times, February 17, 2006 ![]() The Disappearing Las Vegas Condos Published in The New York Times, January 29, 2006 ![]() Tall Order Nationally, ceiling heights rise Published in The New York Times, January 22, 2006 ![]() Where New and Old Collide Steven Holl's building for Pratt Institute in Brooklyn Published in Metropolis, January 2006 ![]() That Tear-Down Could Become a Haul-Away Saving modernist houses Published in The New York Times, January 5, 2006 ![]() A Poor County, Rich in Modern Architecture The Rural Studio's buildings in Alabama Published in The New York Times, December 25, 2005 ![]() Frank Lloyd Wright on Staten Island The Cretellas renovate Published in The New York Times, December 18, 2005 ![]() Seaside at 25: Paradise, With Problems Published in The New York Times, December 9, 2005 ![]() NY State of Mind Because hotels don't take dogs, this sophisticated family of six set up a Manhattan apartment for frequent extended visits to the big city—with their black Lab. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Free Homes for Disabled Vets -- But Where's the Land? Published in The New York Times, December 4, 2005 ![]() Second Nature Contemplative architect George Suyama built a house for himself and his wife that is as hospitable to the landscape as it is to the couple's guests. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Outside The Box Boston-based architect Adolfo Perez turned a mid-century starter house into a home of substance for design-wise clients. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Family Ties A topflight Manhattan designer expanded her father's house on Long Island and brought it forward from the 1970s. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() A Home for Artists, and for Art The avant garde, on Staten Island! Published in The New York Times, November 27, 2005 ![]() Mies in Newark Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), November 2005 ![]() More Twists Than a Mardi Gras Parade Assessing the New Orleans real estate market after Katrina Published in The New York Times, November 13, 2005 ![]() High Hopes and Worthless Land My father's bad investment Published in The New York Times, November 6, 2005 ![]() Smart Elevators Published in The New York Times, November 2, 2005 ![]() Paul Rudolph's Tracey Towers The fate of Rudolph's apartment buildings in the Bronx Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), October 2005 ![]() Controlling Growth by Controlling Water In Bolinas, a water meter sells for $310,000 Published in The New York Times, October 9, 2005 ![]() An On-Screen Alternative to Hands-On Dissection Published in The New York Times, October 4, 2005 ![]() Are McMansions (Finally) Going Out of Style? There's evidence that the size of new homes in America has peaked Published in The New York Times, October 1, 2005 ![]() Alumnae House at Vassar A great base for exploring the Hudson Valley Published in The New York Times, September 30, 2005 ![]() El Tovar A grand lodge near the Grand Canyon Published in The New York Times, August 7, 2005 ![]() Private Lives The difficulties of saving New Canaan's modernist architecture Published in Metropolis, August 2005 ![]() Healing Buildings in the Catskills The Twelve Tribes in Oak Hill and Coxsackie Published in The New York Times, July 24, 2005 ![]() Wynn Las Vegas A review of the $2.7 billion hotel Published in The New York Times, July 17, 2005 ![]() An oasis in a toxic world A haven for "multiple chemical sensitivity" sufferers is threatened Published in The New York Times, July 9, 2005 ![]() No 2012 Olympics? How about a New York World's Fair Published in ArchNewsNow.com, July 6, 2005 ![]() Daring Design in a Laid-Back City Thanks to Rem Koolhaas, Porto, Portugal will never be the same Published in The New York Times, June 19, 2005 ![]() Hotel on Rivington A review of the long-awaited Lower East Side hotel Published in The New York Times, June 12, 2005 ![]() Nara, The Town That Time Forgot My favorite city in Japan Published in The New York Times, May 22, 2005 ![]() Sleek in the Heart of Texas Small houses buck the McMansion trend Published in The New York Times, May 22, 2005 ![]() Building on Sacred Ground Toshiko Mori's architectural dialogues with the masters Published in The New York Times, May 8, 2005 ![]() Move the United Nations to Ground Zero The Freedom Tower could become a true symbol of freedom Published in The New York Times, April 24, 2005 ![]() Southwest Florida's Red Tide Woes Contaminated beaches -- and persistent respiratory problems -- hit a region that includes some of America's fast-growing cities Published in The New York Times, April 23, 2005 ![]() Rate Your Landlord; Get Sued Published in The New York Times, April 10, 2005 ![]() Take That, Grandpa! Smashing Mies Published in The New York Times, April 3, 2005 ![]() A Loan That Keeps on Paying The MFA Boston comes to the Las Vegas strip Published in The New York Times, March 30, 2005 ![]() Washington's forgotten river Reviving the shores of the Anacostia Published in The New York Times, March 27, 2005 ![]() What next, the Grill Room? Published in The New York Times, March 27, 2005 ![]() In My Backyard, Please! Infrastrucutre gets a new look Published in The New York Times, February 27, 2005 ![]() Granny Flats for Cool Grannies In Santa Cruz, accessory dwelling units are encouraged Published in The New York Times, February 8, 2005 ![]() Securing the Iraq Museum Published in The New York Times, January 23, 2005 ![]() A Steakhouse with Rooms Review of Browns Hotel, Miami Beach Published in The New York Times, January 23, 2005 ![]() Tony Goldman in Miami An urban pioneer's new venture Published in The New York Times, January 18, 2005 ![]() A Long Time for a Little Grandeur An addition to the Tilles Center soars Published in The New York Times, January 5, 2005 ![]() The High Line How Hammond and David Saved the Elevated Railway Published in Surface, December 2004 ![]() Danger Signs Vornado's billboard boondoggle at 34th and 7th Published in Metropolis, December 2004 ![]() Peter Eisenman in Verona A review of the architect's 2004 installation Published in Architectural Record, December 2004 ![]() Noguchi's Unknown Home An apartment the world deserves to see Published in Interior Design, December 2004 ![]() Greetings from Resisterville A town where Vietnam draft resisters have made a difference Published in The New York Times, November 20, 2004 ![]() Restoring Louis Kahn's "Undergraduate Project" at Yale The Yale University Art Gallery gets an extensive renovation Published in The New York Times, November 7, 2004 ![]() Design Diplomacy: U.S. Rejoins World's Fairs With a little help from its sponsors . . . Published in The New York Times, November 5, 2004 ![]() The End of Sixties Architecture Published in The New York Times, October 31, 2004 ![]() Where Are All the 60's Buildings Going? Baby boomers lead the charge to tear down 60's architecture Published in The New York Times, October 31, 2004 ![]() A Cathedral to Science in Queens Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), October 2004 ![]() America Joins Architecture's Rem-formation Published in Icon, October 2004 ![]() Bridge Apartments Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), September 2004 ![]() Frank Lloyd Wright Stays Busy in Buffalo 45 years after his death, three buildings by Wright are in the works Published in The New York Times, September 6, 2004 ![]() The Death of Nest A quirky magazine's farewell Published in The New York Times, August 17, 2004 ![]() Will the U.S. Be at the Fair? A world's fair pavilion costs less than an Apache helicopter -- and Shanghai 2010 is approaching Published in Architecture, August 2004 ![]() Whither the Tent of Tomorrow? Finally, someone's paying attention the New York State Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair Published in The New York Times, July 17, 2004 ![]() A Monument to Arriving in the Middle of Nowhere A review of the Secaucus Transfer Published in The New York Times, July 11, 2004 ![]() Who Should Pay for Presidential Posterity? Endowments for the presidential libraries are coming up short Published in The New York Times, June 10, 2004 ![]() Clinton's Legacy: Just a Little Library from Little Rock The Clinton library rises on the Arkansas River Published in The New York Times, June 10, 2004 ![]() The Sculpture? It's Next to Home Depot Can art save a strip shopping center from aesthetic irrelevance? Published in The New York Times, May 15, 2004 ![]() On Campus, Rethinking Biology 101 Transgender students gain rights, and respect, in college Published in The New York Times, March 7, 2004 ![]() eBay and Taliesin The fight for photos of a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece Published in The New York Times, February 14, 2004 ![]() Greece's Colossal New Guilt Trip Bernard Tschumi's New Acropolis Museum was designed to settle a score Published in The New York Times, January 18, 2004 ![]() Not Your Daddy's SOM Roger Duffy remakes the mega-firm Published in Metropolis, December 2003 ![]() Married or Not, It's a Full House The lives of Steven Lofton, Roger Croteau, and their foster children Published in The New York Times, November 19, 2003 ![]() World on a String A puppeteer copes with Parkinson's disease Published in The New York Times, November 19, 2003 ![]() The Provincetown Outflow Settles in Truro Cape Cod's first "gay suburb" Published in The New York Times, November 14, 2003 ![]() Let's make New York un-gateful A proposal for improving New York's streets. Published in The New York Daily News, November 4, 2003 ![]() Architecture's Quiet Soul A profile of artist and memorial designer MAYA LIN Published in Blueprint, November 2003 ![]() A Neglected Modernist Masterpiece Nervis' bus station at the George Washington Bridge Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), November 2003 ![]() Santiago Calatrava, from the Canary Islands to Manhattan Island Santiago Calatrava's opera house at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands is dominated by a winglike canopy nearly 200 feet tall. Published in The New York Times, October 26, 2003 ![]() Don't Dodge the Drafts My philosophy of writing -- and rewriting. Published in California Lawyer, October 2003 ![]() Mama's Meatballs Published in The New York Blade, October 10, 2003 ![]() From the Torch to the Toes, Digital Insurance How the Statue of Liberty could be recreated, after a disaster Published in The New York Times, September 11, 2003 ![]() Pierwise, One Person's Wreck Is Another's Art Saving two rusting piers in the Hudson River Published in The New York Times, September 4, 2003 ![]() How much design do public spaces need? Published in Architectural Record, August 2003 ![]() An Elite Contest for a Growing U.N. Pritzker Prize-winners compete. Published in The New York Times, August 5, 2003 ![]() Post Prada, A Design Star Slims Down Rem Koolhaas's relationship with New York is on the rocks Published in The New York Times, April 24, 2003 ![]() Now Pitching For Wahconah, Jim Bouton The "Ball Four" author cries "Foul Ball" in the Berkshires Published in The New York Times, April 10, 2003 ![]() This Store Sells Rice Pudding -- Nothing Else Rice to riches? Or rice to ruin? Published in The New York Times, March 27, 2003 ![]() Washington Irving Didn't Sleep Here A developer recreates Sunnyside (or tries to) Published in The New York Times, March 16, 2003 ![]() Entertaining Mr. X A look at Douglas Coupland and his novel Miss Wyoming Published in The Independent on Sunday (London), February 14, 2003 ![]() A New Opera House for Tenerife Calatrava helps bring tourists to Santa Cruz Published in Islands, February 2003 ![]() One campus, two faces Princeton goes Gehry -- and Gothic -- at the same time Published in The Princeton Alumni Weekly, January 2003 ![]() The Man With the List at Architecture's Party Profile of Reed Kroloff, an advisor to architecture competitions. Published in The New York Times, January 11, 2003 ![]() Irish Pride Meets Gay Pride The gay backstory of New York's Irish Hunger Memorial Published in The Advocate, October 2002 ![]() 40 Years on Montgomery Place Returning to the block I grew up on Published in The New York Times, September 22, 2002 ![]() A Harbor Cruise, Under a Rainbow Aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey Published in The New York Times, July 26, 2002 ![]() Me and My Geiger Counter Published in The New York Times, June 22, 2002 ![]() Think Different Tekserve, which lives the Apple slogan Published in The New York Times, June 20, 2002 ![]() Daddy, Why Are You So Old? How I became a middle aged father. Published in The Advocate, May 2002 ![]() Unloading His Books, But Not His Conscience My encounter with Amazon.com Published in The New York Times, April 11, 2002 ![]() White on White Big Architecture in a Small Town Published in Metropolitan Home, April 2002 ![]() Prada Placement A Review of Rem Koolhaas' new store in SoHo Published in World Architecture, March 2002 ![]() Memorials fit for a city Architects get busy after 9/11 Published in Blueprint, February 2002 ![]() City Folk A review of the new American Folk Art Museum, designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Published in World Architecture, February 2002 ![]() Room With a View . . . And not much else (a review of a new Ritz-Carlton) Published in The Washington Post, February 10, 2002 ![]() When Modern Married Money Blue blood meets white architecture in New England. Published in The New York Times, February 3, 2002 ![]() Dust-Up In the Desert Trouble at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Published in The New York Times, January 31, 2002 ![]() Françoise Bollack at the Center Published in Genre, January 2002 ![]() A Chicago Chop Shop Takes the Hayden's Guts What happened to the planetarium's glamorous gizmo? Published in The New Yorker, November 4, 2001 ![]() Drawing Closer to an Old Friend Thoughts on the importance of the Empire State Building after September 11 Published in The New York Times, October 11, 2001 ![]() Architect Returns To a County He Helped Define Edwad Larrabee Barnes Visits Westchester Published in The New York Times, May 20, 2001 ![]() Architects' View: Nice Furniture, Not-So-Nice Buildings Ikea's plans for Westchester draw ire Published in The New York Times, January 21, 2001 ![]() Mission 66 An endangered species at the National Parks: modernist architecture Published in Architecture, December 2000 ![]() Being of Sound Mind, and a $55 Consultation Can a website write me a new will? Published in The New York Times, December 14, 2000 ![]() An Overlooked Modernist Masterpiece Pier Luigi Nervi's bus terminal at the George Washington Bridge Published in Blueprint, November 2000 ![]() Take-Off A review of The Full Monty on Broadway Published in The Independent on Sunday (London), October 29, 2000 ![]() An Online Peek at Your Politics An Online Peek at Your Politics Published in The New York Times, October 4, 2000 ![]() "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 ![]() The House That Harry Potter Built A magical new building in SoHo Published in The Independent on Sunday (London), July 10, 2000 ![]() Is That Your Final Answer? My life as a juror. Published in California Lawyer, May 2000 ![]() For Taxes, the Web's the Limit How technology could revolutionize tax collection Published in The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 1999 ![]() Dryvit Fakle stucco, real problems Published in The New York Times, July 1, 1999 ![]() Maya Lin A portrait of the memorial designer as architect and artist Published in The New York Times, March 1, 1999 ![]() Clerkship Politics A dialogue with Judge Alex Kozinski, of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, about the clash between a liberal clerk (me) and a conservative judge (him). Published in The Green Bag, October 1998 ![]() The Men from Bubbling Magma Climbing a volcano in Bali. Published in The Washington Post, June 14, 1998 ![]() This Child Does Have Two Mothers... And a Sperm Donor with Visitation Published in NYU Review of Law and Social Change, November 1995 ![]() Ball Games My life as a sissy Published in The Advocate, June 1994 ![]() NYU Law School Commencement Speech Published in Speeches / talks, May 1994 ![]() Behind the Gray Door: Williams, Secrecy, and the Federal Grand Jury Published in NYU Law Review, January 1994 ![]() The World Is Going to Hear of This Boy An interview with Leah Adler, Steven Spielberg's mother Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, December 1990 ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() |