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Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Shared Visions: McLean Quinlan's Fiona McLean and Kate Quinlan on Regeneration, Resilience, and Gratitude

Shared Visions: McLean Quinlan's Fiona McLean and Kate Quinlan on Regeneration, Resilience, and Gratitude

Art to Tell Stories: the Black Artists + Designers Guild's Malene Barnett on Embracing Heritage and Creativity

Art to Tell Stories: the Black Artists + Designers Guild's Malene Barnett on Embracing Heritage and Creativity

Madame Architect Presents

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Through the Lens of Architecture: Architect and YouTuber Dami Lee on Content Creation, Leadership, and Self-Acceptance

Sep 10, 2023

Through the Lens of Architecture: Architect and YouTuber Dami Lee on Content Creation, Leadership, and Self-Acceptance

Sep 10, 2023

Sep 10, 2023

Oct 19, 2022

Nobody likes a Critic: McMansion Hell's Kate Wagner on Her Fondness of Modernism, the Evolution of Her Writing, and Following in the Footsteps of Architecture’s First Critic

Oct 19, 2022

Oct 19, 2022

Strength and Softness: Amelia Tavella on Nature, Artistry, and Memory in the Mediterranean

Nov 11, 2021

Strength and Softness: Amelia Tavella on Nature, Artistry, and Memory in the Mediterranean

Nov 11, 2021

Nov 11, 2021

Madame CEO: Sheela Søgaard on Executing a Vision, Raising a Family, and Solving for Mission Critical

Jan 17, 2019

Madame CEO: Sheela Søgaard on Executing a Vision, Raising a Family, and Solving for Mission Critical

Jan 17, 2019

Jan 17, 2019

Editors’ Picks

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Roadmaps to Leadership: Regional Plan Association's Tiffany-Ann Taylor on Sustainable Mobility, Public Benefits, and Investing in Physical and Mental Health

Sep 16, 2024

Roadmaps to Leadership: Regional Plan Association's Tiffany-Ann Taylor on Sustainable Mobility, Public Benefits, and Investing in Physical and Mental Health

Sep 16, 2024

Sep 16, 2024

Imbued With Joy: Elizabeth Roberts on Creating Original Work, Encouraging Comfort, and Leading a Happy, Healthy Studio

Sep 4, 2024

Imbued With Joy: Elizabeth Roberts on Creating Original Work, Encouraging Comfort, and Leading a Happy, Healthy Studio

Sep 4, 2024

Sep 4, 2024

Future Environments: Arup's Radha Mistry on Curiosity of Spirit and Equitable, Inclusive Futures

Aug 28, 2024

Future Environments: Arup's Radha Mistry on Curiosity of Spirit and Equitable, Inclusive Futures

Aug 28, 2024

Aug 28, 2024

Redefining Development: Anyeley Hallová's Approach to Wealth Creation, Social Equity and Catalytic Projects

Jul 21, 2024

Redefining Development: Anyeley Hallová's Approach to Wealth Creation, Social Equity and Catalytic Projects

Jul 21, 2024

Jul 21, 2024

Days With

A Day in New York City with MoMA PS1’s Teresa Lillis

Mar 4, 2025

A Day in New York City with MoMA PS1’s Teresa Lillis

Mar 4, 2025

Mar 4, 2025

A Day in Chicago with Mobile Makers' Maya Bird-Murphy

Feb 2, 2025

A Day in Chicago with Mobile Makers' Maya Bird-Murphy

Feb 2, 2025

Feb 2, 2025

A Day in San Francisco with Office of Tangible Space’s Kelley Perumbeti

Jan 3, 2025

A Day in San Francisco with Office of Tangible Space’s Kelley Perumbeti

Jan 3, 2025

Jan 3, 2025

Firms to watch

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Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Mar 12, 2025

Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Mar 12, 2025

Mar 12, 2025

Undefined Potential: Moreau Kusunoki's Hiroko Kusunoki on Hand Drawing, Big Challenges, and the Subtle Elements That Shape Our Lives

Dec 4, 2024

Undefined Potential: Moreau Kusunoki's Hiroko Kusunoki on Hand Drawing, Big Challenges, and the Subtle Elements That Shape Our Lives

Dec 4, 2024

Dec 4, 2024

Peace of Mind: POM Studio's Portia Strahan on Leadership, Care, and Following Your Calling

Oct 2, 2024

Peace of Mind: POM Studio's Portia Strahan on Leadership, Care, and Following Your Calling

Oct 2, 2024

Oct 2, 2024

Provoking the Imagination: Studio Becker Xu's Sharon Xu on Answering Big Questions Through Projects of All Sizes

Oct 1, 2024

Provoking the Imagination: Studio Becker Xu's Sharon Xu on Answering Big Questions Through Projects of All Sizes

Oct 1, 2024

Oct 1, 2024

Dreaming Up Solutions: o p e n studio's Erin Lewis and Oz Ozburn on Entrepreneurship, Success, and Taking Care of Yourself

Sep 19, 2024

Dreaming Up Solutions: o p e n studio's Erin Lewis and Oz Ozburn on Entrepreneurship, Success, and Taking Care of Yourself

Sep 19, 2024

Sep 19, 2024

MADAme architect abroad

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Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Mar 18, 2025

Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Mar 18, 2025

Mar 18, 2025

Shared Visions: McLean Quinlan's Fiona McLean and Kate Quinlan on Regeneration, Resilience, and Gratitude

Mar 5, 2025

Shared Visions: McLean Quinlan's Fiona McLean and Kate Quinlan on Regeneration, Resilience, and Gratitude

Mar 5, 2025

Mar 5, 2025

A Hybrid Path: Miriam Hillawi Abraham on Worldbuilding, Heritage, and New Canons

Feb 12, 2025

A Hybrid Path: Miriam Hillawi Abraham on Worldbuilding, Heritage, and New Canons

Feb 12, 2025

Feb 12, 2025

Architect and CEO: SLA's Mette Skjold on Leadership Training, Organizational Culture, and Collective Success

Jan 19, 2025

Architect and CEO: SLA's Mette Skjold on Leadership Training, Organizational Culture, and Collective Success

Jan 19, 2025

Jan 19, 2025

Urban Models: C40's Director of Urban Planning and Design Hélène Chartier on A New Paradigm for Cities

Jan 3, 2025

Urban Models: C40's Director of Urban Planning and Design Hélène Chartier on A New Paradigm for Cities

Jan 3, 2025

Jan 3, 2025

Feature:

Part W: The London-Based Action Group Campaigning to Raise the Profile of Women in the Built Enviroment

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NEXTGEN

New York City College of Technology's Alyssa Duran Community, Equity, and Harmonious Spaces

New York City College of Technology's Alyssa Duran Community, Equity, and Harmonious Spaces

MIT's Amanda Ugorji on Projects That Are Energizing and a More Just World

MIT's Amanda Ugorji on Projects That Are Energizing and a More Just World

SCI-Arc's Fangyu Lu on Challenging Norms, Larger Communities, and True Creativity

USC's Nina Weithorn on Agroecology, Food Justice, and Landscape Architecture

University of Cambridge's Katie Last on Thoughtful Leadership, Architecture Journalism, and Staying Creative

University of Cambridge's Katie Last on Thoughtful Leadership, Architecture Journalism, and Staying Creative

RISD's Sophia Francesco on Community Efforts, Larger Narratives, and the Beauty of Change

RISD's Sophia Francesco on Community Efforts, Larger Narratives, and the Beauty of Change

RISD's Ellie Cody on Waste Considerations, Workshop Models, and Compassion

RISD's Ellie Cody on Waste Considerations, Workshop Models, and Compassion

University of Toronto Grad Fiorella Granda on Design, Illustration, and the Greater Good

University of Toronto Grad Fiorella Granda on Design, Illustration, and the Greater Good

The Cooper Union's Martina Duque Gonzalez on Community, Theatrical Spaces, and Defending an Idea

The Cooper Union's Martina Duque Gonzalez on Community, Theatrical Spaces, and Defending an Idea

Pratt Institute's Miray Celikkol on Empathy, History, and Femmes of the Future

Pratt Institute's Miray Celikkol on Empathy, History, and Femmes of the Future

From the academy

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Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Mar 18, 2025

Supportive Architecture: Locus's Sana Frini on Hope, Failure, and Shifting Paradigms

Mar 18, 2025

Mar 18, 2025

Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Mar 12, 2025

Embracing Evolution: Elsa Ponce on Access to Third Spaces, Trust in Solidarity, and the Practice of Care

Mar 12, 2025

Mar 12, 2025

From Research to Resonance: The Institute for AfroUrbanism’s Lauren Hood on Humanity’s Collective Consciousness

Feb 3, 2025

From Research to Resonance: The Institute for AfroUrbanism’s Lauren Hood on Humanity’s Collective Consciousness

Feb 3, 2025

Feb 3, 2025

Radical Pedagogy: The Bartlett’s Amy Kulper on Empathy and Ethics of Care in Teaching

Nov 25, 2024

Radical Pedagogy: The Bartlett’s Amy Kulper on Empathy and Ethics of Care in Teaching

Nov 25, 2024

Nov 25, 2024

Insatiably Curious: Atelier Manferdini's Elena Manferdini on Experimentation, Critical Thinking, and Global Citizens

Nov 10, 2024

Insatiably Curious: Atelier Manferdini's Elena Manferdini on Experimentation, Critical Thinking, and Global Citizens

Nov 10, 2024

Nov 10, 2024

CLIMATE AND RESILIENCE

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Jan 27, 2025

Big Ideas: The Trust for Governors Island’s Clare Newman on Urban Solutions, Models for Cities, and Mentorship

Jan 27, 2025

Jan 27, 2025

Architect and CEO: SLA's Mette Skjold on Leadership Training, Organizational Culture, and Collective Success

Jan 19, 2025

Architect and CEO: SLA's Mette Skjold on Leadership Training, Organizational Culture, and Collective Success

Jan 19, 2025

Jan 19, 2025

Urban Models: C40's Director of Urban Planning and Design Hélène Chartier on A New Paradigm for Cities

Jan 3, 2025

Urban Models: C40's Director of Urban Planning and Design Hélène Chartier on A New Paradigm for Cities

Jan 3, 2025

Jan 3, 2025

In Charge of the Outside: New York City's First Chief Public Realm Officer Ya-Ting Liu on Communication, Compromise, and Aiming Toward Your North Star

Dec 16, 2024

In Charge of the Outside: New York City's First Chief Public Realm Officer Ya-Ting Liu on Communication, Compromise, and Aiming Toward Your North Star

Dec 16, 2024

Dec 16, 2024

Harmony as the Norm: Woods Bagot's Julieta Loya on Empowering Teams and Shifting Perspectives

Nov 17, 2024

Harmony as the Norm: Woods Bagot's Julieta Loya on Empowering Teams and Shifting Perspectives

Nov 17, 2024

Nov 17, 2024

THE EXPERT

Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Future of Marketing

Sep 17, 2023

Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Future of Marketing

Sep 17, 2023

Sep 17, 2023

Façade Engineering: Moving Past the What Meets the Eye

Jul 23, 2023

Façade Engineering: Moving Past the What Meets the Eye

Jul 23, 2023

Jul 23, 2023

The Role of a Creative Institution in Building an Equitable City

Jun 26, 2023

The Role of a Creative Institution in Building an Equitable City

Jun 26, 2023

Jun 26, 2023

The Owner's Representative: An Extension of the Client, Project, and Team

Mar 27, 2023

The Owner's Representative: An Extension of the Client, Project, and Team

Mar 27, 2023

Mar 27, 2023

The Art of Storytelling in Design: Creating Relationships, Lasting Impact, and Deep Meaning

Mar 20, 2023

The Art of Storytelling in Design: Creating Relationships, Lasting Impact, and Deep Meaning

Mar 20, 2023

Mar 20, 2023

Sustainable Design Skills: Architects in London Share Their Experiences

Jan 30, 2023

Sustainable Design Skills: Architects in London Share Their Experiences

Jan 30, 2023

Jan 30, 2023

Redefining "Expertise": The Power of Student-Centered Design Projects

Sep 12, 2022

Redefining "Expertise": The Power of Student-Centered Design Projects

Sep 12, 2022

Sep 12, 2022

Central Park Architecture: Enhancing the Human Experience of the Park

Aug 8, 2022

Central Park Architecture: Enhancing the Human Experience of the Park

Aug 8, 2022

Aug 8, 2022

The Myth of Originality: Two Perspectives on Collaborative Design

Aug 24, 2021

The Myth of Originality: Two Perspectives on Collaborative Design

Aug 24, 2021

Aug 24, 2021

3D Scanning and the Architectural Imagination: Exploring the Tactility, Materiality, and Collective Use of Virtual Models

Jul 20, 2021

3D Scanning and the Architectural Imagination: Exploring the Tactility, Materiality, and Collective Use of Virtual Models

Jul 20, 2021

Jul 20, 2021