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Reviews architecture, in New York. "Restored my faith in the future of both journalism and the younger generation"

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Moving a 4000-ton building roughly 100 feet? Try WD-40.
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We have a big announcement: @maridapr is joining NYRA as our Deputy Editor.
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Hopped off the plane at LAX, with a dream and…my copy of the Los Angeles Review of Architecture. Announcing LARA #1 , guest edited by Mimi Zeiger ( @loudpaper ).
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New York Review of Architecture
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Last September we rethought of our print publication. Over the last year, we have been working with our digital director, @s3ththompson , to translate the sensibility of our print issue to the web. Today, that the new website is now live online.
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2 years
So this is what it would look like if you were to fit New York's current crop of megaprojects into Central Park.
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It has been mere hours since we announced our first tote bag, and already it appears to have been spotted in Mexico City.
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"When we bother to make things beautiful (even visually interesting) we commit to the tastes and preferences of our time, with a bold conviction that these will be our tastes and preferences forevermore." @hewitt_ward reviews a Burger King in Bushwick.
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Okay so this architect from Thornton Tomasetti scaled the scaffold on our building and then knocked on our window to get a copy of our new issue.
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New York Review of Architecture is proud to announce @chloewyma as Managing Editor.
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Our new issue has a few new parts: a (purple!) insert; a mall sub-theme including a cutaway axonometric of, well, a mall; and James Wines, who is 91 years old and the founder of SITE, drew our centerfold: “Nature’s Revenge.”
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subscribe to NYRA @icespicee_
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i’m crying so bad at not a single person knowing who that is
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Hello we are at the Brooklyn Book Fair, Booth #439 , you should come visit us.
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Breakfast time. Announcing issue #37 !
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Hello, we won an award!
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“We queers are not entitled to queer space. We will have to fight for it.” writes Kate Wagner ( @mcmansionhell ) in NYRA #31 .
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Hello, we are having a party. In a beer garden in Fort Greene. You should come. There will be readings, drinks, and architects. There might be a motorcycle. There will be bratwursts.
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Hey, NYRA now has 1,000 followers. A mere 999,000 fewer than our peer architecture publication, @dezeen .
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Beach time. Announcing issue #36 !
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After publishing work by more than 200 writers, launching a new website, throwing launch parties, book talks, and our first rave (thank you arcana), and putting totes, t-shirts, and roughly 15,000 issues through the mail (thank you usps), we are taking a break. Happy holidays!
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We have an announcement: Samuel Medina is joining NYRA as our Editor.
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April showers bring... May double issues. Announcing Issue #34 -35!
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We are taking a short break from our off week to suggest you start a subscription today. Not convinced by this photo by Andi Schmied of a happy reader in Budapest? We have prepared this helpful list...
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New York Review of Architecture
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...and you are now reading a publication with 2,000 paid subscribers... just 10 million to go to catch up with our peer new york based print publication, @nytimes
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Hello we now have 1,998 subscribers, so if anyone on this platform is not yet subscribed and interested in being nyra-subscriber #2 ,000.... today is your day:
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Today is International Workers’ Day, it is also our birthday, and the day we share the news that we are a worker cooperative, and in fact now a member of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives.
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New York Review of Architecture
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So because we are doing website maintenance today, we turned off our paywall. If you really like our pieces, but do not like paywalls, and happen to have no plans this fine Saturday afternoon, today is a chance to read... all of our pieces:
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The July/August issue of NYRA is in town, and it’s better than air conditioning! Read NYRA no. 41 at the beach, by the pool (maybe even McCarren Park Pool, the free public oasis gracing our cover), or wherever you stay cool this sweaty New York City summer.
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
We are happy to announce our very first stockist in San Francisco, William Stout Architectural Books. If you are in the bay area, you should consider paying them a visit - issue #32 looks pretty darn good on that stand, but it will look even better in your hands.
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
So each time someone starts a new subscription, we put a copy of the current issue in the mail for them. Last week, that meant we took almost a hundred copies of our newest issue, #33 , to our local post office, just about filling up this box.
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Los Angeles Review of Architecture reviews architecture in Los Angeles.
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Rat magazine* summer
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Rat journal summer @nyreviewofarch
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New York Review of Architecture
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Why is New York building so many private pools? Here is a graph of almost every tower with a pool in New York, organized chronologically. Developers built nearly 400 residential & hotel towers with pools since 1973. Over the same period, the city built 5 new public pools.
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“There is no secret, emancipatory frisson to be found in the Metaverse.” @kvnrogan braves this new frontier of capital:
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New York Review of Architecture
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For the last several months, we’ve been working with @FSP_NWU on freelancer policies and a standard contract! We’re proud to share those here:
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New York Review of Architecture
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Another issue is almost here, and we’re throwing a party to celebrate. You should come!
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
We would like to congratulate the winner of the 2023 Pritzker Prize, David Chipperfield. Coincidentally, here he is in Berlin yesterday... reading our newest issue.
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New York Review of Architecture
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So we have officially crossed 2,002 followers. A mere 2,197,998 fewer than New York’s other Review, @nybooks
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New York Review of Architecture
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Are you an architect with student debt? What led you to take out a loan? How has it impacted your life, and will the new debt forgiveness program change things for you? DM us! We want to hear your stories (and maybe publish them in an upcoming issue).
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Happy May Day! Today we turn three, and, to celebrate we are offering 28 coupons—one for each issue we have published—valued at $51 each. Simply subscribe, and use the code ‘MAYDAY’ at the checkout. (Only first time subscribers are eligible.)
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
Okay. So apparently there has been some sort of misunderstanding, and architects the world over have flown to Venice to seek out our brand new double issue. Before you purchase those tickets, please please consult our list of stockists - there may one right down the street.
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"The bottom line: we have to do more with less." @DanielABarber , @it_urbe and @elisehunchuck discuss the end of efficiency in our current issue, #31 .
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2 years
Uh oh.
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For anyone doubting that The Line is happening, here is a drone film of construction starting – (via @dezeen )
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1 year
Hello Architecture Twitter: Because we are really cool, for our last launch party we brought some architecture games and they were a hit, especially Jenga. What are good architecture games we should consider bringing to our party this Friday?
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
We have new subscribers today from Queens, Elmhurst, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Holliston, Amherst, West Orange, Ljubljana, Rotterdam, and even... Brooklyn! Thank you for supporting the work.
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Breaking: NYRA is sad to share that employees at @SHoPArchitects have decided to withdraw their bid to unionize. The decision comes the day before a planned election and a month after @arch_workers_u went public with the union drive.
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New York Review of Architecture
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KATE WAGNER: DEAR ARCHITECT-WORKERS Architecture is an inherently collective endeavor. This simple fact is routinely suppressed, has been suppressed, perhaps as long as architecture has existed...
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New York Review of Architecture
3 months
Tip your writers and bus your issue — #40 is here. The Hungarian Pastry Shop is close to our hearts and now on our cover. So order a cup of coffee and a strudel, find a comfortable corner in the back, and dig into our May-June Issue.
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
We have just received this photo from a reader, which would appear to show that the good people at @RiceArch have taken a copy of our current issue, framed it, and displayed it in a stall. We are honored to have been so featured by their bathroom's curatorial staff.
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Reviewing the slides for Cancel the Corridor, in which there will be two presentations, by Michael Eliason of @Larch_Lab and Florian Idenburg of SO – IL. Guess which diagram comes from which presenter:
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Next Thursday, 7pm, come read the IPCC report with @DanielABarber , @elisehunchuck , and @it_urbe In person at the New York offices of @snohetta or on the zoom. Registration and details at:
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A perfect beach read. Dive in. NYRA #41 is here!
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New York Review of Architecture
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Spot the Difference, NYRA edition. Big changes are coming to Madison Avenue following Sotheby’s recent purchase of the Breuer Building. How many differences can you spot in these two scenes? @VitruviusGrind illustrates the latest addition of BLOCK FOR BLOCK in Issue #37 .
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New York Review of Architecture
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In his recent essay for Issue #38 /39, Samuel Stein explores the many questions of social housing in the context of its growing demand from the American left. See 🧵 for a look into the types of social housing we have and the possibilities for its future.
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"Communist boy"
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Our current issue, #32 . Includes some of the best writing on architecture out there. Also... pairs well with Sunday afternoon laundry cycles.
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New York Review of Architecture
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For our next issue, we're looking for short reviews/takes/reports on anything that's either repulsed you or caught your fancy: a book, a building, a movie, a new restaurant in your neighborhood, whatever. Anywhere from a single sentence to 100 words. Email editor at nyra dot nyc
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New York Review of Architecture
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We just turned five and published our 40th issue, so a week ago on Saturday we had a party. In a fabrication shop. About 300 people came. It was a good time.
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So apparently our current issue made it to the top of this mountain. ...start a subscription, and it will make it into your mail box, too.
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New York Review of Architecture
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New tote drop. Our first one recently sold out, so we made a new one, and to celebrate, we are offering you a deal: All new annual subscribers — at any level — between today and our launch party this Friday will receive the new tote bag, for free.
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Friends, we are thrilled to launch Issue #19 ! Design by Laura Coombs, with contributions from Malcolm Rio, @loudpaper , @kvnrogan , @mcmansionhell , @maridapr , @freecondo , Eric Höweler, and much more:
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We are having a party on Friday, November 18. You should come!
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In the United States in 2020, guns injured 39,427, and killed nearly 20,000. Death, injury, and trauma are not the only consequences of our country’s gun policies—there are repercussions for the built environment, too. Guns beget walls. 🧵
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Want to carry around your favorite NYRA issue but not sure where to put it? Get your very own NYRA “Peeking Rat” Tote Bag at
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“LA is ground zero for a particular militarized repression of the visible symptoms of wealth stratification that other cities are only just adopting.” Piper French @PiperSFrench writes on downtown LA as an intentional failure of the built environment.
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"Just a perfect New York party." We will take that. Thank you all who braved the cold to join us for our issue launch party last night! It was good to see so many old friends, and make some new ones.
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As the Architecture Lobby turns ten, @AnjulieRao wrote a history of the organization so far, taking stock of its accomplishments, evolution, and possible futures. We would recommend.
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New York Review of Architecture
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“Thus, knowing the Lobby @Arch_Lobby means changing its trajectory, making the future—not just of the organization, but of the profession itself—subject to uncertainty.” Anjulie Rao writes in Issue #36 @AnjulieRao
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"ON PAGE 900-something of The Power Broker, Robert Caro makes an allusion to an unpublished book by Robert Moses titled From Palms to Pines. Caro notes that it was an erotica book that was published under an alias. Send leads..." Classifieds and sponsors from our current issue.
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So someone texted us this morning to say "You threw the best architecture party of the year for sure." We did not seek out a second opinion. Thank you to everyone who came out last night, and the Issue #30 contributors, whose work was well worth the celebration.
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New York Review of Architecture
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Hello we had a launch party on Friday and a lot of people came. Then… there was a rave. Really. Big thanks to our readers @aarontimms and @lilypuckett , our hosts Arcana, and our friends, readers, and subscribers who came out to welcome our new issue into the world.
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Okay we have long known that our people are pretty good at putting out an architecture magazine, but this Tuesday we learned that we are also apparently pretty good at softball, notching a 4:3 win in our inaugural game of the season... against the good people over at @Harpers
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Events this week! Denise Scott Brown is the talk of the town(s). On Wednesday, a symposium on her life and work at @YaleArch ; then Friday, a book launch at the @CenterForArch , both organized by @fridagrahn . Tonight, @laurapoitras speaks with @OFFPOLINN at @ColumbiaGSAPP .
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New York Review of Architecture
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Delineators welcome! We are making some big plans for the year ahead and looking for an illustrator comfortable channeling, and further defining, our identity. Specifically, we’re looking for one person to design eight issue covers.
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New York Review of Architecture
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Looks like our current issue has made it to the front window of William Stout Architectural Books, in San Francisco. Support the work, start a subscription, and it will make it to your mail box, too...
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“But perhaps there is something else in the ways these revenants haunted his drawings. It’s not that they revealed a temptation to place people in scenes otherwise devoid of life—not entirely.” @enriqueramirez writes in Issue #36 .
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New York Review of Architecture
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NYRA is heading west for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Come join us at the Graham Foundation to meet the people behind the curtain of your favorite architecture publication and hear readings about the Windy City by @zachmortice , @AnjulieRao , and @petesegall .
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Confession. Our favorite social platform is... a table.
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Y2K-OOLHAAS “The pastel colors and shiny textures of Koolhaas’s Prada’s Y2K aesthetic were cool and futuristic then. Outnumbered by boring white-and-concrete spaces for endless, mindless consumption, they’re no less cool and futuristic now.” @derailleurkate in Issue #34 /35.
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New York Review of Architecture
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Issue #24 is here! We invited New York’s skyline over for Thanksgiving dinner, and—along with some turkey—we are happy to be serving up a feast of essays and reviews for our readers. Support the review, and secure your copy at:
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Important announcement.
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New York Review of Architecture
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Spotted. We are happy to share that @magculture has become our first stockist in London. And Europe, for that matter. Pretty neat to see our price listed in pounds.
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Online only: @Luc_pete covers the strike at the University of Michigan, with a special focus on what's going on at Taubman.
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New York Review of Architecture
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"Everything was so tiny. When it was built, it seemed huge. How things change. I had spent so much time thinking about how Aline Saarinen had made this project legible to the many, many people who wanted to write about the building, describing it as 'a bird in flight.'"
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
Thank you to all who joined us for our party last night - our authors presented and people played games and drank and talked and closed down the bar but a lot of people also simply sat and read the new issue... which is kind of how our crowd rolls. We are cool like that.
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New York Review of Architecture
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Are you a teacher or student? Starting architecture school this week? What's in, what's out? Is zoom dead? Instagram? Any dall-e renders yet? Everything is game: we have a back-to-school issue of skyline and are looking for fall 2022 trends. DM us or reply in the comments.
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Issue #32 marks our second installment of our new backpage column, Block for Block by @VitruviusGrind . To celebrate just how obsessively detailed the drawing is, we put together this short powers of ten tribute.
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“Modernism’s no-nonsense, no-politics, straight-lined, straightforward, 'good-design-is-good-business’ ethos was under fire.” Marianela D’Aprile ( @maridapr ) writes in Issue #38 /39.
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New York Review of Architecture
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New York Review of Architecture is seeking to hire a Managing Editor to help us keep the wheels of our architectural publishing juggernaut rolling. We are interested in filling this position by May 1. Find further details and submit your application at
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New York Review of Architecture
3 years
Call for designs for a 100% affordable WTC 5. The deliverable is simple: a single rendering, from a fixed perspective. All of the submissions will be included in an exhibition at citygroup, and the work will be featured in a future NYRA issue.
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New York Review of Architecture
5 months
We had our first writeup in a major publication, and it was in LA! Thank you @cmonstah and @latimes for the kind words. Read the full piece:
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New York Review of Architecture
1 year
"His observation leaves me breathless for a moment, as if eyes opened on the typeset page and stared right at the impairment I’ve masked for a decade..." Just posted today: @loudpaper 's review of the Architecture of Disability, by @davidgissen
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
We are happy to share that @Harpers approached us to reprint part of one of our essays, "Save Penn Station" by Thomas de Monchaux, in their January 2023 issue, which is now out. The essay, fittingly, includes a great deal about rats.
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New York Review of Architecture
2 years
Issue #27 is now in Casa Magazines, in the West Village. Consider a visit to Mohammed Ahmed to pick up your copy - or start a subscription at and we will happily mail you one.
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New York Review of Architecture
3 years
"Increasingly, cities feel like webs of private spaces connected by ever-fraying threads of public space."
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marianela d’aprile
3 years
I wrote about public transportation in winter and how the place where many of us suppress our human needs is the only place where some people can have them met
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