Observations

This platform features articles, essays, interviews, reviews, and photo essays about the built environment and the people and conditions that shape it. Since 2022, Observations has also included a monthly column by architectural historian Elizabeth Blasius.

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Essay

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths

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Monthly Column

Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Monthly Column

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Photo Essay

Lavadoiro

Text and photos by Ana Amado

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Exhibition

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam

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Monthly Column

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Interview

Mundo Mendo Goes to Seoul: The World of Luis Mendo on Display

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo

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Monthly Column

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Photo Essay

Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana

Text and photographs by David Schalliol

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Interview

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes

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Essay

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil

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Exhibition

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez

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Monthly Column

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Essay

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown

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Remembrance

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum

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Exhibition

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan