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.
Monthly Column
Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Monthly Column
The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Interview
Mundo Mendo Goes to Seoul: The World of Luis Mendo on Display
Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo
Monthly Column
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Photo Essay
Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana
Text and photographs by David Schalliol
Monthly Column
From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Essay
SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing
Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
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Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius