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.
Interview
Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP
Monthly Column
Monthly Column by 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
Essay
Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
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
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From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Exhibition
Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
Essay
SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing
Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
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Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Monthly Column
Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius