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.
Exhibition
Off the Grid: Belgian Graphic Design from the 1960s and 1970s as Seen by Sara De Bondt
Text by Sara De Bondt
Interview
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Essay
Memories of La Ricarda: The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic House
The Gomis Bertrand family and Victoria Bonet, daughter of the architect Antonio Bonet Castellana, share their memories about the Casa Gomis
Interview
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side
Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Essay
José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles
Essay by Antonio Cobo
Essay
Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983
Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Essay
Hurricane Harvey, the Golden Triangle, and the Inequality of Relief
Essay by Elizabeth Blasius
Essay
Pittsburgh as a Project: Reimagining the Modern
Essay by Rami el Samahy, Chris Grimley, and Michael Kubo
Essay
Liminal Frontier: Climate Adaptation and the American Coast
Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Interview
En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
