When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

A rendering made for The Queens Museum’s Central Atrium for All. (Denise Chow, Maya Gamble, Reem Khorshid, NDos Onochie, and Kalla Sy) AN’s Executive Editor, Jack Murphy, spoke with Sanders and Choe ...

Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society. Whether it is in the fundamentals of how we think about ...

This blog post was authored by Jeff Kuhnhenn, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Architectural Design, Gresham Smith. Over the past 40 years, there has been a slow but radical realignment in how designers and ...

In 2015, the closure of Architecture for Humanity—the international nonprofit that changed the game for humanitarian design—was met with dismay throughout the architectural profession. The ...

Rory A. Cooper is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is a VA ...

Architecture is often evaluated through finished forms, yet some practices operate in a different register, one where design unfolds through relationships, time, and use rather than through a single ...

Office of Homeless Services Director Liz Hersh cheers at PHL Participatory Design Lab announcement as Patrick Morgan, Anjali Chainani, and Liana Dragoman join in applause. (Jim Saksa / WHYY) On ...

Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society. Whether it is in the fundamentals of how we think about ...