by Richard L. Hindle

A history of innovation in physical infrastructure and large-scale complex systems.

by Alessandra Ponte with Stephan Kowal

Testing ground at 30 degrees below zero.

by Daniel Barber

Climatic architecture at the end of calculation.

A Aarts, Emile., Réné Collier, Evert van Loenen, and Boris de Ruyter, eds. Ambient Intelligence. Proceedings from the First European Symposium, EUSAI 2003, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, November 3–4, 2003 (Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2003). Cited in Schnee. Aarts, Emile., Rick Harwig, and Martin Schuurmans, “Ambient intelligence.” The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration of Technology into Everyday Life, ed. Peter J. […]

An interview with Sweet Water Foundation’s Emmanuel Pratt

How funding shapes work. How work shapes funding.

by Jonathan Tate and Travis Bost

Retaining value and reimagining idiosyncrasy where two markets meet.

Leah Meisterlin in conversation with Samantha Parsons from UnKoch My Campus

On expelling undue influence.

by Vittorio Lovato with Peggy Deamer, Quilian Riano, and Manuel Shvartzberg on behalf of The Architecture Lobby

Mapping prize funding for research in architecture.

by Curt Gambetta

Ideologies of engagement, from anthropology to architecture.

by Jonathan Sun and Carlo Ratti, SENSEable City Lab

Democratizing human health data.

by Forrest Meggers

Behind the modern curtain wall, and beyond the central stack.

A conversation with Craig Schwitter

Actually, we have extra.

by Chris Perry

Not for ‘us’ alone.

by Neyran Turan

Toward a new materialism.

A conversation with Mahadev Raman

Triple bottom line.

By Elliott P. Montgomery

Social measurement of the unlikely.

By Phu Hoang, MODU

Uncontrolling weather control.

By Quilian Riano

Conflict as catalyst.

By Jordan Carver

Inside a two-story, beige brick building.

by Kate Orff

Piloting Oyster-tecture in the New York Harbor.

by Jennifer W. Leung

Research as a place apart.

by Leah Meisterlin

How (not) to experiment in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.

by Gökçe Günel

When monitoring and modification collide.

EMILY ABRUZZO Contributor. Emily Abruzzo, AIA, LEED AP is partner in ABRUZZO BODZIAK ARCHITECTS, recipients of the 2010 Architectural League Prize, AIA New Practices New York 2012, and selected for the New York City Department of Design + Construction Excellence Program. She is a Fellow of The Forum and Institute for Urban Design, and a […]

MISSION Research is everywhere. Architects incite action, design materials and archive cities. They capitalize upon the excess energy of practice to launch unsolicited experiments into the world, or sidestep clients by joining forces with government think tanks. Discussions from classrooms have found currency at town halls, and findings from construction sites have migrated into basement […]