Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of 2025.

Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of 2025.

It is a great privilege to speak at this 50th commencement ceremony. Thank you, President David Rhodes, Provost Chris Cyphers, the Commencement Committee, SVA board members and the Greek chorus of my ...

AI is still in its early generation, too. If your internet algorithms are set to “architecture,” “design,” or “building,” you ...

AI is a tool for design, no more, no less. Humans are the creators.

The Th omas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress (LOC) has long been among my favorite buildings in Washington, D.C.

The Thomas Jefferson Building, Project 2025, and the unbuilding of Jefferson’s democracy.

The Thomas Jefferson Building, Project 2025, and the unbuilding of Jefferson’s democracy.

Every so often, although not often enough, along comes a book that turns the way you look at a topic upside down. Carl Elefante’s Going for Zero: Decarbonizing the Built Environment on the Path to Our ...

Carl Elefante makes the case for the importance of rehabilitating buildings instead of erecting new ones.