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In Praise of Gentrification: Why our traditional assumptions about economic development are all wrong.
Metropolis, Dec. 2005.
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The Building as Canvas: A German studio responds to the ubiquitous Balkan air conditioner.
Metropolis, Nov. 2005.
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Up in Michigan: How the contract furniture industry became a beacon for sustainable design.
Metropolis, Nov. 2005.
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Family Reunion: In Texas two brothers create a modern tribute to their Vietnamese roots, uniting three generations.
Metropolis, Aug./Sep. 2005.
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Near No Man's Land, a Quest for Unity and Peace.
The New York Times, Heyri Art Valley, South Korea, Jul. 23, 2005.
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The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics, by Milton Glaser and Mirko Illic. Review. Metropolis, Jul. 2005.
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How to Renovate a Totalitarian Building: Bucharest’s National Museum of Contemporary Art opens in a section of the wildly oversize Palace of Parliament Building.
Metropolis, Jun. 2005.
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Symbolic Architecture: As ethnic conflict persists in Kosovo, churches and other buildings have become disputed territory.
Metropolis, Jan. 2005. (A journal from this reporting trip is posted here.)