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The Story of Architecture
The first of a three-part interview with Carie Penabad of the University of Miami
On Cities podcast.
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Three Modernist Houses of the Sixties
Public lecture: Kahn, Giurgola & Venturi. Chestnut Hill Conservancy, Philadelphia
6:30 pm, November 8, 2023, Chestnut Hill Freinds Meeting House, 20 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia
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Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
ICAA National Conference
9:00 am, Novermber 4, 2023, Francis Marion Hotel, 378 King Street, Charleston, SC
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Green Before Green: The Autonomous Houses of MCHG, 1971-79
Public lecture, the Minimum Cost Housing Symposium, McGill University
6:00 pm, October 20, 2023, Rm 100, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel St, Montreal
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Why Ornament Matters
A lecture at Penn
6:30 pm, September 20, 2023, Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia
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The Story of Architecture
An interview on the website Designers and Books, July 13, 2023
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About Architecture and The Story of Architecture
A conversation with the British architecture critic Hugh Pearman
Yale University Press Podcast, June 20, 2023
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Why Ornament Matters
An illustrated lecture on a neglected subject
6:00 pm, May 10, 2023, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 219 South 6th Street.
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Arthur Ross Award
Happy to share that the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art has awarded me the 2023 Arthur Ross Award for Publishing, University Club, New York, May 8.
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Why Ornament Matters
A Zoom talk to the “6th Annual Traditional Architecture Gathering,” March 12, 2023
Organized by the Classic Planning Institute
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Spotlight on The Story of Architecture
My interview with Garry Boulard
The Built Environment, January 2023, ps. 4-6
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The Story of Architecture
My interview with Martin Pederson
Common\Edge, posted December 19, 2022.
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Globalization, Architectural Revivals, and Other Matters
A long podcast with Jessica Holahan of Yale University Press
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Great Architecture through the Ages
Three Zoom lectures: The Art of Building, Ornament, Buildings Last a Long Time
7:00 pm, December 1, 8, & 15, 2022. Roundtable at the 92nd Street Y, New York City
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The Story of Architecture: Buildings Last a Long Time
A theme from my new book
5:30 pm, Center for Architecture and Design, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, December 13, 2022
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Olmsted 200 at Planting Fields
I’m giving a talk at this symposium; with my colleagues Laurie Olin and John Dixon Hunt
Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY
October 19-21, 2022
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The Landscape Artistry of Frederick Law Olmsted
A lecture to the Foxhowe Association
6:00 pm,Tennis Tea, Buck Hill Falls, Pa., August 21, 2022
Two Walks with Frederick Law Olmsted
A lecture for the Beatrix Farrand Society
4:00 pm, Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, July 21, 2022
Living Among Landmarks
An evening on the Olmsted Legacy in Chestnut Hill
7:00 pm, Springside School, April 6, 2022
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Dress and Decor
A catalog essay of the Polish exhibit, “The Clothed Home”
London Design Biennale, 1-27 June, 2021
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Interview
On the occasion of McGill University’s bicentennial
Bull & Bear, May 30, 2021
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Book Talk
Architecture in the City
February 25, 6:00 pm, ICAA, NYC chapter
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Book Talk
Zoom lecture on Charleston Fancy.
November 13, 2020. Acorn Club, Philadelphia. Members only
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Best Book
Last Harvest named one of the nine best books on real estate development.
Posted October 11, 2020 on Motley Fool’s Million Acres website
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Locatecture in the City
Zoom Talk presented by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
6:00 pm, September 16, 2020.
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Literary Award, Charleton Fancy
Charleston Fancy receives the 2020 Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award
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Covid Check-In
Conversation with Gil Roth
Virtual Memories Show, May 16, 2020
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Conversation with Alex Beam
About his new book on the Farnsworth House, Broken Glass
Harvard Book Store, April 2, 2020
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A chair is never just a chair
My two-part conversation with Nahlah Ayed
CBC Radio “Ideas,” posted January 9, 2020
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Locatecture in the City
7:00 pm, November 21, 2019
San Antonio Art Museum
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Book Talk, Charleston Fancy
7:00 pm, October 17, 2019
Rm 309, Simons Center for the Arts
College of Charleston, Charleston SC
Charleston Fancy
Podcast interview with Gil Roth
The Virtual Memories Show, posted October 3, 2019
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Newish Charleston
Walking tour with Steven Kurutz of NYT
New York Times, posted October 1, 2019
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Book Talk, Charleston Fancy
5:30 pm, September 26, 2019
Organized by Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance
Room B11, Vance Hall, Wharton School
3733 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
Interview with NFReads
About Chareston Fancy, writing, and pubishing
NFReads, posted August 28, 2019
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The Need for Locatecture
Conversation about Charleston Fancy with Jeremiah Eck
Common|Edge, posted July 10, 2019
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Writing Charleston Fancy
A Yale University Press podcast of a conversation about the book.
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Our Place
My review of Suzannah Lessard’s elegaic The Absent Hand
Wall Street Journal, April 27-28, 2019
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The Big Question: Have We Left Something Important Behind?
Architecture took a wrong turn along the way.
New York Times, Turning Points, December 7, 2018
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What do architecture critics think of the state of architecture criticism today?
I add my two-cent’s worth
The Architects Newspaper, posted May 21, 2018
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Healing the Heart of a City
My review of Elizabeth Barlow Rogers’s admirable Saving Central Park
Wall Street Journal, May 12-13, 2018
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The Appeal of Large Old Houses
My interview with Alison Stein
Worth, posted February 21, 2017.
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Thinking Like an Outsider
My podcast interview on Entrepreneur
Posted November 10, 2017
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The Plastic Chair
My podcast interview with Flora Lichtman
“Every Little Thing,” Gimlet Media
Posted July 3, 2017
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You Are What You Read
Barbara Barry on Frederick Law Olmsted and A Clearing in the Distance
Posted June 20, 2017 on Designers & Books
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Better Sit Down for This One
My interview with NPR’s Elizabeth Blair
September 3, 2016
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A Global History of Sitting Down
My interview with Uri Friedman
Atlantic, August 30, 2016
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My interview with Mark Medley
Globe & Mail, August 24, 2016
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Witold Rybczynski’s New Cultural History of the Chair
My interview on Now I Sit me Down with Martin Pedersen
Common/Edge, July 27, 2016.
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“How to Make Architecture Human,” a review of Mysteries of the Mall.
The New Republic, September 15, 2015.
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“A layperson’s guide to architecture, arranged in clear, clean lines”
A review of Mysteries of the Mall.
Macleans, September 8, 2015.
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Thoughtful review of Mysteries of the Mall by Dustin Illingworth.
The Brooklyn Rail, September 8, 2015.
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My interview with Gil Roth on his literary podcast, Virtual Memories Show.
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Witold Rybczynski receives 2014 National Design Award for Design Mind.
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Old, Good Things Seen Anew
A conversation with Karrie Jacobs
New York Times, posted May 7, 2014
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Three essays published in Architect (Seattle Library, Harbor Point, Poundbury) were a finalist for the 2014 National Magazine Awards in the Columns & Commentary category.
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How Architecture Works was a finalist for the Marfield Prize, the national award for writing on the arts.
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CBC Radio program Ideas on “Art We Live In”
9:00 pm, January 29, 2014.
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A review of How Architecture Works
Washington Post, November, 2013
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Read the Introduction to How Architecture Works
Metropolis, posted October 8, 2013
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A review of How Architecture Works on A Daily Dose of Architecture.
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Laura Miller’s review of How Architecture Works
Posted on Salon, October 6, 2013
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Phil Patton’s review of How Architecture Works
Designers & Books, “10 Notable Design Books of 2013,” posted October 4, 2013
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A conversation with Amanda Kolson Hurley about my new book
Posted on Designers & Books, October 1, 2013
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An interview on Architects and Artisans about my new book
Posted July 30, 2013.
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Publishers Weekly features starred advance review of How Architecture Works
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“A Humble Architect” in The Walrus is nominated for a Canadian National Magazine Award.
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Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sam Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School.
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Interview posted on Advice To Writers.
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More on the Eisenhower Memorial debate. Quoted in Architectural Record.
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NYT op-ed on Eisenhower Memorial cited by The Atlantic as one of “Five Best Friday Columns.”
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Appearance in PBS documentary “Architect Michael Graves: A Grand Tour.”
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