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With a soft click and a few presses of the finger to a piece of flat glass, a selfie is shared. The selfie is visual documentation of "I was here"—images of art, architecture, and scenes relegated to background elements, with the photographer's face as foreground—and it is changing ar... MORE -
After two decades of exploration and experimentation, land-form architecture, characterized by the smooth and literal merging of site form to built form, has reached an apparent impasse. Its predominant expression to date has been horizontal, with emphasis on connectivity, continuity, and the dis... MORE -
Bathrooms are contested spaces that are not immune to current political agendas. Bathroom access, and its use as a political tool, are inextricably tied to the passage of nondiscrimination laws. Throughout history, the presence or absence of appropriate toilet facilities has served as the stronge... MORE -
Update (June 2020): In the wake of recent events, protests, and a united outcry for justice around #BlackLivesMatter, author Tyler Cukar has revisited "Orchestrated Urbanism" and added an Author's Update to the research paper. American cities are at a critical moment as urban cores are being r... MORE -
Education has changed. Whether in K-12 schools or in universities, the pedagogical landscape is currently witnessing fundamental shifts in our understanding of how students learn, what it is they need to be taught, and what role schools should serve, in order to meet the needs of the modern econo... MORE