The Best Articles in Architecture
The most useful articles and videos in Architecture from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Architecture Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Architecture by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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How to build neighborhoods we actually like
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The Leaning Tower of New York City
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What is ...?
New to Architecture? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What is ‘Gothic’? It’s more complicated than you think.
Hidden in the architecture of some of the world’s most famous buildings is a cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East.
How to ...?
How to Build a Home that Lasts a Thousand Years
Tradition in the building arts explained the long way around, in three easy to remember rules.
«Beauty is objective and its effects are broadly similar and consistent across cultures and across millennia. For proof I only ask you to study a rose.»
Trending
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The Evolution of Zaha Hadid, Architect
An unconventional architect who started her career as an outsider, Hadid became a leading figure in architecture and design in the twenty-first century.
Artist Paints Architectural Portraits Onto Concrete Fragments of the Demolished Estate
Each of these remnants is salvaged material from the Aylesbury Estate, a large housing complex in South East London, which is being demolished as part of a regeneration program.
Can net-zero homes really be affordable?
A Colorado nonprofit is constructing its second affordable housing complex with an eye toward mass production.
Quartz Countertops Vs. Quartzite Countertops: What's The Difference?
Even though the names quartz and quartzite sound similar, they're very distinctive materials manufactured using decidedly different processes
ICON and Lennar Announce Community of 3D-printed Homes is Now…
Reservations Begin in 2023 for the 100-home Community Co-designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Architecture—all under 10 minutes.
Le Corbusier before Ive: The influence of the Bauhaus on modern digital product design
The Bauhaus movement revolutionised art and design with its focus on functionalism, simplicity, and mass production, influencing modern…
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s…
High-Rise Buildings Are Not the Future of Housing. Low-Rises Are.
Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti shares his vision for accessible and sustainable housing to accommodate the world’s growing population.
The historical origins of the de-cluttered home
Religion, art and politics have all led to the minimalist idea of "less is more". Dominic Lutyens explores the ideas and aesthetics behind pared-back simplicity.
Smart Streetlights are Casting a Long Shadow Over Our Cities
Major cities across the US are introducing smart streetlights with the promise they'll provide safer and more sustainable public spaces. But behind th...
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Architecture.
Why Is Everything So Ugly?
Dodging huge grilles we walk on, pulled by ugliness toward a gentrified retail strip. Here the violence of the new ugliness comes more fully into focus. The ruling class seized cities and chose to…
Concrete Built The Modern World. Now It’s Destroying It.
A growing chorus of architects argue we have to build differently with concrete — which contributes to global warming and environmental destruction on a scale that’s hard to fathom — or perhaps…
Why Is Everything So Ugly?
Dodging huge grilles we walk on, pulled by ugliness toward a gentrified retail strip. Here the violence of the new ugliness comes more fully into focus. The ruling class seized cities and chose to…
«The environment this concatenation of forces has produced is at once totalizing and meek — an architecture embarrassed by its barely architected-ness, a building style that cuts corners and then covers them with rainscreen cladding.»
Why skyscrapers are so short
The height of skyscrapers is limited by physical, economic and regulatory barriers, but we should want to overcome them and build taller. Here's how we can do it.
The Steel House Saga: One Man’s Masterpiece Is Another’s Airbnb
The late sculptor Robert Bruno's unfinished home—a Lubbock-area landmark—is becoming a vacation rental. His friends are distressed.
Thought Leaders
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hardmaru
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@colossal@mastodon.art
Art and visual culture since 2010. Newsletters: http://thisiscolossal.com/newsletters/ Mastodon: http://mastodon.art/@colossal
Architizer
Architizer is the home of architectural inspiration.
My Modern Met
My Modern Met is the big city that celebrates creative ideas. mymodernmet@mastodon.art on Mastodon

MIT Urban Planning
The Department of Urban Studies + Planning at MIT's School of Architecture + Planning @mitsap / Related: @mitarchitecture @medialab @MITCRE
Publications
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dwell
Design that improves where we live.
Domus
Empowering inspirational thinkers. Since 1928.
Architectural Digest
The International Design Authority.
JSTOR Daily
Online magazine that draws on scholarly research @JSTOR. Offers fresh insight into current affairs. Subscribe for free: http://daily.jstor.org/newsletter
highscalability
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