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America By Design
May 11, 2021
Magazine
Kate Wagner
Why the Democrats Need an Architectural Vision to Counter the Right’s
Republicans are already advancing a distinct—if ugly and tasteless—aesthetic. Biden should follow in FDR’s footsteps and create a Public Works Administration for the twenty-first century.
March 11, 2021
Magazine
Kate Wagner
How Big Tech Devours Public Space
Amazon’s glitzy new indoor park is supported by government subsidies, but it will be private property.
January 6, 2021
Magazine
Kate Wagner
A Shrine to the Most Tasteless Man in America
What will Trump's presidential library look like?
October 29, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
Will Airbnb Do to Small Towns What It Did to New York and Barcelona?
The company’s big-city “experiences” were crippled by the pandemic. Now it’s looking to capitalize on the urban flight to rural retreats.
August 6, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments
They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?
May 8, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Coronavirus Is Tearing Apart the American City
After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.
January 14, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
A Clear Menace
Why glass luxe construction is destroying the world
October 30, 2019
Magazine
Kate Wagner
Redesigning American Schools in an Age of Mass Shootings
These new buildings only serve to normalize trauma and fear.
August 20, 2019
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Subtle Politics of Graphic Design
Obama's logo was iconic. Does the current field of Democratic candidates have anything to rival it?
May 29, 2019
Magazine
Kate Wagner
LA’s Museum for Nobody
How a starchitect’s dramatic design for LACMA was hacked to bits
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