Exhibitions

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Visions of the Future Houston

An ongoing exhibition in Houston imagines a city on the cusp of a new, more prosperous future.

March 11, 2021 - Houston Chronicle

Housing

Exhibition Aims to Change Minds About Density

"Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong," reads the headline of this New York Times article.

February 5, 2020 - The New York Times

Administration building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, on opening day, May 1, 1893

Exhibition Shows the Swagger and the Social Conscience of a Previous Era of Planning

It's rare for an entire exhibition to be devoted to the practice and history of planning. This is a big one.

July 9, 2019 - CityLab

Old houses with large porch and colorful siding

National Building Museum Exhibition Explores the Changing American Household

The National Building Museum draws attention to the drastic change that has come to the American household. No longer does the nuclear family dominate the housing market, and a new era of housing development must be launched.

November 18, 2017 - National Building Museum

Chicago to Host a Splashy Architecture Biennial

October through January in Chicago—the first architectural biennial in U.S. history.

April 16, 2015 - Architectural Digest

How To: Design a User-Friendly Museum Exhibition about Planning

John King writes that the "Gallery + Ideas Forum" at the Presidio in San Francisco provides an excellent model for presenting issues and ideas of planning and urban design to the public.

January 10, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

Mapping Immigration’s Effect on Boston Neighborhoods

“A City of Neighborhoods,” a new exhibit at the Boston Public Library, uses maps to illustrate how waves of immigration shaped the city and its neighborhoods throughout the 20th century.

March 24, 2014 - Wired

'Towers Because Gardens'—Reviewing MoMA's Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition

In reviewing MoMA’s recent exhibition “Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal,” Thomas de Monchaux explores the personal life and motivations of Frank Lloyd Wright.

March 10, 2014 - Architect

Smell This: The History of Architecture, Told Through Scent

For those who think architectural history isn’t something to sniff at, a new exhibition at the California College of the Arts aims to convince otherwise.

October 14, 2013 - Archinect

MoMA Architecture Head Goes Back to School

Barry Bergdoll, the Museum of Modern Art's Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, has announced he is leaving the museum to take up a post at Columbia University. Over six years he curated a number of popular, and critically praised, exhibitions.

August 1, 2013 - Architectural Record

The Urbanism of Making Do

Communities in the slums of India are well known for "making do". A new exhibit looks at how that spirit of innovation and adaptation plays out in these cities and how other cities can learn from them.

February 14, 2011 - The Architect's Newspaper

Architects and Designers Explore Urban Pandemics

Viral pandemics can devastate cities. In this review of pandemics of the past and present, this piece from Places suggests that urban design can play a much more important role in public health and pandemic prevention.

October 19, 2010 - Places

Architecture for People

Reporting from the Venice Architecture Biennale, Justin McGuirk says that this year reflects a focus on the user experience of buildings.

September 1, 2010 - The Guardian U.K.

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