Alexandra Lange

A rendering depicting the proposed design for Munger Hall on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Architecture and Design Awards for the Best and Worst of 2021

Two influential and erudite design critics continue an annual tradition.

December 26, 2021 - Mark Lamster and Alexandra Lange via Medium

New York City Coronavirus

The Best (and Worst) of Architecture and Design in 2020

An annual review of the world of architecture and design from design critics at the Dallas Morning News and Curbed.

December 29, 2020 - Medium

U.S.-Mexico Border

The Traditional Snarky Architecture Review—This Time for the Decade

This annual architecture and design award has been kicking for ten years now, and 2019 provides the perfect opportunity to review the decade that was the 2010s.

December 31, 2019 - Curbed

Gas Works Park

A Celebratory (and Snarky) Take on the Year in Architecture

Curbed stays true to form with an annual review of the year in architecture.

December 28, 2018 - Curbed

Cupertino

The Year in Architecture

Two of the country's most famed and respected architecture critics have produced a list of the "good, bad, and the pink" of architecture in 2017.

December 20, 2017 - Curbed

Santiago Caltrava

An Annual, Irreverent List of Architecture Awards

Critics Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster hand out their annual awards for architecture and design, with welcome focus and studied opinions on what make great cities great.

December 19, 2016 - Curbed

Clark Art Institute

2014's Best and Worst in Architecture and Design

Critics Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster hand out their annual awards for architecture and design. Snark is on the menu, but the awards still provide a nice recap of the biggest design news from around the country (and some from around the world).

December 12, 2014 - Design Observer

Raising the Level of the Social Media Design Conversation

Architecture Critic Alexandra Lange, in her first op-ed for Dezeen, calls on architects to make better use of social media than just as a tool for shameless self-promotion.

January 9, 2014 - Dezeen

Honoring Architecture's Highs and Lows for 2013

They might call it the "Lunch with the Critics" award, but in my mind they're the "Archies" (is that taken?). Critics Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster deliver their fourth annual awards for the best and worst in architecture and design of 2013.

December 8, 2013 - Observatory

So, You Want to be a Critic?

Norman Weinstein reviews Alexandra Lange's new book on "Writing About Architecture", and finds a miraculous achievement.

February 5, 2012 - ArchNewsNow

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.