https://placesjournal.org Public scholarship on architecture, landscape, and urbanism Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:18:20 +0000 en-us hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 233643859 https://placesjournal.org/news/caroline-tracey-awarded-2024-on-the-brinck-places-prize/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:18:50 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=news&p=95865 Tracey’s project will focus on the Sanctuary Movement, and the entangled histories of immigration, colonization, and religion along the U.S./Mexico borderlands. Tracey’s project will focus on the Sanctuary Movement, and the entangled histories of immigration, colonization, and religion along the U.S./Mexico borderlands.

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]]> 95865 https://placesjournal.org/article/bookshelf-fall-2024-brief-reviews-books-architecture-landscape-cities/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:34:53 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=95756 A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscape, cities, and related subjects. A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscape, cities, and related subjects.

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]]> 95756 https://placesjournal.org/article/phantoms-of-the-kirkbride-hospitals/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:57:38 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=95044 Designed as dignified places for healing, the psychiatric hospitals promoted by Thomas Story Kirkbride and Dorothea Dix were quickly overcrowded and underfunded — a failure that haunts us today. Designed as dignified places for healing, the psychiatric hospitals promoted by Thomas Story Kirkbride and Dorothea Dix were quickly overcrowded and underfunded — a failure that haunts us today.

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]]> 95044 https://placesjournal.org/article/in-the-wake-of-the-water/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:20:44 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=95093 In the suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island, rising flood risk due to climate change threatens already vulnerable homes. Residents remain reluctant — or unable — to leave. In the suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island, rising flood risk due to climate change threatens already vulnerable homes. Residents remain reluctant — or unable — to leave.

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]]> 95093 https://placesjournal.org/article/comb-sisters-canton-delta-china-gupouk/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:48:06 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=94791 Unwed women in China’s Canton Delta found autonomy and sisterhood in gupouks, innovative communal homes that emerged in tandem with the industrialization of silk-making. Unwed women in China’s Canton Delta found autonomy and sisterhood in gupouks, innovative communal homes that emerged in tandem with the industrialization of silk-making.

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]]> 94791 https://placesjournal.org/news/places-to-co-host-fitch-colloquium-at-columbia/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:01:11 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=news&p=95221 Places is collaborating with Columbia’s Historic Preservation Program to co-host the annual Fitch Colloquium. This year’s theme is “Repairing Architecture Schools.” Places is collaborating with Columbia’s Historic Preservation Program to co-host the annual Fitch Colloquium. This year’s theme is “Repairing Architecture Schools.”

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]]> 95221 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-8/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:48:34 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=94324 The eighth and final installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The eighth and final installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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]]> 94324 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-7/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:15:21 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=94071 The seventh installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The seventh installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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]]> 94071 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-6/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:53:47 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=93997 The sixth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The sixth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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]]> 93997 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-5/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:30:32 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=93845 The fifth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The fifth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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]]> 93845 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-4/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:26:06 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=93810 The fourth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The fourth installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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]]> 93810 https://placesjournal.org/article/field-notes-on-repair-3/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:22:00 +0000 https://placesjournal.org/?post_type=article&p=93780 The third installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. The third installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care.

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