Places Journal (@places_journal) published a series of articles, titled "Repair Manual" about how we can adapt to an overburdened world where maintenance of existing structures and landscapes will be more valuable, environmentally and socially, than the creation of new ones.

The counter-revolution promised by the New Right will be cultural — and it begins with a battle over the purpose & politics of your front porch. From architectural historian Reinhold Martin, on "post-liberalism" and the rise of "common good" conservatism. placesjournal.org/article/the-en…

Our August NEWSLETTER: Reinhold Martin on the New Right's cultural revolution; Jack Gieseking @[email protected] & Ulf Treger on queer mapping; Mireille Roddier on degrowth; Josh Mabie & Chris M. Forsyth on Montana highway deaths; Jeff Oliver & James O'Driscoll on landscapes of resistance.mailchi.mp/placesjournal/…

How to balance aesthetic goals and political activism in the art museum? Do the choices that make work less successful as art make it more successful as activism? A review of artist-activist LaToya Ruby Frazier's retrospective "Monuments of Solidarity." placesjournal.org/article/go-tel…

Artist-activist LaToya Ruby Frazier’s mid-career retrospective, now on show at the Museum of Modern Art, poses provocative questions about aesthetics and activism in the art museum. A review of "Monuments of Solidarity": placesjournal.org/article/go-tel…

Only 10 days left to apply! Submit your proposals for the On the Brinck | Places Prize today ⬇️⬇️Winner receives an honorarium of $7,500 to research & write a major work of public scholarship on the American Southwest and present a lecture UNM School of Architecture and Planning. placesjournal.org/news/on-the-br…

Shannon Mattern, Library as Infrastructure - Places Journal placesjournal.org/article/librar… Fascinating and beautifully illustrated piece on libraries.

Recent exhibitions at MoMA and Cranbrook Art Museum highlight the history, politics, and radical ambition of modern design in mid-20th century Cuba and Latin America. A review, by Belmont Freeman: placesjournal.org/article/latin-…

To ease the housing crisis, we need federal reform backed by a political movement committed to human rights. To make this movement happen, housing advocates will first have to stop fighting each other. Cassim Shepard, on the supply of housing—and justice:placesjournal.org/article/justic…

The U.S. needs a unified housing movement, writes Places critic-in-residence Cassim Shepard:placesjournal.org/article/justic…

ONLY 6 HOURS LEFT to apply for our new ESSAY PRIZE collaboration w/ UNM School of Architecture and Planning!! placesjournal.org/news/on-the-br…

Julia Child didn't just transform the way Americans cook and eat; her ethos also shaped the environments in which she worked. Child's focus on function over style in the kitchen became central to the accessibility movement known as Universal Design. placesjournal.org/article/julia-…

Julia Child didn't just make cooking more accessible: Her focus on function over style in the design and use of her kitchen became central to the accessibility movement known as Universal Design. Read our latest, by Barbara Penner & Charles Rice: placesjournal.org/article/julia-…

The Universal Design of Julia Child's Kitchens: placesjournal.org/article/julia-…

The universal design of Julia Child's kitchen; building a unified housing movement; a critic's look at LaToya Ruby Frazier's retrospective @ MoMA; a review of shows at MoMA & Cranbrook on modernism in Latin America. Read & subscribe to our free newsletter:mailchi.mp/placesjournal/…

"Little Big Worlds" - a meandering, bemused walk through the politics, geography and histories of Miniatürk theme park (feat. Brad Pitt and Rumi); out now via the wonderful team at Places Journal. Massive thanks to editor Sasha A. for keen editorial eyes placesjournal.org/article/little…