For Architecture Writing Workshop, Nicholas Gilliland, Igo Kommers Wender, and I discussed "Living Apart, Together."
Thanks to Sebastián López Cardozo and Mai Okimoto for the invitation!
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I have worked with Cea for years, and she is a champion of tenants, and a terror to abusive landlords. I am so excited to see her appointed to the Mamdani administration, along with the great civil rights lawyer Ramzi Kassem
Cea is joining as Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. She’s been leading Housing Justice for All and the New York State Tenant Bloc, where she helped pass the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, landmark legislation that closed loopholes landlords used to raise rents and push apartments out of stabilization. Now she’ll work with us to hold landlords accountable and ensure New York City tenants are living in safe, clean homes.
Cea Weaver sitting at a table signing a paper, with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the left and a white soccer jersey with Brooklyn written on it hanging on the right. Mimicking a sports team signing a major player graphic. “Cea Weaver” written and signed in the top left and “Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants” written on the top right.
Welcome to A New Era, Cea Weaver!
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Our latest roundup of reviews of recent books about architecture, landscapes, and cities — for the readers and design-enthusiasts in your life!
Fascinating--and counterintuitive--info on single-stair housing and fire safety.
A massive honor to share research and teaching on architecture and the right to housing at the United Nations.
2025 CSU Flagship Conference: Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations
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Your pal Karen is speaking at the UN. Register by 11/12 for our 11/17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" program -- I'm in VERY good company!
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Register by November 12 for our November 17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" panel at the United Nations!
Conference: 3-6pm; networking: 2-3pm
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Los Angeles, see you tonight! 5:30, UCLA
Los Angeles! Come through -- Monday night at UCLA!
Tonight! 6:30, The New School, NYC. New York friends -- don't miss this!
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See you Thursday for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!”
Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, & Miguel Robles-Durán
October 9, 2025
6:30–8:30 p.m.
New School University Center @thenewschool.bsky.social
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Bang on stuff here, with some hard questions for designers and educators on what to do now
The registration link is fixed!
Looking forward to seeing you for "Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York" -- Thursday, October 9, 6:30 pm, NYC
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Join us for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!”
Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, Miguel Robles-Durán
Thursday, October 9, 2025
6:30–8:30 p.m.
New School University Center (@thenewschool.bsky.social)
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There’s a huge opportunity here for green social housing. Even with these zoning changes, new construction faces headwinds, especially for lower-income residents. But the state is now opening space—literally—for the subsidized construction of beautiful, climate-friendly, mixed-income homes.
Early research in Illinois shows eliminating cash bail didn't increase crime. In fact, Chicago is having a big crime drop.
It's difficult to attribute that drop to a single cause (crime data is messy!) But it is safe to say ending cash bail didn't lead to a spike.
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“Westbeth has the tenants of an artists loft, the ethos of a co-op, and the landlords of the projects.”
Michael Casper reviews Peter Trachtenberg’s “The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists of New York” in NYRA no. 46/47.
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For @placesjournal.bsky.social I reviewed The Cites We Need by @gabriellebv.bsky.social ( @buscada.bsky.social )
This book sets a new bar for holistic urban research. As the author asks the reader, “What stories would you tell?”
@mitpress.bsky.social
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Our latest BOOKSHELF is out!
This is a seasonal book review roundup feat. recent titles of interest to the Editors + contributing critics.
Covered this summer: books on economic mutualism, enduring impact of women architects, libraries as loci of democracy, post-Soviet renovation practices & more.
Thanks for the invitation to review The Cities We Need by @gabriellebv.bsky.social . Spoiler: I loved it!
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🗓 Essa noite, 14 de agosto
🕑 18h30
📍 IAB-São Paulo
Convide seus amigos e venha debater o futuro das cidades brasileiras!
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🗓 Tonight, August 14
🕕 6:30 p.m.
📍 IAB-São Paulo
Invite your friends and come be part of the debate about the future of Brazilian cities!
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[trying to let it go, but I can’t let it go]
IT’S NOT RENT CONTROL
a tiny, tiny sliver of NYC’s housing stock is rent controlled, an old an nearly obsolete policy. Mamdani has said many times it’s rent stabilization, which is quite common (1M apts) and different.
Cuomo should know this imho!
¡Esta noche!
Arquitectura y el derecho a la vivienda en Argentina
18:00 h
Buenos Aires
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Tonight!
Architecture and the Right to Housing
6pm
Buenos Aires
Registration + Livestream w/ English subtitles (5pm ET): bit.ly/ArchHousingL...
6. Read a summary and the full report here: impactforequity.org/report/build...
1. Twenty-five years ago, the Chicago Housing Authority launched the Plan for Transformation, a 10-year strategy to demolish, rebuild, or rehabilitate 25,000 public housing apartments across the city.
