Architecture
Under my editor in chief Reed Kroloff, the staff of the magazine
tried to map the intersection of architecture and design with
culture, technology, and business. When we did it right, it
made for pretty engaging stuff.
As the features editor, I recruited journalists, rather than
critics, from publications like The
Wall Street Journal, The
New York Times, and The
Economist. I find that reporters who don't often write
about design are best able to bring a fresh perspective to
the subject, and don't drift off into vague aesthetic language.
Our stories focused on architecture as a symptom of society:
write about the design of American jails, and you come away
with a portrait of the prison system as a whole. Write about
the design of a McDonald's in Saudi Arabia, and you're describing
what globalization looks like.
A few samples of my work as an editor and writer:
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1. Mission 66, by Fred Bernstein (NYC freelancer)
Pitch: Why should national park visitor centers be saved?
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2. Megachurches, by Mathew [sic] Comfort (NYC freelancer)
Pitch: The rise of the American house of worship.
Rough
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3. Dignity Village, by Randy Gragg (Portland Oregonian Arts
Editor)
Pitch: Portland’s homeless encampment is an organized
city.
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4. The Convert, by Chris Nuttall (Economist reporter)
Pitch: Europe has taught American developer Gerald Hines to
love urban density, and to abandon the mall.
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5. Eastern Block, by John Varoli (New York Times stringer)
Pitch: Being an architect in Capitalist Russia is more difficult
than it was under Soviet rule.
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Written
Global Arches, December
2001 - McDonald's has an architectural formula for any city
on the planet, and it's as standardized as the burgers.
The Everywhere People,
January 2002 - A small Florida company is the most powerful
architectural force in the nation.
Won't You be My Neighbor?
July 2002 - The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Community
Center is the world's first gay building. [1.4mb
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Air Traffic Control, October
2001 - Building San Francisco's International Airport terminal
was a $3 billion war of attritition.
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