Author: Mark Alan Hewitt | ArchDaily

Social Radicalism Reexamined: The Legacies of Christopher Alexander and Joseph Rykwert

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Is Mass Timber the Key Element in a Low Carbon Future?

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Great American Cities That Teach Architecture

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Architects Must Resist the AI “Revolution”

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Away From Old Architecture: What Le Corbusier Really Meant

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

In London, a Venturi-Scott Brown Masterpiece Is Threatened

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

New Construction Is Not Always the Answer

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Where Are the Architectural Masterpieces?

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

The Allure—and Importance—of Architectural Models

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Why Don’t We Teach Chinese Architecture in the United States?

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge as "Why Don’t We Teach Chinese Architecture?"

Status, Statues, and Statutes: The Issue With Monuments to Flawed Men

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

12 Ways to Reform Architectural Education

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

It’s Time to End the Reign of Single-Family House Zoning

Mark Alan Hewitt — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

What is Beauty in Architecture Today - and Are We Afraid of it?

Mark Alan Hewitt — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on CommonEdge as "The 'B' Word: How a More Universal Concept of Beauty Can Reshape Architecture."

Why Reusing Buildings Should - and Must - be the Next Big Thing

Mark Alan Hewitt — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Sustainability awards and standards touted by professional architecture organizations often stop at opening day, failing to take into account the day-to-day energy use of a building. With the current format unlikely to change, how can we rethink the way what sustainability means in architecture today? The first step might be to stop rewarding purpose-built architecture, and look instead to the buildings we already have. This article was originally published on CommonEdge as"Why Reusing Buildings Should be the Next Big Thing."

Modernism: The International Style that Wasn't

Mark Alan Hewitt — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on CommonEdge as "Was Modernism Really International? A New History Says No."

Robert Venturi and the Difficult Whole: How Architecture's Enfant Terrible Changed Design Forever

Mark Alan Hewitt — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on CommonEdge as "Robert Venturi and the Difficult Whole."

Forget the Critics: Traditional Architecture Can Still Make a Contemporary Place

Mark Alan Hewitt — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge as "Contrary to Architecture's Critical Establishment, Robert A.M. Stern's Yale Colleges Are a Triumph of Placemaking."