Space, Time, and Lifestyle
Sport-utility vehicles, mobile phones and global positioning systems share in common their military origins. Without a need in the battlefield ...
Redevelopments
Urban waterfronts have traditionally been places of utility, marked by piers, docks, wharfs and warehouses serving a transport industry that ...
Eating Out 24/7
In the middle of his most recent performance at the Bijou Theatre, musician Ryan Adams commented that Knoxville was one ...
There Goes the Neighborhood
A transformation is underway on Scott Avenue, at its west end. It’s the part of Scott that falls under the ...
Lights On
Architecture has long been the host to advertising in one form or another. With the minimalist aesthetic of early 20th ...
Three Beauties
Hollywood Boulevard, the main street of the movie capitol, is lined with theaters. Like most built in the 1920s, these ...
Living on the Road
Recognizing the importance of the automobile to urban growth, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier in the 1930s attempted to integrate ...
What Do Architects Do?
When I was practicing architecture and told people what I did for a living, I would inevitably be asked, "What's ...
Lockers and Rooms
The Downtown YMCA is back, sort of. A fire in April caused extensive smoke damage throughout the building and forced ...
Rural Urbanism
One might have expected an independent film like Manufactured Landscapes to be featured at the new Gay Street cinema with ...