Memorials are frequent sites of revisionist history, and we could easily say that Sata’s mausoleum is meant to cover up…
A Christian covenant in concrete
architecture
Future imperfect
This is all there is. “This” is bodies that don’t work the way we want. Historical subjects who were never…
Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings: closing ceremony and panel discussion
On November 5, 2011, there will be a closing ceremony for the Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings exhibition curated by…
Sacred spaces in profane buildings
Opening on September 13th, Storefront for Art and Architecture will present "Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings: a New York Archive," a project…
Holy City (a history of Chicago’s future)
Pilgrims immediately flooded the City of Chicago when Oprah Winfrey left this earth on Her 120th birthday. Millions of global devotees…
Urban planning in Saudi Arabia
From Jidda, Nicolai Ouroussoff reports on a Saudi governemnt plan to engineer four new urban centers---what the planners are calling "economic cities"---in…
The sacred architecture of secular Yugoslavia
Postwar Yugoslavia was confronted with a rather difficult task: How to give meaning to a new state that was simultaneously…
Talk: architecture, technology, and “mediated congregation”
Tomorrow at New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge, Erica Robles will present "The Crystal Cathedral Megachurch: Architecting the Rise…