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Why Architecture and Urban Space Are Always Political

George Themistokleous LSE Review of Books
The contributors to this latest volume of the Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics offer a wide ranging discussion about social justice-oriented responses to the politics of our constructed, lived environment.

The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing

Eyal Press The New Yorker
By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.

Brutalism Is Back

Felix Torkar Jacobin
Not everyone is excited about the resurgence of brutalism. But the rise of neobrutalist projects shows how the polarizing architectural style can also be a pragmatic use of scarce resources.