In 1988, at the height of the AIDS crisis, activist Vito Russo compared the epidemic to trench warfare, a nightmarish battle in which “every time a shell explodes, you look around and you discover that you’ve lost more of your friends, but nobody else notices.”

Patrik Schumacher, director of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), ignited a firestorm after he outlined an eight-point manifesto meant to address London’s housing crisis.

Jurors hail the building by Grafton Architects as a “modern day Macchu Picchu."

“The power of the handmade shouldn’t be taken for granted,” said Michael Murphy, co-founder of MASS Design Group, a practice known for its humanitarian projects.

In October, the city council of Santa Monica, California, approved a sweeping ordinance requiring all newly built single-family homes, as well as duplexes and low-rise multifamily buildings, to have zero net energy (ZNE) consumption.

Anyone who attended the symposium for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture last month couldn’t miss the irony that it was held in Dubai.

Movies are a classic escape, which is why last week, in the aftermath of the contentious presidential election, it was no surprise that more than 350 people crowded into a darkened auditorium at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center for some respite, and perhaps a little inspiration.