Lessons from Brad Pitt’s Failed Architectural Experiment in New Orleans With Make it Right houses in disrepair, a community reckons with what went wrong Martin C. Pedersen March 21, 2022 14 Comments Despite drawing world-famous architects, Pitt’s Make it Right housing initiative has been plagued by shoddy construction and safety hazards.Read More
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer on Judging Architecture Breyer, the longest-serving member of the current Pritzker Prize jury, will stay on in that role, after he steps down from the High Court Martin C. Pedersen January 31, 2022 No Comments In an exclusive interview with Martin C. Pedersen, Breyer, the retiring Supreme Court justice and a juror for the Pritzker Prize in architecture, talks about what matters in design.Read More
Edward Mazria on What's Next After COP26 Martin C. Pedersen December 7, 2021 No Comments The Architecture 2030 founder discusses the reasons for optimism following the UN Climate Summit.Read More
New Orleans by Martin Pedersen Martin C. Pedersen September 1, 2021 2 Comments As Hurricane Ida demonstrated, the city and Gulf Coast remain vulnerable to the Next Big One.Read More
The Shop at the CAC by Eskew + Dumez + Ripple New Orleans Martin C. Pedersen June 4, 2018 No Comments Smart design and real-estate savvy result in an equitable collaboration for a start-up and an established arts institution in New Orleans.Read More
The Future of Practice: Large Firms As technology streamlines the design and drawing-production process, large practices grapple with antiquated business models and fee structures. Martin C. Pedersen June 1, 2018 No Comments Firms with high head counts and deep pools of talent are ripe for creative reinvention, but vulnerable as well.Read More
Finding a Better Way to Do Good A New Orleans firm rethinks the way it does pro bono work. Martin C. Pedersen December 1, 2015 No Comments Sometimes good intentions need proper structure—a process, as architects like to say.Read More
Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India's Ancient River Martin C. Pedersen August 16, 2015 No Comments Anthony Acciavatti's book Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India's Ancient River is an insanely ambitious piece of field research.Read More
Top 10 Business Tips for Architects You probably didn’t learn much about practice in architecture school, so here is some good advice on running a firm. Martin C. Pedersen May 16, 2015 No Comments To accompany his story on how architects can make money, the writer developed a list of handy recommendations.Read More
Architecture & Money Continuing Education: How to Make Money Firms improve the bottom line by expanding the definition of architectural practice. Martin C. Pedersen May 16, 2015 No Comments While bottom-feeding architects are as old as the profession itself, the business challenges facing most mainstream firms are unprecedented.Read More