Kate Wagner

@mcmansionhell

Republicans are already advancing a distinct—if ugly and tasteless—aesthetic. Biden should follow in FDR’s footsteps and create a Public Works Administration for the twenty-first century.

Amazon’s glitzy new indoor park is supported by government subsidies, but it will be private property.

What will Trump's presidential library look like?

The company’s big-city “experiences” were crippled by the pandemic. Now it’s looking to capitalize on the urban flight to rural retreats.

They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?

After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.

Why do famous architects continue to work with corrupt authoritarians and pernicious corporations?

The ignorance and racism behind the right-wing push for “classical” federal buildings.

Why glass luxe construction is destroying the world

These new buildings only serve to normalize trauma and fear.

Obama's logo was iconic. Does the current field of Democratic candidates have anything to rival it?

How a starchitect’s dramatic design for LACMA was hacked to bits