Season's fleetings Now you see it (Part 1 of 5)Early in January, sometimes on the very first day, a pop-up village appears in the middle of our small town in western Maine. Feature Jun 01, 2016
A transitory nature Now you see it (Part 2 of 5) The very idea of transitory, demountable, ephemeral architecture may seem counterintuitive to our usual perception of buildings as enduring spaces in which to dwell. Feature Jun 01, 2016
Occupy Copley Now you see it (Part 3 of 5) Today we might call illegally blocking access to a heavily used commuter parking lot to make a point “tactical urbanism.” But the tactic is nothing new. Feature Jun 01, 2016
In a flash Now you see it (Part 4 of 5) The artist Jenny Holzer once used light to project words into the ocean: as the waves broke, letters appeared momentarily on the white wash and then disappeared as the water settled on shore. Feature Jun 01, 2016
Concrete promises Now you see it (Part 5 of 5) I’ve worked with and for disaster-affected com- munities the world over and perhaps have a special vantage point on the temporary and the ephemeral in architecture. In my work, everything is temporary along a long enough timeline. Feature Jun 01, 2016
Movable type In the spring of 2009, New York architects LOT-EK created a temporary shopping complex on Boston’s Fan Pier. Puma City, made from shipping containers, converted these humble industrial objects into architecture almost overnight. Feature Jun 01, 2016
Limited editions When Ingres painted the youthful Caroline Rivière 210 years ago, he couldn’t have imagined that a simulacrum of his oil on canvas would one day grace the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. Gallery Jun 01, 2016
Philadelphia: How to plant a seed Lesson plans (Part 1 of 5) There are six green spaces within a five-minute walk of my South Philadelphia stoop. Feature Nov 26, 2018
