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The Canadian Centre for Architecture’s Giovanna Borasi on the other architect

The director of the CCA talks about architecture culture, other forms of practice, and the role of institutions.

March 2026: Food, Fiction, and Clear Sense of Purpose

Plus stories about an 18th century playwright and architect, a book about signs, and visiting Chicago.

Charles Saumarez Smith on the dramatic architecture of John Vanbrugh

Saumarez Smith's new biography on 18th century playwright and architect, a favorite of Venturi and Scott-Brown has lessons for today's designers.

Oliver Munday on the limits of graphic design and the potentials of fiction

The famed book cover designer wrote a book of short stories about fatherhood. What can he do with writing that he couldn't with design?

The Most Thought-Provoking Design Book You Haven’t Read

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of A Process Philosophy Of Signs, we're republishing James Dyer's 2020 conversation with its author, James Williams.

Honey & Bunny’s Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter on why food is the most important design object.

The duo's work across art, performance, photography, writing, and video explores our relationship to food and food's relationship to culture.

February 2026: CCA Closes, The importance of making, the relationship between music and design

Plus conversations about short books on architecture and ten years of NY-based PAU.

Sightlines, a new book series, features essays on architecture from a particular point of view

MACK, the famed photo book publishers, are launching a new series of short books on architecture.

Otto von Busch thinks design is “a hellmouth of disappointment”

His new book, The Design Comedy, riffs on Dante's epic poem to explore where design went wrong. And how to move forward.

Vishaan Chakrabarti on 10 years of PAU

The architect, urbanist, and writer reflects on the first decade of the studio he founded to connect architecture and urban design.