Tamar Wilner

Tag: Architecture

  • The problem with districts

    A San Francisco Chronicle article today applauds the “lively urban village” feel of a Jewish-themed mixed-use development in that city. But urban design writer John King says the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life is also “the latest local example of how when swaths of a city are rebuilt, the outer edge is the toughest…

  • Taking the stigma out of public housing

    If you feel the need to think afresh about how we approach housing in this country, check out this pamphlet, the results of a workshop held by the Temple Hoyne Buell Centre for the Study of American Architecture, at Columbia University. The participants argue that it’s time to initiate a new conversation about public housing,…