![A boy searches through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 10, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gaza-rubble-getty.jpg)
Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine
Gaza is a site of human tragedy, not a prize of war.
Nov 14, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
![In Defense of Homeownership](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/homeowners-ss.jpg)
In Defense of Homeownership In Defense of Homeownership
It’s been blamed for everything from NIMBYism to urban sprawl. So why do I still want in?
Oct 18, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
![A person pushes a barricade floating on a flooded street amid a coastal storm on September 29, 2023, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y..](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nyc-flood-getty.jpg)
What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet? What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet?
We need political solutions to climate emergencies, not design solutions.
Oct 6, 2023 / Kate Wagner
![Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/house-listing-ss.jpg)
Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore
Aggregated real estate listings like Zillow have distorted our understanding of what makes a house a home.
Sep 19, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
![A “For Lease” sign on a storefront in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago on Friday, May 12, 2023.](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1255057160-1.jpg)
On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About
Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around. Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the...
Sep 5, 2023 / Editorial / Kate Wagner
![Renowned architect David Adjaye](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/david-adjaye-getty.jpg)
Architecture’s Labor Problem Architecture’s Labor Problem
The field tolerates misogyny, racism, and worker exploitation. No wonder it produced David Adjaye.
Jul 31, 2023 / Kate Wagner
![Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/metaverse-146KB-getty.jpg)
Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse
Did the “creative class” learn anything from buying into a product that was obviously destined to flop?
Jul 3, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
![Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y.](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paul-rudolph-ss.jpg)
Stop Gatekeeping Architecture Stop Gatekeeping Architecture
We all inhabit, and therefore participate in, the built environment.
Apr 7, 2023 / Kate Wagner
![Forget AI—We Need More Clip Art](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/clip-art-1440x907-ss.jpg)
Forget AI—We Need More Clip Art Forget AI—We Need More Clip Art
We used to scoff at it, but in an age of relentless commodification, it now seems like a democratizing force.
Apr 4, 2023 / Kate Wagner
![Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis](http://web.archive.org./web/20231123140558im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/single-stair-europe-.149KBjpg.jpg)
Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis
They’re a good idea, but they’re not going to liberate us from capitalism.
Mar 31, 2023 / Kate Wagner