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Doing Good(bye)
Hi everyone, This is my last issue at the helm of Frontier Magazine. Below you’ll find a bumper crop of links, updates on past stories, and other notes. Get ready to open a bunch of tabs! But first, a round of thanks and an administrative note. Frontier Magazine wouldn’
Tipping the Scales
A conference about accelerating the right kinds of impact
Frame by Frame
Benjamin Swett’s meditations on a life lived through photography
Dynamic Duos
On two films at this year’s Architecture and Design Film Festival
Shop Talk
A celebrated British architect suggests ways to think about and enjoy buildings
Civics Lesson
Carol Ross Barney’s urban agenda is finally receiving its due
The Frontier Interview: Kai B., a resident of Melbourne’s Nightingale Village
Eighteen months in an award-winning urban midrise
The Frontier Interview: Andrew Linn, BLDUS
On creating materially and contextually mindful buildings in and around Washington, DC
If You Build It, They Will Come
In a new book, architects talk in depth about the museums they’ve designed
The Frontier Dozen—September 5, 2024
Annotated links to twelve stories, buildings, and projects that deserve your attention
Shelter in Place
A new book offers ideas for how we can survive the “long emergency”
100th Issue: Shelf Space
Celebrating a milestone with beautifully designed libraries
Stage Directions
Two books on performance—and how we relate to performers
Behind the Scenes: Set Pieces
On a new book Frontier designed and edited for a longtime partner
Neighborhood Watch
Let people become mayors of the medians and presidents of the empty plots
Renovation Project
Owen Hatherley celebrates the urban residential complexes denigrated in North America as “the projects”
The Frontier Interview—Brock James on designing libraries
The Toronto architect discusses the imperative of flexibility, fostering community, and responding thoughtfully to existing contexts
Trojan Horses
Will the Olympics die out before host cities learn how to harness them to achieve good things?
Let It Grow
An argument for preserving the intimacy, resilience, and dynamism created in postwar Tokyo—and exporting it across the world
The Frontier Interview—Dan Leers on “Widening the Lens”
On the definition of photography, sensing rather than seeing landscapes, and museums as drivers of sustainability and community
I Can See Clearly Now
On learning to think about exhibitions, not just art