For Architecture Writing Workshop, Nicholas Gilliland, Igo Kommers Wender, and I discussed "Living Apart, Together." Thanks to Sebastián López Cardozo and Mai Okimoto for the invitation! bit.ly/AWW_Kubey

I have worked with Cea for years, and she is a champion of tenants, and a terror to abusive landlords. I am so excited to see her appointed to the Mamdani administration, along with the great civil rights lawyer Ramzi Kassem

Welcome to A New Era, Cea Weaver!

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Our latest roundup of reviews of recent books about architecture, landscapes, and cities — for the readers and design-enthusiasts in your life!

Fascinating--and counterintuitive--info on single-stair housing and fire safety.

A massive honor to share research and teaching on architecture and the right to housing at the United Nations. 2025 CSU Flagship Conference: Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...

Your pal Karen is speaking at the UN. Register by 11/12 for our 11/17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" program -- I'm in VERY good company! ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...

Register by November 12 for our November 17 "Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations" panel at the United Nations! Conference: 3-6pm; networking: 2-3pm ticketstripe.com/CSUFlagship2...

Los Angeles, see you tonight! 5:30, UCLA

Los Angeles! Come through -- Monday night at UCLA!

Tonight! 6:30, The New School, NYC. New York friends -- don't miss this! bit.ly/ARCH_RTH_NY_...

See you Thursday for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!” Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, & Miguel Robles-Durán October 9, 2025 6:30–8:30 p.m. New School University Center @thenewschool.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

Bang on stuff here, with some hard questions for designers and educators on what to do now

The registration link is fixed! Looking forward to seeing you for "Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York" -- Thursday, October 9, 6:30 pm, NYC bit.ly/ARCH_RTH_NY_...

Join us for “Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York!” Speakers: Deborah Gans, Samuel Stein, @karenkubey.bsky.social, Gabriela Rendón, Miguel Robles-Durán Thursday, October 9, 2025 6:30–8:30 p.m. New School University Center (@thenewschool.bsky.social) Register: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

There’s a huge opportunity here for green social housing. Even with these zoning changes, new construction faces headwinds, especially for lower-income residents. But the state is now opening space—literally—for the subsidized construction of beautiful, climate-friendly, mixed-income homes.

Early research in Illinois shows eliminating cash bail didn't increase crime. In fact, Chicago is having a big crime drop. It's difficult to attribute that drop to a single cause (crime data is messy!) But it is safe to say ending cash bail didn't lead to a spike. news.wttw.com/2024/09/18/i...

“Westbeth has the tenants of an artists loft, the ethos of a co-op, and the landlords of the projects.” Michael Casper reviews Peter Trachtenberg’s “The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists of New York” in NYRA no. 46/47. nyra.nyc/articles/the...

For @placesjournal.bsky.social I reviewed The Cites We Need by @gabriellebv.bsky.social ( @buscada.bsky.social ) This book sets a new bar for holistic urban research. As the author asks the reader, “What stories would you tell?” @mitpress.bsky.social bit.ly/Kubey_Places...

Our latest BOOKSHELF is out! This is a seasonal book review roundup feat. recent titles of interest to the Editors + contributing critics. Covered this summer: books on economic mutualism, enduring impact of women architects, libraries as loci of democracy, post-Soviet renovation practices & more.

🗓 Essa noite, 14 de agosto 🕑 18h30 📍 IAB-São Paulo Convide seus amigos e venha debater o futuro das cidades brasileiras! bit.ly/Arch_RTH_SP_...

🗓 Tonight, August 14 🕕 6:30 p.m. 📍 IAB-São Paulo Invite your friends and come be part of the debate about the future of Brazilian cities! bit.ly/Arch_RTH_SP_...

[trying to let it go, but I can’t let it go] IT’S NOT RENT CONTROL a tiny, tiny sliver of NYC’s housing stock is rent controlled, an old an nearly obsolete policy. Mamdani has said many times it’s rent stabilization, which is quite common (1M apts) and different. Cuomo should know this imho!

¡Esta noche! Arquitectura y el derecho a la vivienda en Argentina 18:00 h Buenos Aires Inscripciones: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

Tonight! Architecture and the Right to Housing 6pm Buenos Aires Registration + Livestream w/ English subtitles (5pm ET): bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

6. Read a summary and the full report here: impactforequity.org/report/build...

1. Twenty-five years ago, the Chicago Housing Authority launched the Plan for Transformation, a 10-year strategy to demolish, rebuild, or rehabilitate 25,000 public housing apartments across the city.

Junte-se a nós em São Paulo! Arquitetura e Direito à Moradia no Brasil Ester Carro, Carmen Silva, Bianca Tavolari, Renato Cymbalista, e Karen Kubey Quinta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2025 18h30 Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil - São Paulo Informações: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

Join us in São Paulo! Architecture and the Right to Housing in Brazil Ester Carro, Carmen Silva, Bianca Tavolari, Renato Cymbalista, and @karenkubey.bsky.social Thursday, August 14, 2025 6:30 p.m. Brazilian Institute of Architects - São Paulo Info: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

¡Acompáñenos en Buenos Aires! Arquitectura y el derecho a la vivienda en Argentina Rosa Aboy y Pablo Elinbaum con Karen Kubey Miércoles, 6 de agosto de 2025 18:00 h Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (CPAU) Inscripciones: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

Join us in Buenos Aires! Architecture and the Right to Housing in Argentina Rosa Aboy and Pablo Elinbaum with Karen Kubey Wednesday, August 6, 2025 6:00 p.m. Professional Council of Architecture and Urban Planning (CPAU) Buenos Aires RSVP: bit.ly/ArchHousingL...

The attack on bike lanes in #Toronto is getting the @nytimes.com treatment today. They're framing it as "drivers vs. cyclists." It's really Premier Doug Ford and his Conservatives vs. the cities of #Ontario. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...

I am honored to be featured in ‘Dual Cities – Social Housing in London + New York’ – a new RIBA book supported by AIA New York! My essay: 'An Inventory of What’s Possible – Community Housing + Action in New York.' bit.ly/RibaDualCities

Susanne Schindler has done it again! A concise, clarifying read. bit.ly/460Hhgq

An astonishing figure in this piece: Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing. This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers. That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

Apparently, in the SFChronicle style guide, building housing with union labor is anti-housing but building housing without union labor is pro-housing, and building housing that working class people can afford is anti-housing but building housing that working class people cannot afford is pro-housing

"We might cheer the retreat of seasteaders and space colonists from civil society, if not for the fact that the wealth used to construct their private worlds belongs to us." From @timothyaschuler.bsky.social: the technofascists ruling our new gilded age threaten to rob us of what we hold in common.

Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.

Zohran’s campaign was laser-focused on affordability. But take a closer look at the policy proposals and nearly all of them do double duty, targeting both cost of living crisis and climate crisis in one fell swoop. This is “green abundance for the many” @batul.bsky.social @jacobinmag.bsky.social

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Brad Lander IS having a great day (Also: don’t I always look like an off-duty rock star? ;-) www.thecut.com/article/brad...

Trickle down doesn’t work and isn’t intended to

Via @nytimes.com: I’m proud to team up with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and cross-endorse each other for Mayor because of his strong commitment to a more affordable city. Together, we'll fight for a safer, better-run New York — and ensure that Andrew Cuomo makes it nowhere near City Hall.

“Design is not niche. It’s life.” Stephen Burks joins SOCA at The Wedge Lecture this week. Toronto: Don’t miss. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at EDRA: "Architecture and Housing Justice in North America: A Human Rights Framework for Practice and Pedagogy." EDRA56 (Environmental Design Research Association) Designing Communities for Climate Action and Resilience Halifax, Nova Scotia bit.ly/3HaSMYg

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wrote about the success of a social housing ballot initiative in Seattle, despite Amazon and Microsoft dropping $100k each to oppose it nextcity.org/urbanist-new...