Writer and historian of architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Based in NYC.
Joined December 2018
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Thanks @bagnese for this callback and the visionary assignment 16 years ago. You shaped it. @joseph_grima created the impetus with Postopolis at @storefrontnyc. What fun to interview these creators, some of whom became colleagues and friends
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Wrote this back in Feb
“Slipping beneath the portico into a tall granite grotto behind 550 Madison Avenue, I’m confronted by a mash-up of heavy-handed ’80s PoMo, tasteful Nordic modernism, and rustic romance."
@gideonfinkshap1 writes in Issue #33.
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“Slipping beneath the portico into a tall granite grotto behind 550 Madison Avenue, I’m confronted by a mash-up of heavy-handed ’80s PoMo, tasteful Nordic modernism, and rustic romance."
@gideonfinkshap1 writes in Issue #33.
nyra.nyc/articles/this-pops-…
Thx to the fantastic team at @nyreviewofarch for developing this review with me last fall, indulging my bit of political analysis (pre-election), and sourcing artwork from 1969.
“Regional planning is needed more urgently than ever, but the political capacity for regional planning may be breaking down.”
Gideon Fink Shapiro @gideonfinkshap1 writes in Issue #32.
Image courtesy the Regional Planning Association @RegionalPlan
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“Bootleg is our methodology.”
@gideonfinkshap1 talked to the artists reconstructing New Land Plaza, a haven for counterfeit goods that was shut down in a Bloomerg-era raid, and presenting an archive as a countercultural response trib.al/58MQWZs
My review of the new MoMA show “Architecture Now: New York New Publics” in @archpaper, edited by Jack Murphy
Among the twelve delightfully inventive projects represented in Architecture Now: New York, New Publics are a dump on Staten Island turned into a biodiverse park space and fire hydrants adapted with plumbing apparatus.
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Writing about AI, with AI.
I ask the model to address writers’ fears straight-up: “Will AI replace professional writers?”
@gideonfinkshap1 asks ChatGPT the tough questions.
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Where does green/circular design meet smart tech? I pondered that while writing this piece on the Omega Center for Sustainable Living.
In our Sept. cover story, writer @gideonfinkshap1 explores how today's smart tech could enhance the world's first #LivingBuilding and LEED Platinum building @omega_institute @SkipBackus @Living_Future @USGBC @BNIM @strategythings #smartbuildings smartbuildingstech.com/intel…
Was a pleasure writing about landscape and architecture at the Morgan
🌱After a 6-year restoration effort, the @MorganLibrary garden extends the synthesis of architecture, sculpture, and painting to the realm of landscape. @gideonfinkshap1 has more: bit.ly/3zZQBkL
I edited @nyreviewofarch Skyline 63 with a little April 1 twist by Zander Coté. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue, titled "Fooling Around"
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Excited to share this long-form piece I wrote for Places Journal's "Future Archive" series, reflecting on parks and the luxuries of time and landscape: "Luxury for All" placesjournal.org/article/ge… via @PlacesJournal
My review of “Design and Healing” exhibition at @cooperhewitt published in @ArchRecord
Co-curated by Boston-based @MASSDesignLab, the exhibition at @cooperhewitt highlights design interventions fueled by an indomitable spirit of care. architecturalrecord.com/arti… Photo © Iwan Baan
My latest in AN, a review of the exhibition "Cairo Modern" curated by Mohamed Elshahed at @CenterForArch
New York's Center for Architecture has reopened with a show highlighting Cairo's importance in the evolution of modern architecture:
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Sharing a little dispatch I wrote re: Barry Bergdoll and David Chipperfield in conversation about museum architecture #DavidChipperfieldArchitects #BarryBergdoll @1014nyc
S K Y L I N E 42 is here! Edited by @annaktalley feat. a dispatch by @gideonfinkshap1 + next week's focus on landscape and the built environment. newyork.substack.com/p/s-k-y…
Particularly inspiring to see #netzero design in a civic building, as I wrote in this piece after interviewing #frederickfisherpartners and #burohappold for @architectmag
When @FFPXrdsSERF and @burohappold began work on the Santa Monica City Services Building expansion, they made sure the four-story project operated off the grid—all in the heart of a major city. bit.ly/ARdeFFBH
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How did @HGA develop a modern take on New England's gabled barns, slate roofs, and covered bridges? @gideonfinkshap1 takes a look at the firm's precisely detailed @SNHU College of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics bit.ly/ARsnhuHGA
It was great speaking with @rwaltonaia of @MoodyNolan about the future of health care architecture and design, with a focus on equity and building stronger communities
How has the #COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated inequities in health care access and how can architects help increase the quality of care to underserved communities? National firm @MoodyNolan has more. bit.ly/ARpvHC
Was so interesting to interview @KateDCampbell of @HKSArchitects for this Q&A feature on the future of #multifamily residential design in @architectmag
"We’re looking at flexible unit design, access to balconies and other outdoor spaces, and how spaces make people feel from morning to afternoon and evening," says @KateDCampbell of @HKSArchitects on post-vaccine multifamily residential design. bit.ly/ARpvMF
Was great to interview Mike Murphey for this Q&A feature on the future of distribution centers in @architectmag
"The pandemic has accelerated improvements in efficiency because of the explosion in e-commerce," says Michael Murphy of The Lunz Group on what post-vaccine industrial architecture and distributions centers will look like. bit.ly/ARpvInd
Was great to interview @prakashnair for this Q&A feature on the future of education design in @architectmag
"The primacy of the classroom has come into question because of the pandemic," explains @prakashnair of Education Design International on how the #COVID19 pandemic has accelerated the rethinking of #classroom environments. bit.ly/ARpvK12
