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What would Substack in print actually look like?
An argument wrapped around a product pitch.
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James Carrico
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The Sectional Experience of an Inefficient Plan
Our first guest author writes their take on John Portman’s Pan Pacific Hotel
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Anonymous Architect
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From Air Conditioned Underwear to Covered Walkways
Enclosing Singaporean public space part 1: sidewalks
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James Carrico
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Why I'm Bringing General-Audience Architecture* Writing to Substack
One way to feed our intrinsic curiosity about the world is to observe, then reflect on, the physical things that surround us.
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James Carrico
Retrofits Unseen
John Hancock Tower, 1968 - present
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James Carrico
Dropped Edge, Lifted Spirit
Views, which command great cultural and financial value, are a lot better when the damn guardrail isn’t in the way.
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James Carrico
Home for an Hour, 10,000 Miles Away
The Architecture of the U.S. Embassy in Singapore.
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James Carrico
The Building Strata Titles Made
Ownership and orderly complexity in People's Park Complex.
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James Carrico
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Ode to Beautiful Magnificent Building
Twenty minutes instead of 10 months in Hong Kong
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James Carrico
Christopher Alexander (1936–2022)
He was a rare and genuinely rebellious voice in a field increasingly teeming with ever more specialized consultants and highbrow academics.
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James Carrico
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Inside and Outside the Singapore Grand Prix
A Formula One venue unlike any other.
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James Carrico
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Big Shapes with Urban Dynamics
Inside and outside OMA’s recently completed Taipei Performing Arts Center
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James Carrico
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