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Ian Volner

has contributed articles on design and urbanism to The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic, among other publications, and is a contributing editor at Architect and Architecture Today (U.K.); he is the author or coauthor of numerous books and monographs, most recently Jorge Pardo: Public Projects and Commissions 1996–2018 (Petzel, 2021).
Latest Stories
Hydro’s recycled-aluminum pieces at Salone del Mobile
Milano da Bere

On the ground (and in the soup) at the 62nd annual Salone del Mobile

Paul J. Schupf Center viewed from street
Encore on Main Street

The Paul J. Schupf Art Center by Susan T. Rodriguez Architecture and Design steps off campus to bring town and gown together

antonio de campos with drawing utensil leaning over a drawing
Time to Shine

Antonio de Campos arrives in the spotlight after a career spent working behind the scenes for Zaha Hadid

view of a green courtyard flanked by apartment buildings
Mott Heaven

In the Bronx, COOKFOX delivers sustainable, affordable public housing for seniors

overhead view of new college campus buildings along the hudson river
Dynamic Duo

Comprising two buildings, Columbia University’s new business school presents a dynamic face to a growing campus

the us mexico border wall, a photo on display in the new exhibition, in the pacific ocean
Fly On The Wall

A new exhibition is a testament to the conceptual resilience of “the wall”

The new round glass entrance to the denver art museum at night
Opposites Attract

Gio Ponti’s incongruously stolid Denver Art Museum sprouts a space-age appendage

Interior of the yola center performance hall looking out to a glass wall
Lost in Gehry country

Frank Gehry moved to Los Angeles 75 years ago; it’s only now coming around to his brand of wily artistry

An indoor forest created for the 2021 Vienna Biennale for Change
Over The Moon

The 2021 Vienna Biennale for Change makes a radical—and radically tender—case for life on “Planet Love”

Rendering of a tankhouse complex with stacked tiers and green facade
Do Tank

Tankhouse, a design-forward Brooklyn-based developer, is cut from a different cloth

mid-century housing blocks in france
You Say You Want A Revolution

Utopian politics makes a uniquely rotten pairing with architecture

Black and white photo of thin Miami towers next to each other against the sky
Slip of the Pen

A new book about architecture and capitalism reveals the problem with today’s mode of criticism

rendering of project commodore, a massive tower looking over grand central
The Name Game

Op-ed: SOM’s Project Commodore threatens to overshadow Grand Central Terminal. But are concerns over its height overblown?

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