Articles

As a contributor to Architectural Record, I wrote more than forty articles on Chinese and Korean architecture and urbanism and now write on Bay Area projects. I have published in several other journals, including Engineering News Record, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Architectural Review Asia Pacific, and Azure.

 

SCAPE’s China Basin Park Activates a Slice of Baseball Stadium–Adjacent Waterfront in San Francisco

Architectural Record (July 25, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17016-scapes-china-basin-park-activates-a-slice-of-baseball-stadiumadjacent-waterfront-in-san-francisco

Coming to a Shoreline Near You: No Longer Just for Coastal Areas, WEDG 3.0 Adds Inland Waterfronts to its Certification

Landscape Architecture Magazine (April 11, 2024); https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2024/04/11/coming-to-a-shoreline-near-you/

 

Stacking Up: A Supportive-housing Project by David Baker Architects in San Francisco Takes on Homelessness with Clever Financing and Inventive Construction

Architectural Record (October 3, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15862-david-bakers-tahanan-supportive-housing-takes-its-design-cues-from-the-surrounding-filipino-community

 

Nature Becomes a Collaborator at Neri Oxman’s New Exhibition

Architectural Record (February 23, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15525-nature-becomes-a-collaborator-at-neri-oxmans-new-exhibition

 

Poly K18 by Pone Architecture

Interior Design (January 4, 2018); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/14287-poly-k18-by-pone-architecture-2017-best-of-year-winner-for-small-office/

A Warsaw Park’s Debris Ecosystems

Landscape Architecture (March 2025)

Building Blocks: A Factory-Assembled Modular System Aims to Quickly Shelter Those Transitioning Out of Homelessness

Architectural Record (May 1, 2024); https://digital.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=820708&article_id=4764472&view=articleBrowser

IwamotoScott’s Geode ADU Quietly Complements a Midcentury Modern Californian Residence

Architectural Record (October 10, 2023); /https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16517-iwamotoscotts-geode-adu-quietly-complements-a-midcentury-modern-californian-residence

 

Speaking Truth: Field Architecture Designs a Northern-California Synagogue with an Emphasis on Honest Materials and Sustainability

Architectural Record (August 9, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15784-field-architecture-unveils-a-wood-clad-bay-area-synagogue

 

Clear Vision: Mark Cavagnero Associates Collaborates with SmithGroup to Foster Well-being at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building at UCSF Mission Bay

Architectural Record (October 27, 2021); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15366-ucsf-joan-sanford-i-weill-neurosciences-building-by-smithgroup-with-mark-cavagnero-associates

 

Mammoth Bamboo Staircase Defines Elephant-Parade’s Beijing HQ by Cun Design

Interior Design (November 25, 2017); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/14129-mammoth-bamboo-staircase-defines-elephant-parade-s-beijing-hq-by-cun-design/

Spiegel Aihara Workshop Expands a 1930s Silicon Valley House into a Veritable Family Compound

Architectural Record (February 21, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17362-spiegel-aihara-workshop-expands-a-1930s-silicon-valley-house-into-a-veritable-family-compound

A Contemporary Indian Restaurant Brings Atypical Cuisine—and High Design—to a Bay Area Mall

Architectural Record (August 29, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17075-a-contemporary-indian-restaurant-brings-atypical-cuisineand-high-designto-a-bay-area-mall

Aidlin Darling Reimagines a Cabinet of Curiosities for Google’s Flagship Retail Outlet in Mountain View

Architectural Record (April 26, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16860-aidlin-darling-reimagines-a-cabinet-of-curiosities-for-googles-flagship-retail-outlet-in-mountain-view

At Greenbuild, Jane Fonda Brings Humor to the Seriousness of the Climate Crisis

Architectural Record (November 4, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15935-at-greenbuild-jane-fonda-brings-humor-to-the-seriousness-of-the-climate-crisis

 

In the Mix: A Psychiatry Building by ZGF Architects Caters to a Range of Patients, Clinicians, and Researchers While Adapting to Its Lively San Francisco Neighborhood

Architectural Record (July 5, 2022); https://www.
architecturalrecord.com/articles/15739-a-soaring-light-filled-atrium-is-at-the-heart-of-this-san-francisco-facility-serving-mental-health-needs

 

Give ’em the Slip: AECOM Leads the Transformation of a Historic Shipyard into a Waterfront Park

Landscape Architecture (February 2021); http://bt.royle.com/publication/index.php?i=690119&view=contentsBrowser

 

Nest Aspiration Experience Pavilion by Pone Architecture

Interior Design (December 2017); http://m.interiordesign.net/articles
/14244-nest-aspiration-experience-pavilion-by-pone-architecture-2017-best-of-year-winner-for-trade-show-booth/

 

Cun Design Excavates Raw Materials for Beijing House Conversion

Interior Design (November 16, 2017); http://www.interiordesign.net/projects/14131-cun-design-excavates-raw-materials-for-beijing-house-conversion/

 

Vertical Glass House

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 139 (April 2015); http://www
.australiandesignreview.com.

 

News of the Weird: China’s President Wants to Put a Stop to Strange Buildings

Co-author with Clifford Pearson, Architectural Record (December 31, 2014); http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2014/12/141231-Chinese-President-Wants-to-Stop-Strange-Buildings-6527965279.asp.

 

Stepped Courtyards

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 136 (October–November 2014), 78–83; http://www.australiandesignreview.com/magazines/46074-ar136-super.

 

Catalytic Converter: Long Museum West Bund (cover story)

Architectural Record (August 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/building_types_study/museums/2014/1408-Long-Museum-West-Bund-Atelier-Deshaus.asp.

 

In China, Old Factory Gets a New Identity

Architectural Record (January 30, 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2014/01/140130-In-China-Old-Factory-Gets-a-New-Identity.asp.

 

Neri & Hu

Azure (November/December 2013): 66–72; http://shop
.azuremagazine.com/product/november-december-2013-the-interiors-issue.

 

Slice and Dice

GreenSource (September 2013): 60–65; http://greensource
.construction.com/green_building_projects/2013/1309-sliced-porosity-block.asp.

 

You Build Us Up and Then You Tear Us Down: Eric Tabuchi’s “Monument to Progress”

Randian (June 13, 2013); http://www.randian-online.com/np_review
/monument-to-progress-hku-tabuchi/.

 

Xian Westin Museum Hotel

Architectural Record (June 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_Types_Study/Hotels/2013/1306-Xian-Westin-Museum-Hotel-NeriHu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

How to Travel in China

Zagat.com (April 11, 2013); http://blog.zagat.com/2013/04/how-to-travel-in-china.html.

 

Design Republic Commune (cover story)

Architectural Record (February 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/building_types_study/adaptive_reuse/2013/1302-Design-Republic-Commune-Neri-and-Hu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

Serie Architects Designs Museum in China for
Calligrapher’s Art

Architectural Record (August 21, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/08/120821-Serie-Architects-Designs-Museum-in-China-for-Calligraphers-Art.asp.

 

Shanghai Tower

Architectural Record (May 2012); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/portfolio/2012/05/Shanghai-Tower.asp.

 

China’s Construction Industry Continues to Grow

Engineering New Record (December 28, 2011); http://enr.construction
.com/toplists/chinacontractors/2012/0102-chinese-construction-industry-continues-growth.asp.

 

In Beijing, Work Begins on Nature-Inspired School by OPEN architecture

Architectural Record (August 2, 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2011/08/110802-Beijing-School-by-OPEN-architecture.asp.

 

Longest Sunken-Tube Tunnel Planned

Engineering News Record (26 January 2011); http://enr
.construction.com/infrastructure/transportation/2011/0126-SunkenTubeTunnel.asp.

 

Extending a Hand

The Beat (December 2010): 32–33.

 

Hands On Shop: Shanghai Students Learn Design through Practice 

City Weekend Parents & Kids (12 August 2010): 44.

 

Evian Town / Phase 2, Linked Hybrid, Vanke Center, and Shanghai Qingpu New Town Construction Company, Architectural Record (China) 1 (2010). 

OBBA, Seoul

Architectural Record (December 1, 2015); http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11367-obba-seoul

 

Huaxin Business Centre

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 138 (December 2014), 52–59; http://www.australiandesignreview.com.

 

Vector Architects

Architectural Record (December 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2014/Vector-Architects.asp.

 

Living Small in the Big City: Songpa Micro Housing

Architectural Record (October 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/building_types_study/multi-family-housing/2014
/1410-Songpa-Micro-Housing-SsD.asp.

 

Along the Huangpu River: The Future of Shanghai

Architectural Record (June 30, 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2014/06/140630-Along-the-Huangpu-River-The-Future-of-Shanghai.asp.

 

Master Class

Architectural Record (December 2013): 46–50; http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/2013/1312-Master-Class.asp.

 

Stranger Than Fiction: Mumford in China

Architectural Record (October 25, 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2013/10/131025-Stranger-Than-Fiction-Mumford-in-China.asp.

 

Asian Fusion

Architectural Record (September 2013): 112–117; http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/recordinteriors/2013/1309-Mercato-by-Jean-Georges-Vongerichten-Neri-and-Hu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

China Wood Sculpture Museum

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 130 (Winter 2013): 84–90; http://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/32435-china-wood-sculpture-museum.

 

Where All Your Stuff Comes From

Architectural Record (May 2013); http://archrecord.construction.com
/features/critique/books/2013/1305-Factory-Towns-of-South-China.asp.

 

Yinzhou Talent Apartments

Architectural Record (March 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/portfolio/2013/03/1303-Yinzhou-Talent-Apartments-DC-Alliance.asp.

 

Long-Awaited Complex in Nanjing Prepares for Its Debut

Architectural Record (December 27, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/12/121227-Long-Awaited-Complex-in-Nanjing-Gets-Ready-for-Its-Debut.asp.

 

The Opposite House

Architectural Record (July 2012); http://archrecord.construction
.com/ar_china/China_Awards/2012/The-Opposite-House/The-Opposite-House.asp.

 

Bigger! Faster! Urbanism in Asia

Architectural Record (May 2012); http://archrecord.construction.com
/features/critique/books/2012/1205-Urbanism-in-Asia.asp.

 

Atelier Deshaus

Architectural Record (December 2011); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2011/Atelier-Deshaus.asp.

 

Uniqlo

Architectural Record (May 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/lighting/2011/05/uniqlo.asp 

 

China’s Largest Firms Growing Rapidly

Engineering News Record (26 January 2011); http://enr.construction
.com/business_management/companies/2011/0126-ChinaFirmGrowing.asp.

 

Creative Nature

Landscape Architecture (China) 4 (2010): 16–37.

 

The Netherlands Pavilion, United Kingdom Pavilion, Spain Pavilion, Republic of Korea Pavilion, Germany Pavilion, Shanghai Corporate Pavilion, United States Pavilion

Architectural Record (China) 3 (2010): 21–34.

 

Grafting New Roots

Architectural Record 4 (April 2010): 62–5; http://archrecord
.construction.com/residential/recordhouses/2010/10_Xian_House
.asp.

Any Way You Cut It: Poly Grand Theater

Architectural Record (May 16, 2015); http://www
.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7368-poly-grand-theater

 

Garden School (cover story)

Architectural Record (January 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_Types_Study/k-12/2015/1501-Garden-School-OPEN-Architecture.asp.

 

The Fiberglass Ceiling

Interior Design (November 26, 2014); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/detail/2478-the-fiberglass-ceiling/.

 

Shinseon Play

Architectural Record (September 4, 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2014/09/140904-Quick-Take-Shinseon-Play-Pavilion.asp.

 

Diplomatic Position

Architectural Record (March 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_types_study/civic/2014/1403-US-Consulate-General-Guangzhou-China-SOM.asp?bts=CB.

 

JOHO Architecture

Architectural Record (December 2013): 88–89; http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2013/1312-JOHO-Architecture.asp.

 

Stacking the Decks

Architectural Record (October 2013): 96–101; http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2013/10/1310-Daum-Space-1-Mass-Studies.asp.

 

Ta Ta Apartments

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 131 (Spring 2013): 52–59; http://www
.australiandesignreview.com/magazines/ar/32500-ar131-present.

 

Exhibition Review: Spectacle: 12 Presentations of Contemporary Museum Architecture

Architectural Record (June 3, 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2013/05/130531-Exhibition-Review-Spectacle-12-Presentations-of-Contemporary-Museum-Architecture-in-China.asp.

 

How to Travel in Japan

Zagat.com (April 15, 2013); http://blog.zagat.com/2013/04/how-to-travel-in-japan.html.

 

Shanghai Forum Explored Cities Through Varied Lenses

Architectural Record (February 6, 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2013/02/130206-Shanghai-Forum-Explored-Cities-Through-Varied-Lenses.asp.

 

Trace Architecture Office

Architectural Record (December 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2012/Trace-Architecture-Office.asp.

 

Old Factories Get New Wrapping in Shanghai

Architectural Record (May 15, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/05/dEEP-Architects-office-building-for-Material-ConneXion.asp.

 

Shanghai Cruise Terminal Opening Soon

Architectural Record (December 29, 2011); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2011/12/Shanghai-Cruise-Terminal.asp. 

 

Retail and Its Communities

Dialogue 20 (9 September 2011): 14–17; http://www.gensler.com
/uploads/documents/D20_09_09_2011.pdf.

 

An Expo Grows in Xi’an

Architectural Record (April 8, 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2011/04/110408-Plasma-Studio.asp.

 

Setting the Bar High: The UK Leaves an Indelible Legacy
at Expo

The Beat (December 2010): 12–16.

 

At Shanghai Expo, Finnish Pavilion Provides a Stunning Green Model

Engineering News Record (6 September 2010); http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_bude100901ShanghaiExpo.

 

Trend Setter: Mall 818 Brings a Youthful Spin to Shopping on Nanjing Xi Lu

City Weekend Home & Office (Summer 2010): 42–3.

 

My Neighborhood: Landing at the Top

City Weekend Home & Office (Spring 2010): 21–3.