Reviews architecture, in New York. nyra.nychttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mlt3sqpln22e“Showy and detached and hyperformally expressive buildings cannot be merely coincidental with showy and detached men who believe they have a lot to say.” @monchaux.bsky.social judges David Adjaye’s recent museum projects in NYRA 50. nyra.nyc/articles/debris-of-separation14 May 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt3sqpln22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mlqm6kwdnc2eThank you to all our readers and subscribers for fêting the big 5-0 with us! https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSIE0TEdgp/?img_index=113 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqm6kwdnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mlnvgqnl5k2s“Who but Wallace Shawn and André Gregory would dare serve up this steaming brew of Sleepytime and manage to make such a riveting night of theater?” Moze Halperin is aflutter over Wallace Shawn’s MOTH DAYS in NYRA 50. nyra.nyc/articles/shawn-of-the-dead12 May 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvgqnl5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mle7kahiqk24About last night.08 May 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle7kahiqk24https://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mlblygbe6c2sIt may be our fiftieth issue, but it features several firsts, including our first guest cover illustrator, Madelon Vriesendorp. 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These contributors are, first of all, very good writers—who happen to be writing about architecture.” — Billie Tsien Our brand-new, Billie-approved issue: nyra.nyc/issues/5006 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml756zljw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3ml4z6s4mgs2nPaul Goldberger and @markkrotov.bsky.social debate the merits of Norman Foster’s JPMorgan Chase tower our brand new NYRA no. 50. nyra.nyc/articles/normcores05 May 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4z6s4mgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mkq33bsyi226Our fiftieth issue is here! nyra.nyc30 Apr 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq33bsyi226https://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mko3lgiu7c2vTwo critics joyfully agree to disagree in NYRA no. 49. Want to submit your own letter to the editor? 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Write to us at editor@nyra.nyc. nyra.nyc/articles/pool-talk23 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6n4u4ebk23https://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mk4fzpwnr22gThanks to our Ionic-tier subscribers and Storefront for Art and Architecture for joining us for a conversation between NYRA editor Samuel Medina and architect Toshiko Mori. For more special events like these, subscribe at the supporter level. nyra.nyc/subscribe22 Apr 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4fzpwnr22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mjpuhfkurc2cAn Angelino and an Englishman (cc: @ollywainwright.bsky.social) break a lance in LARA no. 2. Want to pen your own letter to the editor? Get in touch at editor@nyra.nyc. nyra.nyc/articles/i-get-around17 Apr 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpuhfkurc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mjmoxnsdks27Dig into the debate over Elizabeth Street Garden in NYRA no. 49. Want to submit your own letter to the editor? Get in touch at editor@nyra.nyc. nyra.nyc/articles/choler-green16 Apr 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmoxnsdks27https://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mjko3hmq5s2t“The median home price is $16 million, and the setting is fucking beautiful.” Mimi Zeiger gets some elevation in LARA no. 2. nyra.nyc/skyline/dispatches/high-times15 Apr 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjko3hmq5s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3mjhp237gyc24Fifty issues later, we’re older, wiser, and still rat-infested! 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Waldie mulls the lawn in LARA no. 2 nyra.nyc/articles/suburban-legend10 Apr 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5znluukc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3miyginv4u22x“Fay’s sculptures have the effect of rendering a pear pearish: not just one fruit crammed among many but a bizarre conjunction of textures, tones, and curvatures...” Kim Hew-Low digs into Ming Fay’s MIDNITE PORRIDGE, which was on view at Kurimanzutto, in NYRA 49. nyra.nyc/articles/veggie-tales08 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:zsoxo554lg7zu3se6xeevfea/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyginv4u22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nyreviewofarch.bsky.social/post/3miwdvcskqs2bThe great New York City subway map debate chugs along (cc: @markkrotov.bsky.social). Want to submit your own letter to the editor? 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