Approaching the Iceberg: Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church
By Essay Issue 66
AFTER A LONG CITY bus ride traversing the outskirts of Rome, including a few transfers and a bit of walking, I arrived just in time to hear the churchyard gate clang shut. This was no simple clicking of a latch, but a resounding, ringing crash—not the kind of sound that left any doubt as to whether…
Read MoreDecay and Resurrection
By Essay Issue 76
Decay and Resurrection: An Engineer on the Ecosystem of Abandoned Buildings THERE’S A DENTIST’S OFFICE captured in photographs that, along with a number of companion images, got quite a bit of circulation in print and on the internet a few years back. The narrow, confined operating room, nested high in an office tower, is…
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