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Meet the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2023 studios, picked by us as the best emerging practices to watch

The status of Block 405, the RV&B resort stalled over developer concerns, other delayed projects, were discussed in live chat with Steve Lackmeyer.

Common Works Architects from the USA joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023; explore its White House in Oklahoma City

Kicking off our series of Emerging Voices profiles is Common Works Architects, an Oklahoma-based firm with a strong portfolio of multifamily projects.

The Architectural League has announced the eight design firms and individuals receiving the 2023 Emerging Voices award.

The $15 million project will have 60 residential units on three floors above a ground-floor restaurant and retail space.

Patricia Highsmith, who was born 100 years ago this month, was already known as a giant of suspense fiction at her death in 1995. Since then, while the stock of some of her literary contemporaries has gone down (think of Saul Bellow, Gore Vidal, or Norman Mailer), her reputation as a writer of serious artistic and philosophical achievement has increased. The 21st century – when imposture is at the heart of online life, when self-identification precedes authenticity – seems more and more lik...