For their socially oriented projects, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an award typically reserved for high-flying design.
A skyscraper that would be Europe’s tallest wooden building promises a “social and ecological paradigm shift” in a gentrifying neighborhood — and a test for the city’s affordable housing model.
A major federal investment in public housing could tackle several urgent needs at once, from Covid stimulus to climate change, say progressive advocates.
