How can the web best inspire new dialogue? What does preservation mean in the digital world? How do you imagine your digital future? 12 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am

Please join us for the 100th—and final—online Glass House Conversation as we consider our collective digital future. Since 2010 the online Glass House Conversations have brought together an illustriou...

What is your Brazil fantasy, architectural or otherwise, and how does it correspond to today’s reality? 13 May 2013 | 05:00 am

Beaches, crime, music, caipirinhas, favelas, rainforests, and Niemeyer: as an idea, Brazil stands for and stimulates fantasy like no other country. Inspired by these fantasies, PIN–UP set up shop in N...

In your opinion, who left a bigger imprint on culture and whose ideas are more relevant for the future of the planet? 8 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am

I’m at work on a book about Buckminster Fuller and recently came across a statement by Philip Johnson about Fuller. “Bucky Fuller was no architect,” said Johnson. “We all hated him because he really t...

How can we best use sensors, mobile apps, and related software to enhance our experiences in buildings? 13 Mar 2013 | 12:00 am

Where do you stand on the traditional versus modern debate, and why? Is there a contemporary compromise? 11 Feb 2013 | 06:00 am

Traditional versus modern architecture; Proponents of traditional architecture cite a preference for historical styles. Modernist proponents, myself included, prefer architecture that responds to its ...

Is there an emerging type of campus design that can both represent and embody an urbanism of opportunity and innovation? What are the models to encour... 14 Jan 2013 | 06:00 am

Today, university campuses are shaping cities more than ever as they expand, rebuild, and often partner and “co-locate” with community and business ventures. Even while universities batten down for th...

Which hosts and topics would you be interested in seeing for future Glass House Conversations, programs, or events? 24 Dec 2012 | 06:00 am

Photo: The Glass House Two inaugural shows launched the Glass House exhibition program in the fall of 2012: Frank Stella: Scarlatti Kirkpatrick and Night (1947–2015). The exhibition program is part of...

What is it that intrigues an architect about the work of a sculptor and what is it about architectural forms that engage a sculptor’s practice? 10 Dec 2012 | 06:00 am

Over the past three years organizing Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective for LACMA I’ve thought a great deal about the intersection between architecture and sculpture.The question of presentation and...

What are the effects when nature, landscape, and architecture are successfully infused with art? Where have you experienced this combination?  26 Nov 2012 | 06:00 am

The environment for experiencing art is no longer confined to the white walls of a gallery, it extends away from the traditional exhibition space out into the landscape and other natural elements. Man...

In what ways are visibility and transparency related to the political potential of architecture and design? Does architecture lose its political agenc... 5 Nov 2012 | 06:00 am

This Glass House Conversation is the third installment, and a continuation of the latest Promiscuous Encounters, a seminar presented at the 2012 Istanbul Design Biennial, and launched by students from...