Articles

As a contributor to Architectural Record, I wrote more than forty articles on Chinese and Korean architecture and urbanism and now write on Bay Area projects. I have published in several other journals, including Engineering News Record, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Architectural Review Asia Pacific, and Azure.

 

San Francisco’s Historic Castro Theatre Reopens Following Extensive Renovation

Architectural Record (April 3, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18028-san-franciscos-historic-castro-theatre-reopens-following-extensive-renovation

Obata Noblin Office Blends History with Contemporary Flair for a San Francisco Office

Architectural Record (April 3, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17444-obata-noblin-office-blends-history-with-contemporary-flair-for-a-san-francisco-office

 

SCAPE’s China Basin Park Activates a Slice of Baseball Stadium–Adjacent Waterfront in San Francisco

Architectural Record (July 25, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17016-scapes-china-basin-park-activates-a-slice-of-baseball-stadiumadjacent-waterfront-in-san-francisco

 

Coming to a Shoreline Near You: No Longer Just for Coastal Areas, WEDG 3.0 Adds Inland Waterfronts to its Certification

Landscape Architecture Magazine (April 11, 2024); https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2024/04/11/coming-to-a-shoreline-near-you/

 

Stacking Up: A Supportive-housing Project by David Baker Architects in San Francisco Takes on Homelessness with Clever Financing and Inventive Construction

Architectural Record (October 3, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15862-david-bakers-tahanan-supportive-housing-takes-its-design-cues-from-the-surrounding-filipino-community

 

Nature Becomes a Collaborator at Neri Oxman’s New Exhibition

Architectural Record (February 23, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15525-nature-becomes-a-collaborator-at-neri-oxmans-new-exhibition

 

Poly K18 by Pone Architecture

Interior Design (January 4, 2018); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/14287-poly-k18-by-pone-architecture-2017-best-of-year-winner-for-small-office/

Out of the Woodwork: In a Former Logging Town, SOM Delivers a Distinctive, Highly Energy-Efficient Mass-Timber County Building

Architectural Record (August 1, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17674-som-foregrounds-sustainability-at-a-multitasking-county-office-building-in-northern-california

A Warsaw Park’s Debris Ecosystems

Landscape Architecture (March 2025)

 

Building Blocks: A Factory-Assembled Modular System Aims to Quickly Shelter Those Transitioning Out of Homelessness

Architectural Record (May 1, 2024); https://digital.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=820708&article_id=4764472&view=articleBrowser

 

IwamotoScott’s Geode ADU Quietly Complements a Midcentury Modern Californian Residence

Architectural Record (October 10, 2023); /https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16517-iwamotoscotts-geode-adu-quietly-complements-a-midcentury-modern-californian-residence

 

Speaking Truth: Field Architecture Designs a Northern-California Synagogue with an Emphasis on Honest Materials and Sustainability

Architectural Record (August 9, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15784-field-architecture-unveils-a-wood-clad-bay-area-synagogue

 

Clear Vision: Mark Cavagnero Associates Collaborates with SmithGroup to Foster Well-being at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building at UCSF Mission Bay

Architectural Record (October 27, 2021); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15366-ucsf-joan-sanford-i-weill-neurosciences-building-by-smithgroup-with-mark-cavagnero-associates

 

Mammoth Bamboo Staircase Defines Elephant-Parade’s Beijing HQ by Cun Design

Interior Design (November 25, 2017); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/14129-mammoth-bamboo-staircase-defines-elephant-parade-s-beijing-hq-by-cun-design/

At India Basin, GGN and Jensen Architects Revamp a Once-Industrial Stretch of San Francisco Shoreline

Architectural Record (July 15, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17643-at-india-basin-ggn-and-jensen-architects-revamp-a-once-industrial-stretch-of-san-francisco-shoreline

 

Spiegel Aihara Workshop Expands a 1930s Silicon Valley House into a Veritable Family Compound

Architectural Record (February 21, 2025); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17362-spiegel-aihara-workshop-expands-a-1930s-silicon-valley-house-into-a-veritable-family-compound

 

A Contemporary Indian Restaurant Brings Atypical Cuisine—and High Design—to a Bay Area Mall

Architectural Record (August 29, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17075-a-contemporary-indian-restaurant-brings-atypical-cuisineand-high-designto-a-bay-area-mall

 

Aidlin Darling Reimagines a Cabinet of Curiosities for Google’s Flagship Retail Outlet in Mountain View

Architectural Record (April 26, 2024); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16860-aidlin-darling-reimagines-a-cabinet-of-curiosities-for-googles-flagship-retail-outlet-in-mountain-view

 

At Greenbuild, Jane Fonda Brings Humor to the Seriousness of the Climate Crisis

Architectural Record (November 4, 2022); https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15935-at-greenbuild-jane-fonda-brings-humor-to-the-seriousness-of-the-climate-crisis

 

In the Mix: A Psychiatry Building by ZGF Architects Caters to a Range of Patients, Clinicians, and Researchers While Adapting to Its Lively San Francisco Neighborhood

Architectural Record (July 5, 2022); https://www.
architecturalrecord.com/articles/15739-a-soaring-light-filled-atrium-is-at-the-heart-of-this-san-francisco-facility-serving-mental-health-needs

 

Give ’em the Slip: AECOM Leads the Transformation of a Historic Shipyard into a Waterfront Park

Landscape Architecture (February 2021); http://bt.royle.com/publication/index.php?i=690119&view=contentsBrowser

 

Nest Aspiration Experience Pavilion by Pone Architecture

Interior Design (December 2017); http://m.interiordesign.net/articles
/14244-nest-aspiration-experience-pavilion-by-pone-architecture-2017-best-of-year-winner-for-trade-show-booth/

 

Cun Design Excavates Raw Materials for Beijing House Conversion

Interior Design (November 16, 2017); http://www.interiordesign.net/projects/14131-cun-design-excavates-raw-materials-for-beijing-house-conversion/

 

Vertical Glass House

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 139 (April 2015); http://www
.australiandesignreview.com.

 

News of the Weird: China’s President Wants to Put a Stop to Strange Buildings

Co-author with Clifford Pearson, Architectural Record (December 31, 2014); http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2014/12/141231-Chinese-President-Wants-to-Stop-Strange-Buildings-6527965279.asp.

 

Stepped Courtyards

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 136 (October–November 2014), 78–83; http://www.australiandesignreview.com/magazines/46074-ar136-super.

 

Catalytic Converter: Long Museum West Bund (cover story)

Architectural Record (August 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/building_types_study/museums/2014/1408-Long-Museum-West-Bund-Atelier-Deshaus.asp.

 

In China, Old Factory Gets a New Identity

Architectural Record (January 30, 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2014/01/140130-In-China-Old-Factory-Gets-a-New-Identity.asp.

 

Neri & Hu

Azure (November/December 2013): 66–72; http://shop
.azuremagazine.com/product/november-december-2013-the-interiors-issue.

 

Slice and Dice

GreenSource (September 2013): 60–65; http://greensource
.construction.com/green_building_projects/2013/1309-sliced-porosity-block.asp.

 

You Build Us Up and Then You Tear Us Down: Eric Tabuchi’s “Monument to Progress”

Randian (June 13, 2013); http://www.randian-online.com/np_review
/monument-to-progress-hku-tabuchi/.

 

Xian Westin Museum Hotel

Architectural Record (June 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_Types_Study/Hotels/2013/1306-Xian-Westin-Museum-Hotel-NeriHu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

How to Travel in China

Zagat.com (April 11, 2013); http://blog.zagat.com/2013/04/how-to-travel-in-china.html.

 

Design Republic Commune (cover story)

Architectural Record (February 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/building_types_study/adaptive_reuse/2013/1302-Design-Republic-Commune-Neri-and-Hu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

Serie Architects Designs Museum in China for
Calligrapher’s Art

Architectural Record (August 21, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/08/120821-Serie-Architects-Designs-Museum-in-China-for-Calligraphers-Art.asp.

 

Shanghai Tower

Architectural Record (May 2012); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/portfolio/2012/05/Shanghai-Tower.asp.

 

China’s Construction Industry Continues to Grow

Engineering New Record (December 28, 2011); http://enr.construction
.com/toplists/chinacontractors/2012/0102-chinese-construction-industry-continues-growth.asp.

 

In Beijing, Work Begins on Nature-Inspired School by OPEN architecture

Architectural Record (August 2, 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2011/08/110802-Beijing-School-by-OPEN-architecture.asp.

 

Longest Sunken-Tube Tunnel Planned

Engineering News Record (26 January 2011); http://enr
.construction.com/infrastructure/transportation/2011/0126-SunkenTubeTunnel.asp.

 

Extending a Hand

The Beat (December 2010): 32–33.

 

Hands On Shop: Shanghai Students Learn Design through Practice 

City Weekend Parents & Kids (12 August 2010): 44.

 

Evian Town / Phase 2, Linked Hybrid, Vanke Center, and Shanghai Qingpu New Town Construction Company, Architectural Record (China) 1 (2010). 

OBBA, Seoul

Architectural Record (December 1, 2015); http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11367-obba-seoul

 

Huaxin Business Centre

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 138 (December 2014), 52–59; http://www.australiandesignreview.com.

 

Vector Architects

Architectural Record (December 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2014/Vector-Architects.asp.

 

Living Small in the Big City: Songpa Micro Housing

Architectural Record (October 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/building_types_study/multi-family-housing/2014
/1410-Songpa-Micro-Housing-SsD.asp.

 

Along the Huangpu River: The Future of Shanghai

Architectural Record (June 30, 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2014/06/140630-Along-the-Huangpu-River-The-Future-of-Shanghai.asp.

 

Master Class

Architectural Record (December 2013): 46–50; http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/2013/1312-Master-Class.asp.

 

Stranger Than Fiction: Mumford in China

Architectural Record (October 25, 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2013/10/131025-Stranger-Than-Fiction-Mumford-in-China.asp.

 

Asian Fusion

Architectural Record (September 2013): 112–117; http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/recordinteriors/2013/1309-Mercato-by-Jean-Georges-Vongerichten-Neri-and-Hu-Design-and-Research-Office.asp.

 

China Wood Sculpture Museum

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 130 (Winter 2013): 84–90; http://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/32435-china-wood-sculpture-museum.

 

Where All Your Stuff Comes From

Architectural Record (May 2013); http://archrecord.construction.com
/features/critique/books/2013/1305-Factory-Towns-of-South-China.asp.

 

Yinzhou Talent Apartments

Architectural Record (March 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/portfolio/2013/03/1303-Yinzhou-Talent-Apartments-DC-Alliance.asp.

 

Long-Awaited Complex in Nanjing Prepares for Its Debut

Architectural Record (December 27, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/12/121227-Long-Awaited-Complex-in-Nanjing-Gets-Ready-for-Its-Debut.asp.

 

The Opposite House

Architectural Record (July 2012); http://archrecord.construction
.com/ar_china/China_Awards/2012/The-Opposite-House/The-Opposite-House.asp.

 

Bigger! Faster! Urbanism in Asia

Architectural Record (May 2012); http://archrecord.construction.com
/features/critique/books/2012/1205-Urbanism-in-Asia.asp.

 

Atelier Deshaus

Architectural Record (December 2011); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2011/Atelier-Deshaus.asp.

 

Uniqlo

Architectural Record (May 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/lighting/2011/05/uniqlo.asp 

 

China’s Largest Firms Growing Rapidly

Engineering News Record (26 January 2011); http://enr.construction
.com/business_management/companies/2011/0126-ChinaFirmGrowing.asp.

 

Creative Nature

Landscape Architecture (China) 4 (2010): 16–37.

 

The Netherlands Pavilion, United Kingdom Pavilion, Spain Pavilion, Republic of Korea Pavilion, Germany Pavilion, Shanghai Corporate Pavilion, United States Pavilion

Architectural Record (China) 3 (2010): 21–34.

 

Grafting New Roots

Architectural Record 4 (April 2010): 62–5; http://archrecord
.construction.com/residential/recordhouses/2010/10_Xian_House
.asp.

Any Way You Cut It: Poly Grand Theater

Architectural Record (May 16, 2015); http://www
.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7368-poly-grand-theater

 

Garden School (cover story)

Architectural Record (January 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_Types_Study/k-12/2015/1501-Garden-School-OPEN-Architecture.asp.

 

The Fiberglass Ceiling

Interior Design (November 26, 2014); http://www.interiordesign.net
/projects/detail/2478-the-fiberglass-ceiling/.

 

Shinseon Play

Architectural Record (September 4, 2014); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2014/09/140904-Quick-Take-Shinseon-Play-Pavilion.asp.

 

Diplomatic Position

Architectural Record (March 2014); http://archrecord.construction
.com/projects/Building_types_study/civic/2014/1403-US-Consulate-General-Guangzhou-China-SOM.asp?bts=CB.

 

JOHO Architecture

Architectural Record (December 2013): 88–89; http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2013/1312-JOHO-Architecture.asp.

 

Stacking the Decks

Architectural Record (October 2013): 96–101; http://archrecord
.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2013/10/1310-Daum-Space-1-Mass-Studies.asp.

 

Ta Ta Apartments

Architectural Review Asia Pacific 131 (Spring 2013): 52–59; http://www
.australiandesignreview.com/magazines/ar/32500-ar131-present.

 

Exhibition Review: Spectacle: 12 Presentations of Contemporary Museum Architecture

Architectural Record (June 3, 2013); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2013/05/130531-Exhibition-Review-Spectacle-12-Presentations-of-Contemporary-Museum-Architecture-in-China.asp.

 

How to Travel in Japan

Zagat.com (April 15, 2013); http://blog.zagat.com/2013/04/how-to-travel-in-japan.html.

 

Shanghai Forum Explored Cities Through Varied Lenses

Architectural Record (February 6, 2013); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2013/02/130206-Shanghai-Forum-Explored-Cities-Through-Varied-Lenses.asp.

 

Trace Architecture Office

Architectural Record (December 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2012/Trace-Architecture-Office.asp.

 

Old Factories Get New Wrapping in Shanghai

Architectural Record (May 15, 2012); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2012/05/dEEP-Architects-office-building-for-Material-ConneXion.asp.

 

Shanghai Cruise Terminal Opening Soon

Architectural Record (December 29, 2011); http://archrecord
.construction.com/news/2011/12/Shanghai-Cruise-Terminal.asp. 

 

Retail and Its Communities

Dialogue 20 (9 September 2011): 14–17; http://www.gensler.com
/uploads/documents/D20_09_09_2011.pdf.

 

An Expo Grows in Xi’an

Architectural Record (April 8, 2011); http://archrecord.construction
.com/news/2011/04/110408-Plasma-Studio.asp.

 

Setting the Bar High: The UK Leaves an Indelible Legacy
at Expo

The Beat (December 2010): 12–16.

 

At Shanghai Expo, Finnish Pavilion Provides a Stunning Green Model

Engineering News Record (6 September 2010); http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_bude100901ShanghaiExpo.

 

Trend Setter: Mall 818 Brings a Youthful Spin to Shopping on Nanjing Xi Lu

City Weekend Home & Office (Summer 2010): 42–3.

 

My Neighborhood: Landing at the Top

City Weekend Home & Office (Spring 2010): 21–3.