Jack Murphy

4 weeks ago | archpaper.com | Jack Murphy

What a difference two months can make. In rapid time, the Trump administration, which has empowered Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operation to hunt through the executive branch of the federal government supposedly in search of inefficiency, has taken a chainsaw to so much statecraft.

1 month ago | archpaper.com | Jack Murphy

Fasad is a new rug collection from Kasthall and its first to use recycled wool, which is woven into tight linear bands. AN chatted with Dirk Gschwind, managing director of DC Design, the studio from David Chipperfield Architects that partnered with Kasthall on the product. AN: What was the design inspiration for Fasad?

1 month ago | archpaper.com | Jack Murphy

One of the first organizations to be defunded by DOGE’s operations in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term was the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, in 2024 the organization had an estimated $35.4 billion in obligations, with most of the funding ($12.3 billion) dedicated to Sub-Saharan Africa.

1 month ago | archpaper.com | Jack Murphy

Who was Herman Jessor? And to what extent did he shape New York City? An exhibition at The Cooper Union poses these questions. Jessor studied engineering at Cooper Union and eventually won its lifetime achievement award. He worked on some of New York City’s largest cooperative housing projects, delivering over 40,000 units across a 60-year career with very little scholarly documentation.

1 month ago | archpaper.com | Jack Murphy

Late last year, I toured, Bergen, a 105-unit condominium building in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood. The project, developed by Avdoo & Partners, includes architecture by Taller Frida Escobedo, master planning and landscape by DXA Studio and Patrick Cullina, and interior design by Workstead. The units, set behind brick screens on the sawtooth street frontage, will be luxurious. They’re also pricey: As of this writing, the cheapest unit is a 472-square-foot studio listed for $750,000.