mark lamster
@mlamster.bsky.social
architecture critic of the dallas morning news. author of “the man in the glass house.” www.marklamster.com
if max scherzer asks you to check out his wood chipper, run.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
if max scherzer asks you to check out his wood chipper, run.
if omly there was an organization dedicated to classical architecture that could fight this monstrosity!
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
if omly there was an organization dedicated to classical architecture that could fight this monstrosity!
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
i’m sure i’ve done a lot of forgetting, but off the top of my head…
June 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
i’m sure i’ve done a lot of forgetting, but off the top of my head…
happy architectural mothers day to all who celebrate.
May 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
happy architectural mothers day to all who celebrate.
safdie office: pretty swank.
May 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
safdie office: pretty swank.
sad to hear about the passing oof former boston globe archiyecture critic robert campbell. a great writer. was always a pleasure and learning experience to speak with him. rip.
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
sad to hear about the passing oof former boston globe archiyecture critic robert campbell. a great writer. was always a pleasure and learning experience to speak with him. rip.
architecture above the fold, leading the @dallasnews.com home page.
May 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
architecture above the fold, leading the @dallasnews.com home page.
most people don’t know that before joining the pistons cade cunningham played councilman jeremy jamm in parks & rec.
April 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
most people don’t know that before joining the pistons cade cunningham played councilman jeremy jamm in parks & rec.
end may benigh for the 1997 highland park mushroom/smurf house designed by tom workman.
January 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
end may benigh for the 1997 highland park mushroom/smurf house designed by tom workman.
hurrah! dallas to begin the process of landmarking im pei’s magnificent but oft-maligned city hall!
January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
hurrah! dallas to begin the process of landmarking im pei’s magnificent but oft-maligned city hall!
google tv using stanley saitowitz’s boston HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL as a screensaver image. awful.
January 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
google tv using stanley saitowitz’s boston HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL as a screensaver image. awful.
Icymi: OMG it’s the 15th annual architecture and design awards from @langealexandra @carolinamiranda and yrs trly! but that’s not all. read the awards, then listen to the follow up podcast on this very meh year.
read: lamstermd.medium.com/the-year-of-me…
listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arc
read: lamstermd.medium.com/the-year-of-me…
listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arc
January 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Icymi: OMG it’s the 15th annual architecture and design awards from @langealexandra @carolinamiranda and yrs trly! but that’s not all. read the awards, then listen to the follow up podcast on this very meh year.
read: lamstermd.medium.com/the-year-of-me…
listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arc
read: lamstermd.medium.com/the-year-of-me…
listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arc
pilgrimmage here did not disappoint.
December 31, 2024 at 4:23 AM
pilgrimmage here did not disappoint.
rip rickey. as he might have said himself, the world will be a lot less rickey without rickey.
December 21, 2024 at 9:45 PM
rip rickey. as he might have said himself, the world will be a lot less rickey without rickey.
ps: a good thing. terraced concrete with views =💪
December 12, 2024 at 7:41 PM
ps: a good thing. terraced concrete with views =💪
escobedo’s met expansion gives me oakland museum of art vibes.
December 12, 2024 at 7:32 PM
escobedo’s met expansion gives me oakland museum of art vibes.
the little prince now plays forward for the knicks? is it just me?
November 30, 2024 at 6:46 PM
the little prince now plays forward for the knicks? is it just me?
happy architectural turkey day part II: robarts library at u. toronto, mathers & haldenby, 1973. 🦃🦃🦃
November 28, 2024 at 4:13 PM
happy architectural turkey day part II: robarts library at u. toronto, mathers & haldenby, 1973. 🦃🦃🦃
happy architectural thanksgiving y’all.
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
happy architectural thanksgiving y’all.
willing to hear arguments, but thinking john johanson’s goddard library at clark is the most bonkers academic building in the us.
November 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
willing to hear arguments, but thinking john johanson’s goddard library at clark is the most bonkers academic building in the us.
sunday cover story on frisco’s kaleidoscope park, with a banger installation by janet echelman and landscape by ojbla. edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
November 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
sunday cover story on frisco’s kaleidoscope park, with a banger installation by janet echelman and landscape by ojbla. edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...