Eva Fedderly

In the midst of the racial justice protests sweeping the country, the American Institute of Architects’ New York chapter launched an unprecedented stance against designing American prisons and jails.
“In our code of ethics it says we will do no harm,” says AIA NY’s president, Kim Yao. “These spaces are used for harm and with racial bias. We’re one piece of that bigger puzzle, but we felt it was really important to make this statement and the strongest way to say it was to ask our members to r...

After a four-year journey filming Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas across the world, Tomas Koolhaas has made a new film about his father titled Rem. The documentary offers a close-up of the architect just before his Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibit next year, "Countryside: Future of the World," a major shift in focus for the urbanist. Not since Nathaniel Kahn's 2003 documentary, My Architect, about the work of Louis Kahn, has there been a father-and-son documentary about architecture. But thi...

Both the Orleans Parish School Board and the Louisiana Department of Education describe The NET as one of the state’s best alternative schools. Caring for the whole student is key to the model, the principal says.
New Orleans—“How are you, Miss Elizabeth?” A group of three young men hold the door open and wait for their principal before they enter the nondescript building.
School leader Elizabeth Ostberg has earned the respect of students – and educators – in Louisiana for the approach she’s ...

Washington — Sarah Chayes bounds around the corner to greet a guest who’s just stepped off the elevator at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.
Before joining the international think tank, Ms. Chayes was a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and National Public Radio and was assigned in 2001 to cover post-Taliban Afghanistan. But she soon decided to put aside her reporting career in favor of making a difference in a different way.
First she lived as a...

Switzerland — a land of medieval castles, snow, and passionate artisans — is home to the Swiss Alps, one of the most scenic mountain ranges in the world.
While adventurers ski, climb, and hike the steep slopes, Switzerland’s Alpine region also offers myriad experiences, such as truffle hunting, fondue parties, chocolate tastings, and riding motorcycles through the Central European country’s pastoral landscapes.
The castle-guarded town of Gruyères, population 55, begs a day trip or an overnigh...

Playwright Tennessee Williams once said, “In New York, eccentrics, authentic ones, are ignored. In Los Angeles, they’re arrested. Only in New Orleans are they permitted to develop their eccentricities into art.” Indeed, the Big Easy has always been a haven for creatives, who, whether staying for a short stint or the rest of their lives, find inspiration in the destination’s remarkable diversity and rich history. Walt Whitman was an editor at the city’s local newspaper, The Crescent. William F...

First look at the workout regime of the U.S. miltary's special operations unit, The 75th Ranger Regiment.

Columbus, GA has long been known as a military town resting beside Fort Benning, America’s Home of the Infantry. With about 200,000 residents, this historical city has stepped into the spotlight with a thriving downtown art, theatre, and music scene, and sumptuous farm-to-table restaurants just blocks from the Chattahoochee River.
Rich in culture, Columbus is home to such notable artists as the “Mother of Blues,” Ma Rainey, and American novelist Carson McCullers, as well as what once was deem...

Before he was serving up sophisticated Southern cuisine, native Louisianan John Besh served his country in the United States Marine Corps for six years.
Today, Besh owns seventeen restaurants across Louisiana, thirteen of which are in New Orleans.
Named as one of the Top 10 Best New Chefs in America by Food & Wine and winning the James Beard Foundation Award in 2006 for Best Chef (Southeast), Besh says his experience in the Marines, which started at the age of seventeen, helped him cultivate ...

Venice Beach, once a grungy beach town on the margins of Los Angeles, is today a playground for glitterati sipping lavender vodkas and charcoal milk. But Venice still bears traces of bygone eras—encapsulated by names like Chaplin, Morrison, Dogtown, and Muscle Beach—and it’s this history and eccentricities that help define the area. With its surge in popularity and the gentrification of its main drag, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, it’s important to seek the parts of Venice that remain ever so sligh...

Israel is perhaps best known—and deservedly so—for its holy sites, but its standing as a stellar beach destination often goes unsung. With coastline bordering the Mediterranean, the Dead Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sea of Galilee, and everything from world-class scuba diving to ancient ruins to explore, the beaches of the Land of Milk and Honey have something for every type of sand lover. Here are the must-visit spots for a day (or a few) in the sun:
Tel Aviv
The White City’s perpetual sunshine...

Looking for a Mexican getaway without the spring break style crowds? Boutique hotels, restaurants, dress shops, and yoga await in the ultra-chic village of Tulum, Mexico.
The village, once inhabited by the Mayans, has no electricity and is powered by solar energy and generators. For decades, yogis and tourists have been flocking to the region to see the historic Mayan Ruins. Today, Tulum has grown into a world-reknown vacation destination with over seventy boutique hotels and dozens of top ra...