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Forms in Light

Forms in Light
A prime example of Capriccio, the painting depicts an idyllic countryside with several structures displaying different architectural styles.

Fantastic Follies

By Justin Reeve • June 14th, 2023

These wildly impractical structures were made for purely aesthetic purposes, perfectly complementing their pastoral surroundings.

Forms in Light
An overgrown, post-apocalyptic city environment from The Last of Us. A rusted city bus covered in vines and greenery features prominently.

After Us

By Justin Reeve • May 11th, 2023

There’s a remarkably prevalent misconception that if people suddenly disappeared from the planet, the environment would eventually return to how it was before we started transforming the landscape.

Forms in Light
A screenshot from Pharaoh: A New Era showing several citizens' homes from a bird's-eye view.

A New Era

By Justin Reeve • April 12th, 2023

Fires are frequently a source of positive change in the real world, at least from an historical perspective.

Forms in Light
A screenshot from Dying Light 2: Stay Human shows player character Aiden hanging perilously from a stone rainspout on an old church.

Best Games Architecture of 2022

By Justin Reeve • March 14th, 2023

The fourth annual roundup of the best architecture in games.

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A screenshot from the videogame Dishonored shows a cobblestoned street winding its way through city buildings lit by dusky sun filtered through a smog-filled sky.

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

By Justin Reeve • February 10th, 2023

Dishonored is a game which harkens back to a time when protection for working people was practically nonexistent, ruthless exploitation being the rule.

Forms in Light
An artist's interpretation of several small gremlins tinkering with the wings and body of a WWII bomber plane.

Gremlins on Board

By Justin Reeve • January 11th, 2023

Before there was the movie, there was the real thing. I’m of course talking about the little monsters that tear apart airplanes whenever pilots aren’t looking.

Forms in Light
A black and white illustration of an American P51 Mustang airplane.

Anatomy of an Airplane

By Justin Reeve • December 19th, 2022

This might be the moment to take an architectural approach to the best warbird of them all, the P51 Mustang.

Forms in Light
A photograph taken inside the courtyard of a Neoclassical building. The red and white color scheme and angle of the photo give the viewer a feeling akin to being inside of a monster's locked jaw, peering out through its teeth.

Monstrous Architecture

By Justin Reeve • November 11th, 2022

Neoclassicism never actually had any positive connotations and became increasingly sinister over time, going from somewhat dodgy to entirely despicable.

Forms in Light

How to Build a Racetrack

By Justin Reeve • October 13th, 2022

Adopting a broader view as to what constitutes architecture can be a worthwhile endeavor.

Forms in Light
A satellite image of desert ruins with several hollow ways (roads) leading to and away from them.

Wheeling and Dealing

By Justin Reeve • September 14th, 2022

Archaeology as a field isn’t just about what’s in the ground. Sometimes you have to look down from on high to really get a handle on how much of an impact a given activity is having.

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