“One Year Later” On victims of Hurricane Sandy struggling to rebuild as architects plan for the future, Architectural Record, 11/2013.
“Theater Gates Sells Fire Hoses to Rebuild Chicago Slums” On the artist trained as an urban planner and his aspirations, Bloomberg 12/18/2012
Olympics $14 Billion Turns Junkyard Into Meadow, Studios” on planning to leave a revitalization legacy for London Olympics, Bloomberg, 7/18/2012
“Olympics $14 Billion Site Mixes Scary Tower, Big Dolphin” on design of venues for London’s Olympics, Bloomberg, July 9, 2012
“Uniting Aspiration and Conservation in a Precious Landscape” on Snoqualmie Valley challenges for conservation and sprawl containment Arcade, Summer 2011
“U.S. Army Corps Flood Failures on Mississippi Demand New Vision” on redesigning the Mississippi River to avoid persistent floods, Bloomberg, 8/23/2011
“Helpful Oysters Protect New York From Floods” on “Rising Currents” exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, Bloomberg, 4/13/2010
“Ice Rink, St. Louis Arch Tapped to Fight Urban Blight” on competition to restore and extend Gateway arch, Bloomberg 9/30/2010
Vegas $8.5 Billion CityCenter Has Classy Casino, Empty Rooms” on the vast megacasino development by several prominent architects, Bloomberg, 12/12/2009
“High Line’s Secret Garden Grows Where Cows Took Last Journey” on High Line Park by Field Operations, landscape architect; and Diller Scofidio & Renfro, architect, Bloomberg, 6/9/2009
“Manhattan Boom Leaves Glam Condos, Sleek New Tully, Green Rail” overview of economic boom’s legacy, Bloomberg, 1/12/2009
“Biloxi Clues” on the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio that assists residents made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, Architectural Record, 10/2008
“Hudson Yards Deal May Squander Great Site’s Design” on the conflict between enduring urban design and short-term payoff for cash-starved transit agency in Manhattan megadevelopment, Bloomberg, 6/2/2008
“Whose Property Rights?” on values versus planning in Oregon, Metropolis, 3/2008
“Along Ravaged Gulf, Young Architects, Nonprofits Lead Renewal” on work by Architecture for Humanity’s Biloxi Model Home Project and prototype houses built by Global Green and Make It Right, in New Orleans, Bloomberg, 12/26/2007
“Columbia’s $7 Billion Expansion Plan by Piano Fails to Thrill” on masterplan for new Columbia University campus in Harlem, by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Bloomberg, 8/6/2007
“JPMorgan Should Demand More for Its $2 Billion Tower” on proposal for Ground Zero site, by Kohn Pedersen Fox, Bloomberg, 7/18/2007
“$14 Billion New Orleans Plan May Strand Neighborhoods” on massive urban plan for rebuilding New Orleans, Bloomberg, 2/14/2007
“Frank Gehry’s Atlantic Yards Get Shrunk in NYC Review Process” on massive, long-term redevelopment project in Brooklyn, Bloomberg, 11/16/2006
“Building a Better Gulf South” thematic section that covered 10 winners of a design competition held for prototype homes and apartments in New Orleans sponsored by Record and Tulane University. Package included 4-page essay by Russell, “Can New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Face the Hard Questions?” on the wrenching rebuilding dilemmas and story edited from correspondent on Dutch approach to flood control. Design reporting, Architectural Record, 6/2006
“Jane Jacobs Taught an Essential Urban Lesson: Look and Learn” appreciation, Bloomberg, 4/27/2006
“What Ground Zero Planners Could Learn From Barcelona” on using architecture and planning to spur urban regeneration, Bloomberg, 4/12/2006
“Will Middle-Class Blacks Return to Devastated New Orleans East?” putting a human face on planning abstractions, Bloomberg, 2/6/2006
“Touring New Orleans: Can ‘Shrinking Footprint’ Save City?” on early rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina, Bloomberg, 1/23/2006
“Katrina Quandry: Stalled Recovery Keeps Rebuilding on Hold” on the inability to plan when basic services have not been restored and people cannot return to their neighborhoods, Bloomberg, 11/29/2005
“Rebuilding New Orleans Requires Rethinking Past and Future” In immediate wake of Katrina, how a city beloved for its past can move ahead amid devastation, Bloomberg, 9/1/2005
“To Redesign NYC’s Freedom tower Look to the Talents at GSA” on alternatives to fortress-style security design, Bloomberg, 5/17/2005
“Las Vegas Gambles on Growth” essay on perils of go-go growth: design reporting, Architectural Record, 5/2005
“Where Architecture is Urban Design” introductory essay on Spanish architects that blur the borders between planning and design: Design reporting, Architectural Record, 3/2005
“Design of Cities” theme issue on how cities are changing and the way it affects how architects design. Conceived and edited special editorial, including four multimodal transportation projects, and a portfolio of four international building projects that mold city identity: Editorial supervision, design and urban-issue reporting, Architectural Record, 8/2003
“When Suburbs Become Megaburbs” on the disappearance of the “American Dream” suburb and what it means: urban issues reporting, Architectural Record, 8/2003
“Multiple Interests and Agendas Compete For Attention in Lower Manhattan” on early planning for rebuilding World Trade Center site: Architectural Record, 5/2002
“World City: Why Globalization Makes Cities More Important Than Ever” on the way globalization affects urban growth in America: urban issues reporting, Architectural Record, 3/2002
“The New Berlin: What Happens When A City Transforms Itself Through Architecture? Urban issues reporting on design and planning after reunification, Architectural Record, 3/2002
“A New New Urbanism Remodels Dutch Docklands,” design reporting and criticism on reinvention of housing types on derelict waterfront, Architectural Record, 4/2001
“Embattled ‘Burbs” on perception versus reality in American suburbs, Harvard Design Magazine, Fall 2000
“Get Me Rewrite” on New York City Zoning, Grid, 8 + 9/2000
“The sprawl debate has made the headlines, but far more profound forces are reshaping American cities. Where are the architects?” On architects’ role in terms of rapidly emerging changes in American urban form, Architectural Record, 3/2000
“Using Art to Revive Cities” on performing arts facilities and urban renewal, Architectural Record, 5/1999
“Can Architects Help Cities Recover Civic Greatness?” on role of design in urban redevelopment, Architectural Record, 8/1996
“Berlin Struggles to Reinvent Itself,” on the perils of city unification and national identity, Architectural Record, 10/1995
“The Crumbling of Wall Street” on the future of lower Manhattan, Village Voice, 5/16/1995
“Goldiggers of 1984?” On design and planning implications of ambitious scheme for Times Square Redevelopment, Architectural Record, 10/1984