“Amazon Towers, Paul Allen’s Geek Zone, Cursed by Dullness” on Amazon headquarters design by NBBJ, Bloomberg 9/9/2013
“Facebook, Gehry Build Idea Factory for RipStik Geeks,” on new headquarters by Gehry Partners, Bloomberg, 8/25/2012
“Bank of America’s Eco-Tower Rises from New York Slump” on corporate headquarters designed by Cook + Fox, Bloomberg, 7/28/2009
“Do Skyscrapers Still Make Sense?” on how changing living and business patterns affect tall-building design: Design reporting, Architectural Record, 11/2004
“Frank Gehry Nurtures a Research Culture Ready to Cross the Borders of Knowledge” on controversial Stata research center, MIT: Design Reporting, Architectural Record, 10/2004
Steven Holl Brings Form to Light in the Het Oosten headquarters” design reporting on Holl’s intuitive approach to perception, Architectural Record, 10/2000
“Taking the Measure of Design and the Bottom Line” Reporting on Business Week/Architectural Record awards recognizing superior design for business, Architectural Record, 10/1999
“A Swiss Bank’s Industrial Strength Trading Floor” on new UBS headquarters building in Stamford, Conn., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architect, The New York Times, 9/20/1998.
“The Future Workplace” essay on how office design will be affected as workplaces become ever more fluid and mobile, Architectural Record, 6/1998
“Good Design is Good Business,” co-author Business Week/Architectural Record Awards coverage, Architectural Record, 10/1997
“Office Buildings: The New Generation” on environmentally oriented, higher-amenity workplaces. Conception, assignment, introduction by Russell with reporting by others, Architectural Record, 6/1997
“A Company Headquarters Planned for Flexibility” on innovative workplace strategies at SEI Investments, Oaks, Pa., Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, architect, The New York Times, 9/7/1998