The Mexican Architect Making Sublime Modern Buildings From Clay and Pine Needles

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, APRIL 20 street view [The Mexican Architect Making Sublime Modern Buildings Out of Clay and Pine Needles]( Using traditional Oaxacan techniques, Juan José Santibañez’s museums and schools have a tactile beauty. Photo: Maria Esesarte Architecture doesn’t generally sneak up on you. You look for it because you’ve seen a castle in photos, crossed an ocean for a cathedral, or been assured of a house’s masterpiece status. But on a stroll through the Xochimilco neighborhood in Oaxaca, Mexico, my wife nods at the side of the street and says: “What’s that?” It’s not a building that draws her eye, exactly, but the suggestion of one: a swooping stone wall, trimmed with white like a calligrapher’s stroke, that dips beneath a leaning tree and gaps at a narrow doorway. A sign informs us that it’s the public library for children, and that it’s named for Jorge Luis Borges because it also includes a library for the blind. [Continue reading »]( [Exclusive Anniversary Offer:]( Get a limited-edition tote plus save up to 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Housing Works Cannabis Co. Marks Its First 4/20 “I’ll probably take an edible the moment I get out of here.”]( [L.A. Cops Have a Helicopter Problem The city’s aerial law-enforcement fleet is more wasteful, and just as pointless, as Kylie Jenner’s and Elon Musk’s private-jet habits.]( By Alissa Walker [Long Island NIMBYs May Be Winning Housing Fight Lawmakers fighting for the “right to a suburban quality of life” could weaken Hochul’s density plan.]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-curbed?email={EMAIL}&hash=6c53b63a8e3fad70ad4ef13004527437¶m=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved