How Malls Shaped the Rust Belt (and Vice Versa)
A conversation with architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange on malls in America.
Work With Us: Creative Director [Remote, Part-Time]
Belt is hiring a part-time creative director to help shape the look and feel of the publication.
Modernist Post Offices of Michigan
Eight mid-century post offices from small towns and exurbs across the state.
Midwest Modern’s Architectural Road Trip
Josh Lipnik uses Twitter to document regional architecture and design.
Twilight in Grand Rapids
A photographer’s exploration of the city she calls home, in its quietest hours.
Returning to Pittsburgh
"For all the intervening years, Pittsburgh had lived in my memory...viewable but not touchable, sequestered behind a one-way mirror of time."
The Packard Presence in Columbus
Walking around Columbus, Ohio, the influence of Frank Packard's architecture is everywhere you look.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Affordable Housing Project
American System-Built Homes in Chicago (and elsewhere).