Bryan Finoki

Bryan Finoki is the author of Subtopia: A Field Guide to Military Urbanism (subtopia.blogspot.com), and a senior editor of Archinect (http://archinect.com). He has lectured nationally and internationally, and currently teaches at Woodbury University School of Architecture in San Diego. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

Articles by Bryan Finoki

The Ruin Machine

The ruin, taken as a broad spatial typology that offers itself readily as forensic evidence useful in the investigation of contemporary configurations of power, is the starting point for Bryan Finoki’s reflections on architecture’s implication in the manipulation of space for political ends. From Ground Zero in NYC to what remains of Saddam Hussein’s luxurious [...]