Nick Axel will present e-flux Architecture, a platform launched in 2016 as part of the broader e-flux network. Dedicated to critical discourse on contemporary architecture, urbanism, and design, the initiative explores how architectural practice intersects with political, social, environmental, and technological transformations. By engaging architects, theorists, and scholars, e-flux Architecture aims to reimagine the discipline's role in shaping our world.
The platform operates as both an editorial project and comprehensive archive, offering essays, interviews, and research that interrogate pressing architectural issues. Through collaborations with leading institutions like Princeton University and the Technical University of Munich, e-flux Architecture produces thematic series addressing complex challenges such as housing crises, urban inequality, and climate change. Its interdisciplinary approach blends architectural theory with insights from sociology, philosophy, and environmental studies.
Featuring contributions from influential voices like Beatriz Colomina, Peggy Deamer, Mark Wigley, and cofounder Nikolaus Hirsch, the platform challenges conventional architectural narratives. These contributors bring diverse perspectives that examine how architecture intersects with global systems of power, labor, technology, and culture. As a critical resource for architects, students, and academics, e-flux Architecture continues to advance architectural thought by questioning dominant paradigms and amplifying alternative voices in the built environment.
Nick Axel is an architect, editor, educator, and curator. He serves as Deputy Editor of e-flux Architecture and Head of the Architectural Design Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. His work spans publishing, teaching, and curating, focusing on critical discourse in architecture and its intersections with politics, technology, and culture. Axel has contributed to academic research, edited publications, and curated exhibitions, including his role as Chair of the Architectural Advisory Board at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. He is also active in public programming and has written extensively on contemporary architectural issues.
The Berlage Sessions is a thematic seven-part seminar series focusing on scholarly research and critical approaches to the history and theory of architecture and urban design. This autumn's series, entitled "Post, Publish, or Perish‽" is exploring how architects engage with various publication forms to disseminate their ideas, promote theirs and others work, engage with broader societal design questions, and influence and establish discourse.