Gideon Fink Shapiro is a Brooklyn, N.Y.–based writer focusing on the built environment. His work on architecture and building technology has appeared in Architect, Domus, Places, and other journals, including this one. He holds a Ph.D. in architecture history and theory, and he co-authored The New Residential Colleges at Yale: A Conversation Across Time (2018) and 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright (2021).