Follows the work of New Orleans-based Office Jonathan Tate (OJT), whose deep understanding of the city allows the firm to actively pursue influential projects.
Miscellaneous Tactics: The Architecture, etc. of OJT examines the work of the New Orleans-based Office Jonathan Tate (OJT). Established in 2011, the firm has emerged as a leading voice within a new generation of architects engaged in the contemporary city. Rather than waiting for institutional or market-driven commissions, OJT takes a proactive approach, creating its own opportunities, platforms, and development frameworks to realize architectural work on its own terms.
Through fifteen featured designs, built and unrealized, as well as research projects, the book demonstrates how OJT strategically engages the specific conditions that shape architectural production today, including local policy, real estate mechanisms, and financial structures. By operating within and against these systems, the practice crafts the ideological and material conditions for its projects. The result is a body of work that ranges from inventive housing prototypes to urban research initiatives, each reflecting a belief in architecture’s capacity to intervene meaningfully in the city.