How Colonial Customs Warehouses Controlled Merchants
The floor plan of an 18th-century customs warehouse wasn't neutral architecture. It encoded exactly who was trusted and who was watched.
DesignHow Colonial Post Offices Were Built to Sort People
Colonial post office architecture encoded racial hierarchy into brick and mortar. A look at design choices that decided whose mail stayed private.
DesignHow Colonial Markets Were Designed to Control Trade
The layout of a colonial market was never neutral. Discover how physical space encoded who needed watching, and who did not.
DesignHow Customs House Architecture Controlled Trade
The layout of historic customs houses wasn't neutral. Sight lines, thresholds, and waiting rooms encoded who was trusted and who was watched.