Mark Lamster

Mark Lamster|Essays

Big Red: Antwerp’s New MAS Museum

Antwerp's dramatic new MAS museum, an extruded Chinese puzzle in red standstone.

Mark Lamster|Essays

This City Is Driving Me Nuts

A new study correlates city living and craziness.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Philip Johnson’s Synagogue Problem

Is there a remedy for Philip Johnson's troubled synagogue?

Mark Lamster|Essays

World War II and the Challenge of the Rational

Systems of rational management and the pursuit of irrational malevolence.

Mark Lamster|Essays

The Unsung Genius of Flemish Architecture

The New Flemish Architecture should not be underestimated, though it usually is.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Aimez-Vous Braem? Antwerp’s Little-Known Master

Introducing Renaat Braem, Antwerp's Unknown Modern Master

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Juiced in Lyon: Jakob & MacFarlane’s Orange Cube

Lyon's most unusual, and orange, office building.

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The Architecture of the Secret Lair

On lairs, evil and presidential.

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Towers in NY

Two New York Towers, considered.

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Justice for the City

Some justice for the city.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Forgotten New York: The Lenox Library

Memories of the Lenox Library, and NYC's most inappropriate memorial.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Yesterday’s Future, Today

Yesterday's future, today. (aka, a trip to the Biosphere, in Montreal)