Architecture

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For Sale: The Earliest Modern Studio in America

In 1931, a young American artist designed a modern studio on a mountaintop in the Berkshires in Connecticut: it would be one of the first modern houses in America, pre-dating Frank Lloyd’s Fallingwater by five years. It …

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Let’s Go! World’s Fairs of the 1930s

"Designing Tomorrow" at the National Building Museum showcases the optimisim, futurism, and dreamy design ideas of the 1930s.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

New Apple HQ, 1957

Wouldn't it be more radical for Apple to move back to town?

John Thackara|Essays

Sweat Equity Infra

The Millau Viaduct is a tourist attaction in the making. Future vistors will gawk at it and wonder: “how *did* they build that?”

Alexia|Essays

My Studio H Experience

Adventures in design crits: A high school junior recounts her Studio H year working with onerous classmates and power tools.

Mark Lamster|Essays

The Unsung Genius of Flemish Architecture

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

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Manhattan Museum Musical Chairs

Bye, bye Museum of American Folk Art. Hello the forward march of the Modern.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Science Gets Around to Architecture

Why are we still privileging scientific studies over visual thinking?

Gavin Browning|Report

Community Hero: Queens Museum of Art

Queens Museum of Art, a model for community service, breaks ground on new addition.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

City Beautiful of Kazakhstan

Why is Norman Foster the go-to guy for new capitals?

Michael Murphy|Opinions

The Poverty of Starchitecture

Is the demand for architectural service so limited that we follow the money no matter whom it comes from? On March 25th, Zaha Hadid Architects laid off more than 90 employees because of “unforeseen events in North Africa.” …

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Making the Modern House Home

The Miller House, designed by Saarinen, Roche, Girard and Kiley, has been largely out of sight to the design world since its publication in House & Garden in 1959. Until now that is...