Architecture

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Beauty of a Park

The High Line in Manhattan, whose first section opened Monday, would seem to be Olmsted’s nightmare.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Beauty of a Park

The High Line in Manhattan, whose first section opened Monday, would seem to be Olmsted’s nightmare.

Mark Lamster|Essays

House in the Hills

We spent this past weekend at the beautiful weekend home of the Woo family, a masterwork of modernist architecture sequestered high in the rolling Vermont hills.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Memorial Day

It's Memorial Day in America, so let's talk for a moment about memorials.

Julie Lasky|Reviews

This End Up: Renzo Piano's Modern Wing

The Art Institute of Chicago, view of Modern Wing from Monroe Street. Photo: Charles G. Young, Interactive Design ArchitectsI was born in Chicago and raised up the road, but I never heard the word “fragility” associated with my …

Mark Lamster|Essays

Back to the Future

Over on the Itinerant Urbanist, Karrie Jacobs recently wrote about her first impression of Daniel Libeskind's addition to the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in San Francisco.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Tbilisi's Hotel Iveria: A Defense

There's a piece on Oobject today that lists what that site claims are the fifteen worst “housing projects from hell.”

Thomas de Monchaux|Essays

The Mystery of Peter Zumthor

Peter Zumthor, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1990–1997. Photo courtesy Timothy Brown/Atelier FLIRAll mysteries disappoint. The power of a suggestive image you can't quite understand, or an airport thriller you haven't finished reading, or the …

Mark Lamster|Essays

Internally Yours

Is it me, or did the New Yorker just retroactively invent a new architectural movement?

Ken Worpole|Gallery

Tidal Pools: Photographs by Jason Orton

Tidal pools were once common along the coast of Britain, particularly at seaside holiday resorts. Although many such pools have been destroyed or exist as ruins, others are being revived thanks to the energies of lido enthusiasts. This …

Michael Sorkin|Essays

On Paul Auster

Interpretation Paul Auster's City of Glass by artists Duytter & Jef Aérosol, 2008 Organized by the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York’s School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape …

Mark Lamster|Essays

Bronx Cheer

To say that I've been disappointed by coverage of the new Yankee Stadium by the design press would be an understatement, as noted in this "rant" column for ID magazine.