ARCHIVE:
Architecture
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The Pentagon Memorial
It tells us more than we need to know—and, at the same time, not enough.
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Thom Mayne's U.S. Federal Building
Can the iconoclastic architect design a structure that's cheap, green, and secure?
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Buckminster Fuller
Inventor, tireless proselytizer, inspirational cult figure, something of a flimflammer.
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Forgotten Eero
Rediscovering Saarinen, the man behind the Gateway Arch, Dulles, and some really comfy chairs.
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Architecture Is a Team Sport
So why do they award the Pritzker Prize to just one person?
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The Architecture of Edward Hopper
Exploring the painter's buildings, from his famous diner to his cottage on Cape Cod.
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Don't Count Your Titanium Eggs Before They've Hatched
Why architects can't predict the future.
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It's Way Too Easy Being Green
The decidedly dupable system for rating a building's greenness.
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The Spire of Dublin
A modern monument that points up what's wrong with the World Trade Center Memorial.
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The Prefab Fad
Prefabrication is everywhere in American home-building. But that doesn't mean your next house is going to be a stylish, Modernist box.
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Green Unseen
Environmentally friendly buildings don't need to look like cheese wedges.
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Cars, Chairs, and Teapots, Oh My!
An impressive exhibition of Modernist objects, and a missed opportunity to say something about Modernism, at the Corcoran Gallery.
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Builder in Chief
FDR shaped the Pentagon. Why haven't more presidents taken an interest in architecture?
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Central Park South
Choosing the best design for a new park on New York's Governors Island.
