ARCHIVE:
Architecture
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How the Brits Stole High-Tech
American architects invented the style, but Brits like Norman Foster made it sing.
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The Death of the McMansion
When the housing market returns, we'll want smaller homes built closer together.
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How To Save Dying Cities
They don't need light rail, downtown stadiums, or flashy new museums. They need smart people.
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Frank Gehry Is Back
The architect's New World Center in Miami is his best work in years.
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A Discourse on Emerging Tectonic Visualization and the Effects of Materiality on Praxis
Or an essay on the ridiculous way architects talk.
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The Return of Common Sense
How the Great Recession has changed architecture—for the better.
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Tall Buildings, Short Architects
Why are so many great architects short of stature?
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The Cities We Want
Part II: How urban design is making our cities more verdant, walkable, and sociable.
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The Cities We Want
Part I: Do we want urban spaces that are big or small? Spread out or compact? New or old?
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A Renaissance in Washington, D.C.
Part 2: How do you breathe new life into the U.S. capital's architecture? Hire a Canadian.
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A Renaissance in Washington
Part 1: Richard Rogers' dazzling addition to the capital's venerable Acacia Life Building.
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Ordinary Places
Rediscovering the parking lot, the big-box store, the farmers market, the gas station.
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Singapore Rolls the Dice
The notoriously authoritarian country is building a casino.
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The Godfather
How a 16th-century Italian influenced the design of the White House, the New York Stock Exchange, and other American landmarks.
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Don't Plan On It
Centralized city planning is not the answer to the problems facing America's cities.
