Architecture

Alexandra Lange|Opinions

Why Nicolai Ouroussoff Is Not Good Enough

Nicolai Ouroussoff might turn out to be the last architecture critic, which makes it even more imperative to say: He is not making a good case for keeping the breed.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Beyond Bodoni & Corb

In college, it was all about Le Corbusier, though by senior year, if I had to hear “Garches” one more time I might have screamed.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Still Ugly After All These Years

What We Learned: The Yale Las Vegas Studio and the Work of Venturi Scott Brown & Associates provoked some excellent commentary.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

More! Women! Architects!

A lot of attention — in Chicago, at least — has been given to the fact that Aqua is the tallest building in the world designed by a woman.

Mark Lamster|Essays

(Not) Basic Training

The J-E-T-S are out of the playoffs following a valiant effort yesterday afternoon. That's not a shocker, though their appearance in the AFC Championship Game certainly was surprising.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Pay No Attention to Me

In one of those strange topical coincidences, this Sunday’s Arts & Leisure section has a profile of Iwan Baan, a Dutch architectural photographer who is the post-Stoller-Shulman-Molitor savior of architectural photography.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Buildings That Aren't There

Photography needs to prove itself again as an interpretive medium for architecture somewhere this side of art.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

A Real Modern Monument

Peter Behrens’ AEG Turbine Hall is still in use and is still as striking as the day it was completed — so shouldn't that be the goal for every building?

Jane Margolies|Projects

Rising Currents

Report on "Rising Currents," an exhibition of New York City design solutions to the flooding predicted by climate change experts, which will be on view at the Museum of Modern Art, March 24–August 9, 2010.

Sarah Williams Goldhagen|Essays

Moshe Safdie

Review of architect Moshe Safdie's Mamilla Alrov Center in Jerusalem.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On DO: Skating on the Edge of Taste

The American Restaurant in Kansas City, designed by Warren Platner, is subject of a long essay on that architect and interior designer’s career.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Ralph Rapson: Forgotten Hero of Design Merch

If you're familiar with Cambridge, or just Harvard Square, you probably know Ben Thompson's wonderful Design Research building, now celebrating its 40th anniversary.