Architecture

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Size M

Nicolai Ouroussoff, Paul Goldberger, and Ada Louise Huxtable may live here in New York, but in general they have become too big to pay attnetion to the small stuff.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Criticizing the Critics

The two men who controlled the architectural conversation in New York (and hence America and the world) for better than two decades have recently published collections of their criticism.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Balthazar Korab, RIP

Tribute to architectural photographer Balthazar Korab, and a discussion of what made him different from contemporary Ezra Stoller.

Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo|Essays

The Rand House: A House to Work and Live In

While not a large house, it felt just right, as if it had been made to measure for every interaction and every function.

Julia Cooke|Report

Cuba Libre: Contemporary Architecture in Havana

Young architects struggle to update the face of Cuba.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Patterns of Houston

How do you critique the urbanism of Houston? Look for patterns.

Observed|Photos

Reimagining the Serpentine Pavilion

Sou Fujimoto is the youngest-ever artist to design a pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Art Matters to Architecture

In Indianapolis, a restored Milton Glaser mural allows us to see its Brutalist home as its architect intended: with color!

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Should We Boycott the New Barnes?

More ethical quandaries about buildings and food.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E2: Billie Tsien

Billie Tsien is the co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien architects, which works on buildings for museums, universities, and the Obama Presidential Center.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Well-Tempered Environment

Water features, old trees, food trucks. Three elements of the architecture of outdoor civic life in North Texas.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

MoMA’s Modern Women

The Museum of Modern Art's new installation, "Designing Modern Women," could have made a bolder statement about the transformative role of women in 20th century design and architecture.