Portland’s Gerding Edlen Development continues to break new ground in green development.

The winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge has a plan for Appalachia and it could be the design model of the future.

Buildings by Sullivan, Wright, Gehry, and Holl impacted.

There may yet be hope for Paul Rudolph’s modern masterpiece despite a recent vote against it

In the season of the commencement speech, Metropolis’ Susan S. Szenasy has advice for new grads: learn what it really means to connect.

An innovative project space in Berlin pushes the boundaries between architecture and art.

The former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil is carrying his message of sustainability to the world’s burgeoning cities. Lesson one: Get rid of your car.

Topaz Medallion winner Stanley Tigerman calls it like he sees it.

An annual exposition and conference shows off the best of South African design.

Raili Pietilä reflects on a life of design with her husband, Reima, and the new exhibition that examines the Pietilä legacy.

Beyond Milan and Eindhoven, the author discovers an emerging design center in Europe.

With the winning bid for the Hudson Rail Yards announced, the author takes a critical look at the flawed selection process.

Buckminster Fuller’s colleagues and admirers talk about his legacy as an inventor, a technocrat, and a sustainable pioneer.

Eli Broad wields his vast fortune like a blunt instrument—buying art, hiring architects, and shaping L.A. through a mix of civic vision and force of will.

­Up for grabs since 2003, Finn Juhl’s residence is now part of an unusual museum complex.

­By integrating with the landscape, a Toronto ecology center becomes a living lesson in sustainable design.

­The American Institute of Architects challenges its members to improve the built environment for all. Is the profession prepared to respond?

Kieran Timberlake’s Cellophane House takes the mass and the production out of mass production.

A daring new building by one of our quietly great firms shouldn’t really come as a surprise.

Modular legs elevate Björn Kersting’s Crescendo C2 Maximus desk from child’s play to serious business.

The world’s largest color LED display gets its power—and symbolism—from photovoltaic cells embedded in a glass curtain wall.

Fresh design talent takes over the City of Light.

answers a few questions on architecture, education, and inspiration—using her thumbs.

FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti is at the London Festival of Architecture.