The Kids are Alright
By Jonathan Ringen
by opening the doors of design studios to urban teens, the Worldstudio
Foundation's mentoring program is changing lives.
Not Your Daddy's Caddy
By Paul Makovsky
With the launch of the Cien concept car, Cadillac celebrates its
centenary by looking to the future.
Meet the Other Albert Speer
By Hugh Eakin
His father was Hitler's star architect--but his buildings are deeply
humanistic. He can't get work in Berlin--yet his firm is one of the
biggest in the world. His name is notorious--and still you've never
heard of him.
Permanent Vacation
By Tom Vanderbilt
To high rollers yearning for both adventure and security, the world's
first city at sea is the perfect address.
Paradise Regained
By Karen E. Steen
As Crystal Cove, California, changes, a life-long visitor asks: can
places like these really be owned?
Soft Sell
By Jennifer Kabat
In Paris, automakers are learning there are
limits to pure branding.
The Timeless Temple
By Christopher Hawthorne
Come the year 3000, will the only standing example of contemporary
architecture be a Buddhist monument in Colorado?
The Gardener's Shed
By Aric Chen
Suman Sorg's house for landscape architect James van Sweden finds
inspiration in chicken coops, garden walls, and cinder block.
The Metropolis Observed
A crash pad for filmmakers; deciding the fate of the WTC site; urban
pedagogues share the knowledge; what RISD's got in store; a consul's
residence that speaks Swedish; Salt Lake City gets physical.