A New Series of Talks is Shedding Light on the Impact of Architect Paul R. Williams
A new series of talks is underscoring the importance of work by Hollywood's first black starchitect.
Author: Anthony Paletta
Design Before Air Conditioning Surveys Early Experiments in Climate Control
In a new book, Daniel A. Barber details a climate-focused account of Modernism, one defined by increasingly blunt measures used to combat heat and humidity.
With the Reissue of Reyner Banham's Classic, Tracing the Megastructural Moment
The recent reissue of Banham's Megastructure helps mine the typology's precedents and points toward the ambitious movement's contemporary heirs.
High Rises Are Not High Density
Housing Density: From Tenements to Towers at the Skyscraper Museum shows how New York City became de-densified.
The Cooper Union Showcases Costantino Nivola's Impact on New York City
New York is the home to the Italian sculptor's largest grouping of public artworks, with 21 pieces located across all five boroughs.
You Can't Spell SOM Without Gordon Bunshaft
Relatively little was known about the driving force behind many of SOM's most accomplished buildings. A new book fills in the gaps of Bunshaft's biography.
Urban Renewal, A Blight on Other American Cities, Sparked an Architectural Renaissance in Pittsburgh
The editors of the new volume Imagining the Modern argue that the reviled federal program was responsible for creating the postcard Pittsburgh.
See the Swan Song Designs of Paul Rudolph
This Center for Architecture exhibition provides fresh insight into the architect's last designs in East Asia.
"5x5" Exhibition Proves Architects Can Still Tackle Thorny Political Issues
The show, currently at the Center for Architecture in New York, uses architecture to explore themes beyond it.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Life, In Hipster-Friendly Illustrations
Despite its styling as a kids book—the illustrations are cartoonish in the way Chris Ware's are—this biography is a substantive account of Wright's life and work.
Liberation by Architecture: The Optimism of African Modernism
Modernism was once looked to by the emerging states of West Africa to jump-start self-rule. The remnants of this experience, as a new exhibition shows, still radiate that optimism.
New Retrospective Glimpses the Man Behind the Maison de Verre
With the help of VR and other technology, the Jewish Museum's ambitious exhibition on Pierre Chareau reveals a splendidly idiosyncratic life and work.
A Brief History of Affordable Housing in New York City
Affordable housing's future depends on us learning lessons from the past.
Snøhetta Makes the Daily Lunch Break the Central Focus of Its Workplace
Fewer than 20 percent of American office workers take a lunch break, partly because the average workplace doesn’t have a lunch room. Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed its own offices to accommodate this important activity and make it the central focus of the workday.
Beyond Gaudí Exhibit: La Sagrada Familia's Collaboration Across Time
An ongoing show at the City College of New York casts the architect's unfinished masterpiece in a new light.
The High Line's Last Section Plays Up Its Rugged Past
The final stretch of New York's elevated park is a satisfying conclusion.
George Matei Cantacuzino, Romania's Forgotten Modernist
A new book explores the Romanian architect's "hybrid" work, which stressed an organic conception of modernism while still retaining some local tradition.
New Book Photographs Columbus, Indiana's Modernist Landmarks
Even if you have visited the Midwestern Modernist Mecca, this new collection of fish-eyed photos beckons you to take another look.
A Guide to Pyongyang's "Neutered" Modernist Architecture
The best-preserved open-air museum of socialist architecture represents the grim reality of oppression
A History of Racecourse Architecture
A number of racecourses can boast traditions of continuous use that put any other sport to shame
