Having reached architectural early middle-age, ARO now seems poised for greatness.
Hurricane Sandy hits Red Hook, Brooklyn, prompting our columnist to wonder if we’ll learn its hard lessons.
Architecture has undergone something of a cleansing in recent years. With a few notable exceptions.
The architect finds himself under attack by right-wing culture warriors.
SHoP’s new partner, Vishaan Chakrabarti, promises to turbo-charge a firm already operating at full speed.
Koolhaas pays tribute to the architects of the 1960s who forged a new path in postwar Japan.
In the middle of a brilliant second act, Ennead Architects is showing exactly how to build on—and succeed—its legendary founder.
Two ongoing wars and many controversies later, the search for meaning at Ground Zero still proves painfully elusive.
The new millennium ushered in an era of computer-enabled shapes increasingly divorced from the real concerns of architecture.
A big-box retailer arrives in hipster Brooklyn and (shockingly) fails to end the world as we know it.
The primal power of Tadao Ando derives from his sublime use
of one material and one move.
A daring new building by one of our quietly great firms shouldn’t really come as a surprise.
A newfound rigor has taken skateboards out of the realm of pure fashion.
A unique set of circumstances has combined to create the most insane building boom in the history of man.
Due to a recent run of glowing columns, our resident curmudgeon changes the approach to his annual rite.
SANAA’s New Museum makes compelling use of an elemental form.
Herzog & de Meuron’s 40 Bond is Ian Schrager’s latest over-the-top attack on the cultural status quo.
Two years after Katrina, New Orleans faces huge challenges—amid glimmers of real hope.
The Yale University Art Gallery triggers a reappraisal of Louis Kahn’s message.
Our columnist’s favorite architects? His list of one begins here.
