West 8 is something of a darling in the landscape-architecture world for designs that look wildly innovative but also manage to walk in lock-step with regional identities, whether you’re talking about a wavy wooden boardwalk in ...READ»
Hospitals are some of the worst buildings around. But plenty of research shows that physical surroundings can improve health. Which is what makes the Maggie's Centre initiative so brilliant.READ»
The notoriously metallic starchitect goes back to his roots with a cheap, plywood design for the Signature Theater Company. Don't worry--it still looks wild.READ»
Aqua, a new 82-story residential tower in Chicago, is being billed as the tallest skyscraper designed by a woman-headed firm. It's also being described as "feminine." Can you really tell if a building is designed by a woman or a man, ...READ»
After years of wrangling and two different architecture firms, Bruce Ratner's audacious plan to build a Brooklyn home for the New Jersey Nets clears its last major hurdle.READ»
From a freeway-capped park in Hollywood to a colony on Mars, the Los Angeles Real Creativity Awards honor the city's best ideas in design, business and culture.READ»
Could this be the architecture equivalent of Tupac versus Biggie? Last Sunday Nicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic for The New York Times, published an essay (“As Heroes Disappear, the City Nees More”) lamenting the 1970s ...READ»
Quick: Which state has the boldest architecture? Ohio didn't roll of your tongue, did it? But Bowling Green State University, near Toledo, just broke ground on a new building by Snøhetta. And that's on top of a slew of other ...READ»
This week at the Milan Furniture Fair, Frank Gehry, the white-maned maven of expressive architectural design, is unveiling his newest work: An undulating chaise lounge for Emeco, a Pennsylvania-based furniture maker with a ...READ»
Sure, the economy's on life support, and shelter magazines have been hung out to dry, but design is not dead yet. The tallest skyscraper on the planet is rocketing into the stratosphere over Dubai, and $600 plastic chairs are ...READ»
Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ»
