#architecture Stories
Spice of Life at Sugar Beach Is a Living Gallery in the Heart of the Pitons
An homage to art, nature, and legacy, this new nine-bedroom villa at Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort,
Hand-Finished Steel and Bronze Elevate Khaite’s Madison Ave. Boutique
In addition to transforming a landmarked facade, architectural designer Griffin Frazen authored a...
The St. Regis Mexico City Elevates Luxury with Garden Terrace Suites
For its 15th anniversary, The St. Regis Mexico City debuts a series of art-filled suites that blur...
Bjarke Ingels Group’s New Office Revels in Quiet Gestures
The Danish-American firm might be known for buildings that boggle the mind, but it took a...
At Governors Point, Omer Arbel Meets the Sea Ranch
Nestled in a picturesque peninsula in the Pacific Northwest, a series of cinematic new homes funnel
A Former Convent in Amalfi Melds History with Contemporary Comforts
Anantara Convento di Amalfi's meticulous restoration preserves 13th-century cloisters and a Baroque
Inside Apple Park’s First New Building Since 2017
The tech giant rarely offers glimpses inside its ring-shaped mega-headquarters, but the newly...
In Hamburg, a Nazi-Era Bunker Becomes a Leafy Oasis
Work recently wrapped on transforming the World War II–era Hamburg Bunker into a lifestyle hub...
Fumihiko Maki’s Final Building Is a Faint Farewell
The late Pritzker Prize laureate’s swan song is a sugar cube of a structure that brings out the...
A Stunning Mass-Timber Gateway Into Portland
Portland International Airport unveils a dramatic timber transformation at the hands of ZGF...
This Industrial Lift Imagines a Future for Fraught Monuments
The Black Reconstruction Collective is reimagining possibilities around historic monuments by...
Pioneer Works Prepares for a Milestone
The Brooklyn creative nonprofit plans to reopen early September after months of renovations that...
Paris Might Put On the Leanest, Greenest Olympics Yet
The Games have garnered somewhat of an unsavory reputation for requiring host cities to funnel...
Kengo Kuma’s Sound Museum Awakens All the Senses
Located just outside Seoul, the newly opened Audeum is both a temple of history’s finest audio...
Thandi Loewenson Is Untangling Earth, Air, and Exploitation
A London-based researcher and the winner of this year’s Wheelwright Prize, Loewenson is exploring
Snøhetta Wraps Up a Soaring Refresh of an Austin Institution
The global firm finishes up its three-year transformation of the Blanton Museum of Art’s grounds,
After Fits and Starts, One High Line Is Complete
The embattled complex of twisting condo towers at the foot of Manhattan’s High Line may have...
The Coolest Air Traffic Control Tower We’ve Ever Seen
Marlon Blackwell reveals an air traffic control tower likened to a “hibernating Transformer”...
In Ukraine, Architecture Embodies Hope and Resilience
The Center for Architecture sheds light on the short- and long-term reconstruction efforts...
Stonewall’s Long-Awaited Visitor Center Debuts During Pride Month
Eight years after former President Barack Obama declared the Stonewall Inn a National Monument, the
Minsuk Cho’s Serpentine Pavilion Recreates Korean Courtyards
The pavilion, which recently opened at London’s Kensington Gardens, is an immersive installation...
The Grand Palais Restoration Races Toward the Olympics
There’s no shortage of sensationalized projects nearing their do-or-die completion date as the...
Easy-to-Assemble Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Are Here—Sort Of
A Seattle-based company is selling $300,000 kits to build low-slung structures inspired by the...
The Brick House, Philip Johnson’s Louche Private Lair, Finally Opens
After decades of being closed to the public, the Glass House’s brick counterpart opens its doors...
Eero Saarinen’s Only Tower Enters a New Era
The Finnish architect envisioned Black Rock, the Midtown office tower that long housed the...
Jeanne Gang Makes a Case for Architectural Grafting
The award-winning architect has dedicated decades of her firm’s work toward adaptive reuse, which
Are Saudi Arabia’s Oil Riches Enough to Realize Neom?
As more over-the-top giga-projects are planned for the futuristic Saudi Arabian city-state,...
Álvaro Siza’s Career Comes Alive in Porto
The Pritzker Prize laureate reveals an extension to his Museu Serralves that houses a vast trove of
A Staple of Modern Architecture’s Fitting New Home
After decades of ups and downs, the Aluminaire House has permanently relocated to Palm Springs,...
What Can Architects Learn From Tropical Modernism?
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Tropical Modernism comes into view in a new exhibition at the...
Can Paris 2024’s Green Ambitions Stick the Landing?
A recent look at the infrastructure revamps planned around the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games begs
Inside Manhattan’s Biggest Office-to-Residential Conversion
Gensler and Vanbarton Group prevailed over the “kludge” hampering office-to-resi conversions to
What’s New This Fall, From Our List Members
An art gallery at the Tin Building built by Cass Calder Smith, Holly Hunt's 40th anniversary...
What do Residents Gain From Well-Intentioned Neighborhood Rebrands?
More than a decade ago, the Denver Housing Authority embarked on an ambitious redevelopment plan...
New York City Welcomes a Performing Arts Center at Ground Zero
At the $500 million Perelman Performing Arts Center, the minds behind it sketch a hopeful future...
Studio PCH Charts a Blueprint for Psychedelic Design
The California-based studio’s captivating “Soulscapes” offer a glimpse into architecture’s...
Naviva Four Seasons Sets a New Standard for Going Off the Grid
Biophilic design, glamping-style tents, a directive to move at your own pace, and an adopted pig...
David Chipperfield, Architect of Powerful Subtlety, Wins the Pritzker
The architecture industry’s highest honor goes to the British-born designer, who forgoes building
Is Timber the Future of Sustainable Building?
Architects agree that mass timber buildings are safer, more durable, and more sustainable than...
Architecture Is Having a Reckoning Over Poor Working Conditions
After a roundtable about professional norms within architecture prompted two SCI-Arc faculty...
Are Micro-Homes the Answer to California’s Housing Crisis?
A complex of tiny homes will offer 70 units of transitional accommodations to support San...
OMA’s Audrey Irmas Pavilion Glows Like a Constellation
A strikingly modern expansion to the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, the global firm’s...
A Miami Beach Estate Inspired by Gio Ponti and Midcentury Magic City
Envisioning the private estate as a "freestanding sculpture," designer Achille Salvagni marries...
TikTok Parent Company, ByteDance, Reveals New HQ in Shenzhen
Ennead Architects's international competition winning design for ByteDance’s Houhai Center in...
Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal Win the 2021 Pritzker Prize
The French duo’s greatest projects champion affordable and readily available materials, while...
Building Boston: Architect David Hacin Cultivates Livability and Local Character in His Hometown
With a deep appreciation for Boston and its history, the Hacin + Associates founding principal and...
The Experimental Edge of Open Architecture
With a sculptural panache, Beijing-based Li Hu and Huang Wenjing embrace the vastness of space.
Snøhetta Cofounder Craig Dykers on How He Pushes His Non-Hierarchical Firm to Take Risks
"You have to open your door to the world," the architect says. "The world is anything but...
2020 Pritzker Prize Goes to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. Here Are Some of Their Greatest Hits.
From a cliff-like edifice in Peru to a pinwheel-shaped school in rural Ireland, the Dublin team’s
Neri Oxman and Sir Norman Foster on the Future of Design
The venturesome Oxman talks experimental materials and lunar habitation with the renowned architect.
David Adjaye on His Majestic, Grapefruit-Colored Design for The Webster L.A.
For the multi-brand clothing and design boutique’s new outpost, the architect created a...
At the End of the World, Infrastructure Will Save Us, This Artist Believes
Tiril Hasselknippe’s architectural sculptures see an opportunity for community in the midst of...
Architecture Memes
An Instagram meme account has achieved the unthinkable: it has made architecture funny. Now tag...
Mark Foster Gage is the Most Prolific Architect of Buildings That Don’t Exist
Blade Runner meets The Wizard of Oz in the New York architect's fantastical work.
Resetting What Metal Means, One Facade at a Time
As Pure+FreeForm’s Geoffrey Hahn tells it, new technologies have created a new materials...
Eight Design Firms Imagine a Border Without Walls
Takes on a more playful, inviting, and humane meeting of the U.S. and Mexico.
For This Architectural Curator, Buildings Are Not The Main Event
For Storefront for Art and Architecture executive director José Esparza Chong Cuy, humanity...
Kanye West’s YEEZY Foam Runners Are What Would Happen if Zaha Hadid Designed Crocs
A teasing image of the multihypenate star's latest footwear release suggests curves and shapes...
Almost Finished After 130 Years, Gaudí’s Sagrada Família Faces a Kind of Death
After six generations, the architect's signature work is heading towards completion—but the...
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Others Pitch New Visions of The La Brea Tar Pits
Along with the veteran firm, Dorte Mandrup and WEISS/MANFREDI have offered proposals for rehabbing...
The Biggest Design Breakups of the Decade
From Sagmeister and Walsh to Apple and Ive to Marc and Louis, these are the splits that have marked
Three Years After Her Death, Zaha Hadid’s Dubai Development Nears Completion
As the Opus prepares to open, we're afforded another look at the greatness and vision of the late...
Ho Chi Minh City’s Central Park Steps Into The Future
On what was once a set of 19th-century French railroad tracks, Ho Chi Minh City's revamped Central...
At Notre-Dame, a Statement of Rebirth
Ravaged by a fire earlier this year, the historic cathedral receives a pop-up place of worship...
Five Visions of the Airport of The Future Offer a New Challenge for the Industry
From a sky-scraping trophy to off-the-ground runways, the 2019 Fentress Global Challenge winners...
Ten Endangered Modernist Masterpieces Get a New Lease on Life
With total awards of over $1.7 million this year, the grant initiative Keeping It Modern is helping
TAO – Trace Architecture Office’s Swan Lake Bridge House is a Fairytale in Concrete
Floating over water in the middle of parkland, it's a masterclass in making heavy materials lighter
The Tulip Tower Gets Axed
London mayor Sadiq Khan has dismissed plans to build the Tulip Tower, a controversial supertall...
Shigeru Ban Proposes Notre-Dame Temporary Replacement Chapel of Rope and Paper
Graceful and solemn, the simple structure intelligently answers all the site's needs without glass,
Phil Freelon, Architect of the National Museum of African American History, Dead at 66
The creator of a long list of public projects that explored and celebrated the African-American...
This House is a $5.25 Million Ai Weiwei Artwork
The Chinese artist collaborated with firm HHF on this 3-bedroom, 3-bath vacation home—the only Ai
Opening Shot: New Orleans’s Maison de la Luz
Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri bring a modern, global aesthetic to the Crescent City.
Paolo Soleri at 100: A Visionary Lost in a Desert of His Own Making
Paolo Soleri's concepts and work were never more relevant than they are today, and his legacy has...
Your Field Guide to Celebrating 100 Years of the Bauhaus
It was many things: a movement, a school, a style, a mixed-up social set. As an actual institution,
A Sharp Modernist Office Rehab With Unbeatable Parisian Views
Studio Vincent Eschalier has turned a classic 2nd arrondissement apartment block into something...
Schiller Projects Creates a Law Office You Might Actually Want to Visit
Their stunning design for Boies Schiller Flexner is dramatic, yet welcoming.
Mining the Surface Archives: Gone, But Not Forgotten
A deep-dive into Surface’s history reveals 26 years of art, design, and fashion at the bleeding...
Woods Bagot Creates an Australian Beach House That Swims Against the Tide
Tidal Arc is both of its environment and a unique statement within it.
Nina Edwards Anker of nea studio on Transitioning From Art to Architecture
The head of nea studio started life pursuing fine arts, but then the urge to design took over. Hear
Ron Arad’s “Upside-Down” Tel Aviv Tower Tricks the Eye
The 29-story ToHA Tower, designed by Ron Arad Architects, becomes increasingly wider as it gets...
Future Island: How Richard Bailey Built Marlon Brando’s Vision into the World’s Most Luxurious Eco Resort
Five years into an extraordinary mission, The Brando’s Richard Bailey offers a new vision of...
Talking to Jill Magid, Director of the Most Shocking Architecture Documentary, Ever
In "The Proposal," the artist goes to audacious ends in pursuit of access to Luis Barragán's...
Need to Know: Michelle LaFoe and Isaac Campbell of OFFICE 52 Architecture
"Working with a variety of building materials, as a medium for exploring spatial ideas, provides...
Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Changed How We Process War
How a piece of public art helped us confront and embrace the human cost of national action.
Bjarke Ingels and Simon Frommenwiler Connect the Pieces at 3daysofdesign 2019
The Swiss and Danish architects present “Puzzle House” at the Embassy of Switzerland in...
Best Gifts Under $100 for the Design Snob in Your Life
These are the inexpensive gifts you can grab and give to that loved one with overly discerning...
Need to Know: Vincent Eschalier of Studio Vincent Eschalier
"The impact it has today is difficult to quantify, but I certainly try to travel as much as...
We Want Nothing More Than This Slice of Heaven in the Seychelles
ADD.Locus's dream house will haunt you, too.
We Still Can’t Stop Thinking About Rapt Studio’s Salone del Mobile Debut
We saw so, so many things at Milan's Salone del Mobile 2019—somehow Rapt's presentation stuck...
Bodron/Fruit Whip an Unruly Dallas Footprint into Shape
But such uneven footprints are welcome at Dallas design firm Bodron/Fruit, which has made its...
Need to Know: Suchi Reddy of Reddymade
"I want people to, through the work, discover something that's essential about themselves."
A Rose in the Desert: Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar Debuts
The French architect adds another Middle East cultural jewel to his crown.
Need to Know: Reiulf Ramstad of Reiulf Ramstad Architects
"We need to confront every building project, every architecture project as something special—not...
Oppenheim Architecture’s Miami Structure is Postcard-Perfect New Age Brutalism
A blueprint for '10s-does-'70s done properly.
Please Stop: Designer Gingerbread Houses
In this edition of “Please Stop,” our occasional look at design trends that need to...
“FUTURES OF THE FUTURE” Celebrates Architect Sou Fujimoto’s Out-of-the-Box Perspective
On view at Japan House Los Angeles through Jan. 6.
Rapt Studio’s Latest Commercial Project Was Built From the Bones of Its Prior Occupant’s Space
"We exploited everything that was there, even to the degree of building new things out of some of...
Winka Dubbeldam; Founder, Archi-Tectonics
Informed by her Dutch upbringing, Dubbeldam imbues designs with character and singularity.
Bridge House, Dan Brunn Architecture
Tasked with reimagining a run-down plot, Dan Brunn turned lemons into lemonade.
7 Serene Spaces We Could Spend All Summer In
From a country retreat to the sunny suite where John and Yoko wrote a universal anthem for peace,...
This Undulating Golf Clubhouse Makes Waves in the Architecture World
Oppenheim Architecture created a sprawling clubhouse for a Greg Norman–designed golf course in...
Bjarke Ingels Is Reshaping the World As We Know It
Playful designs, a larger-than-life persona, and media maneuvering have propelled the Danish...
25 Designers On Their Favorite American Designs
To celebrate the nation's birthday we asked some of our favorite designers to pay tribute to...
Restaurant Architecture Reaches New Heights in Sydney
With an otherworldly design and multiconcept culinary spaces, chef Matt Moran’s Barangaroo House...
London’s Newest Chinese Food Hot Spot is in a 300-Year-Old Church
Ecclesiastical cool meets retro 1960s teahouse at the second outpost of Hong Kong's beloved...
Watch Wednesday: Ralph Lauren 867
RL's latest timepiece is a loving tribute to Gotham in the 1930s.
Schwartz and Architecture Designs a House That’s at Home With Its Environment
The Lichen House embraces the natural wonder of a distinct California microclimate.
The Architecture of 2017 in 7 Buildings
From the overexposed to the overlooked, these buildings—and one curious structural...
Built For and Inspired by New York, This Compact Cabin has a Local Perspective
Architect Peter Zuspan used his everyday experience and NYC know-how to inform his contribution to...
Designer of the Day: Brittney Hart and Justin Capuco
The designers behind the New York firm Husband Wife on providing creative direction at We Work,...
Norman Foster Dinner
The exclusive event was hosted at Gabriel Kreuther in Manhattan.
This Small Space Forecasts the Future of City Living in Brooklyn, and Beyond
On view at A/D/O, the MINI LIVING URBAN CABIN rethinks the way we live in cities by tapping local...
This Prolific Craft Collective Puts the Werk in Gesamtkunstwerk
Neue Galerie’s latest exhibition explores the staggering skill and output of the Wiener...
Brad Cloepfil Hung Out With Old English Ladies to Design Eleven Madison Park’s New Tableware
The ceramics galleries at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum are like a decorative-arts dream...
Designer of the Day: Alireza Razavi
The architect discusses creating design value, the key moment in a project, and why he collects art
Callidus Guild Fuses Art, Architecture, and Fashion
Building on her early work of custom wall coverings for some of the world’s greatest fashion...
Canada’s Coolest New Art Museum Isn’t in Toronto
The Remai Modern Art Gallery is putting Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the map.
Designer of the Day: Karlyn Sutherland
The Scotswoman talks baking, her connection to place, and working as an artist-in-residence at the...
Bjarke Ingels Group Turns a German Bunker into the Tirpitz Museum
The newly opened cultural center in Denmark's coast is a testament to the area's traumatic past.
Architect Edwin Chan Adds to Detroit’s Flurry of Developments
The city’s new live-and-work complex True North promises residents privacy, affordability, and a...
Buffalo, New York, Is Staging a Comeback
The city’s dynamic architectural past is fueling its transformation.
Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs Comes Back to Life
Architect Alexander Gorlin quietly transforms the landmark complex in New Jersey.
Notables in Design and Architecture Celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th Birthday
We invited a handful of connoisseurs to share their favorite Wright project with us.
John Pawson
The standout Instagram account that’s capturing our attention right now.
Gardens in the Sky: WOHA’s Sustainable Architecture
The principals of the Singapore-based firm are determined to paint a tropical metropolis green.
Inside Milan’s Most Sumptuous Entryways
An eccentric new book from Taschen
showcases a captivating selection of the
Italian...
Renzo Piano’s Beacon of Hope
Victoria Newhouse’s new book about the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens...
First Look: Baltic
A new residence in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood brings modern appeal to its historic...
Design Dialogues No. 35
Architect Jeanne Gang and architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen join Surface for a...
Snøhetta Designs a Contemporary Cave at Lascaux
A new museum offers an unprecedented look at prehistoric paintings.
X Marks the Plot
The OMA-designed Alexis de Tocqueville library privileges public space over stacks.
The Concert Hall Upholding Pierre Boulez’s Legacy
The late conductor and composer’s friend Frank Gehry was entrusted with the design.
Rice University’s New Arts Building
Designed by Michael Maltzan Architects, the Moody Center fits right in while making a statement.
Geometry Club
The standout Instagram account that’s capturing our attention right now.
Inside Canada’s New National Music Centre
The stunning concert hall hits all the right notes.
Predicting the Future at A/D/O
At Brooklyn’s A/D/O, a recent conference focused on utopian (and dystopian) design.
City of Tomorrow: Real Estate, Architecture, and Design Summit
A New York conference’s inaugural edition gathers top minds in design and building.
Design Dispatch: Dec. 19, 2016
Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.
San Francisco
Design heft and art world gravitas are giving the City by the Bay a new patina.
Mar Adentro Is a Surreal Hotel by the Sea
Architect Miguel Angel Aragonés's design for Mar Adentro is a dreamscape on the Mexican coast.
Berlin
Since the Wall came down, Berlin has been a magnet for a breed of artists more interested in...
Four Seasons Opens a Research and Design Lab
The opening of a research and design studio signals a new era for the venerable hotel brand.
Dancing Lights and a Pathway at University of Iowa’s New Building
For University of Iowa's Visual Arts Building, Steven Holl Architects created a sculptural...
The Estonian National Museum Transcends a Dark Past
Spearheaded by the young architecture firm DGT, the institution encompasses a figment of the...
Ron Arad Is The Master Of Architectural Sculpture
On the heels of reinvigorating Washington, D.C.'s iconic Watergate Hotel, the Israeli designer...
A Simple Design for A Vital Public Service
A new public safety answering center in the Bronx, PSAC II, combines fortress-like durability with...
Malkit Shoshan on the Architecture of Diplomacy
The Israeli-born Brooklynite designed the Dutch Pavilion as a means towards resolution in places...
Alejandro Aravena
How the Pritzker Prize–Winning architect is changing the world with beautiful, practical...
Tomas Maier Brings Spanish Flair to Bottega Veneta in Beverly Hills
The fashion designer took a hands-on approach to the new store, which nods to Colonial Revival...
Craig Dykers’s SFMOMA is Built for Tomorrow
Snøhetta's new home for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hopes to change everything from how
César Pelli, 1926-2019
The Argentine architect, who has passed away at 92, elevated even the most basic projects.
Speed Art Museum’s Overhaul
The continuously evolving Louisville museum gets a new look.
Odile Decq Breaks the Rules
The edgy French architect has become an advocate for women in the field and the next generation of...
The Harbin Opera House Brings Nature Indoors
Step Inside the Modern-day Icon by Ma Yansong.
A Parking Garage Even Pedestrians Will Appreciate
In Miami, Leong & Leong and Iwamoto Scott Architects elevate a typically overlooked type of...
Elements House in the Desert
A minimal but mighty guest house in New Mexico delivers a raw experience of the landscape.
Dior’s Seoul Flagship
A passion for horticulture has always been evident in the designs of Christian Dior.
Deconstructing Christopher Hawthorne
A conversation with The Los Angeles Times's architecture critic.
