7+ hour, 45+ min ago  (633+ words) In 1979, Jay A. Pritzker, the Hyatt Hotels impresario, and his wife, Cindy, decided to establish an annual prize to bring more awareness of the built environment and to recognize excellence in architecture. In the years since, the award has come to…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1206+ words) For 53 years, the Tour Montparnasse has smudged the skyline of Paris, a cigar-brown hulk so reviled that some locals dismiss it as the box the Eiffel Tower came in. Others joke that the best view in Paris is from the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1179+ words) Every once in a while America needs an exhibition about the architect Bruce Goff to remind us of our better, kinder self. One has fortunately opened at the Art Institute of Chicago. Do yourself a favor if you're anywhere nearby…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1018+ words) Altadena has never organized itself around a traditional civic center, like a city hall plaza or downtown square. Instead, this decidedly informal community has relied on an informal constellation of shared spaces " parks and playgrounds tucked into the foothills, popular…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (948+ words) Tom Britt, a maximalist designer known for his swaggering, lavish interiors that could evoke the court of Louis XV or the palace of a maharajah or a Venetian palazzo " "operatic d'cor," as one design critic put it, "that was also…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (945+ words) John H. Beyer, the last surviving founder of Beyer Blinder Belle, a New York-based architecture firm whose commitment to historic preservation and adaptive reuse helped safeguard the city's past over the last half century, even as developers raced to push the…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (182+ words) How does one introduce a man like John Wilson to those unfamiliar with him? Well, to start, among many things, he's a rather awkward fellow, a talented filmmaker, and a lover of people. Above all else, though, he's an artist....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) Even New Yorkers who don't think they know Rafael Guastavino know Rafael Guastavino. Though the 19th-century Spanish architect is hardly a household name, his innovative vaults and domes lend a soaring grandeur to beloved public spaces all over Gotham. "The…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1087+ words) Dallas's City Hall, an inverted pyramid of concrete and glass designed by the famed architect I.M. Pei, is a striking monument to municipal government in a state where government is rarely celebrated. Its imposing structure has attracted admirers and detractors since…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (442+ words) The odd design of former President Barack Obama's new presidential center is supposed to evoke unity and not Darth Vader, according to an Obama Foundation official, who explained the bizarre look of the austere building." The $830 million monolith " slated to…...