Books
Uncovering a Manifesto in the Blog of Visionary Architect Lebbeus Woods
From 2007 to 2012, the late architect Lebbeus Woods kept a blog that offered a peek into the mind of one of our most visionary contemporary creators.
Architecture
In Brief
1,300 Intimate Images of Midcentury Modernist Structures Go Online
The University of Southern California Libraries have digitized roughly 1,300 rare photographs of midcentury modernism in the American West, as documented by two of its insiders.
Art
Creating a Spatial History of Slavery through Abstraction
Minimalist abstraction of the 20th century often feels placeless. Tony Smith's angular, inky sculptures could have crawled out of a dimension void of organic life; Mark Rothko's repeating black canvases in a Houston chapel reflected the space's lack of specific religion.
Art
The Homes, Parks, and Towns that Shaped the United States' Built Environment
The built environment of the United State was constructed on grand ideas, including parks that inspired morality, towns designed to curb strikes, and homes that offered everyone their own slice of the land.
Art
A Century of Wild and Utopian Experiments with Self-Sustaining Worlds
Can a house sustain itself by eating its own tail?
In Brief
Starchitect Zaha Hadid Dead at 65
Zaha Hadid, the celebrated Iraqi-British architect, has died of a heart attack at a Miami hospital, the BBC first reported.
Art
As Met Breuer Opens, Two of the Architect's Buildings Face an Uncertain Fate
Prominence of name has never guaranteed the preservation of architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright's Park Avenue Showroom was demolished in 2013 just blocks from his iconic Guggenheim Museum, Louis Kahn's Philadelphia commercial storefront was torn down in 2014, just a couple of years after the grand unve
In Brief
Poll: What Does This Aggressively Restored 9th-Century Moorish Castle Look Like?
An architect's restoration of a 9th-century Moorish castle in southern Spain has drawn outcry from locals and historians, with many drawing comparisons between the registered national monument's new look and the infamous case of Beast Jesus.
Art
A New Tool Maps the NYC Landmarks Near You
Last month, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to recommend 30 of the sites from its backlog of nearly 100 as potential landmarks.
Art
Unlocking the Mysteries of Manhattan's New Pyramid
It’s almost difficult to tell the story behind Via 57 West, the new Bjarke Ingels Group-designed residential high-rise now welcoming its first tenants on Manhattan’s west side.
Art
MoMA’s New Japanese Architecture: A Vision for the Future That’s Already Here
What if modern architecture could do it all over again?
Art
Preserving South Carolina’s Greek Revival Ruins with 3D Modeling
Sheldon Church would be at home in a Caspar David Friedrich painting, its Greek Temple–style ruins crumbling in the shadows of moss-laden oaks like an apparition of Romanticism.