Books
The Origins of Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal in a One-Legged Chair
When the TWA Flight Center opened in 1962 at New York's JFK Airport, its swooping form seemed to embody flight itself, with its two white wings rising from the tarmac.
Architecture
In Brief
Chinese Government Has Had It with “Oversized, Weird” Architecture
Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins.
Art
The Freeform Scribbles that Give Rise to Frank Gehry's Buildings
In an episode of the animated television series Arthur, Frank Gehry makes a surprise appearance, announcing that he's been hired to design a new art gallery in the fictitious Elwood City.
Art
The Otherworldly Modern Homes that Were Never Built
While other modern architects imagined a future of single-family homes that resembled Rubik's Cubes, with boxy exteriors and primary-colored walls, Austrian-American artist and architect Frederick Kiesler considered a return to cave dwelling.
Art
Take a Bite Out of Modernism with MoMA's 1988 Architecture Cookie Cutters
Which modern architecture icon makes a better cookie, Eero Saarinen's sleek TWA Terminal or Frank Lloyd Wright's spiraling Guggenheim Museum?
Art
The Design for 2 WTC and the Dangers of Building Neighborhoods in the Sky
It’s one thing for an architect to invoke a low-rise historic neighborhood on the mega-scale of a high-rise office tower, but it’s quite another to imagine that an office building can actually embody the authentic neighborhood that surrounds it — and not merely the spectacular simulation of said nei
Art
Digitally Deface Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye
Have you ever wanted to throw a piano or screeching cat at Le Corbusier's pristinely white 1931 Villa Savoye in France?
Art
The Spite House, an Architectural Phenomenon Built on Rage and Revenge
Spite houses are homes built on anger.
News
Kaleidoscopic Interior by Pritzker Prize–Winning Architect Faces Demolition in NYC
Since opening in 1976, 1 United Nations Plaza has been an experience like tumbling into a hall of mirrors.
Art
Encountering a Frank Lloyd Wright House 1,200 Miles from Where It First Stood
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — On August 17, 1953, Gloria and Abraham Wilson sent a letter to one of the most famous architects in the United States. It began: "Dear Mr. Wright: Would you design a house for us?"
Books
Why Japan's Futuristic Micro-Homes Are So Popular
Like in many of the world's most densely populated nations, real estate in Japan is tough to come by.
Art
Negotiating Copyright and Copy-wrong in Architecture
There is no shortage of literature on copying in architecture.