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A stunning spiral house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix, Arizona, faces potential demolition as soon as tomorrow. Wright built the house in 1952 for his son David, but the property is currently owned by a developer called 8081 Meridian, which is threatening to destroy it.
Art
The greatest power of architecture lays not in its ability to create dazzling baubles to brand international cities but in the way it shapes how we actively live our lives, revealing new possibilities and shifting our perceptions. The new Black Family Visual Art Center (VAC) at Dartmouth College, wh
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The conventions are here; election season is officially upon us. I figure, since everyone's already busy having strong opinions and heated discussions about all sorts of political issues, why not throw another one into the mix, something all of us can tweet and roll our eyes and get annoyed about?
Art
"Architect Bruce Goff, one of the few US architects whom Frank Lloyd Wright considers creative, scorns houses that are ‘boxes with little holes'.” So starts a 1951 Life Magazine article on the Ford House in Aurora, Illinois, one of Goff's many astounding and imaginative designs that are some of the
Art
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Olafur Eliasson's stunning collaboration with Henning Larsen Architects on the Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Iceland.
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Tomorrow, the new Serpentine Pavilion officially opens in London's Kensington Gardens and judging by the photos this year's creation by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei may be one of the most beautiful yet.
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WTC1 may have reached the 100-floor mark on April 2, but today, April 30, it has officially surpassed the Empire State Building (1,250 ft./381 m) as the tallest building in New York.
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People can be forgiven for not realizing that one of the masterpieces of Brutalism, an architectural style with a name that isn't exactly soft and fuzzy, is just north of New York City in Orange County, New York. But then again you may not need to remember that fact since the Paul Rudolph-designed O
Art
Lebbeus Woods is probably the most famous architect you’ve never heard of. Although, perhaps the word architect is limiting. Since the beginning of his career at a number of highbrow firms in the 1980s the architect, theorist and (I will venture) artist has weaved his off kilter brand of design in a
Opinion
This jaw-dropping time-lapse video demonstrates the power of China today.
Opinion
From the desk of the always brilliant Grant Snider is this clever take on the starchitect.
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Oh, postmodernism. You are history now. This fall, architect Michael Graves classic 1982 Portland building was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.