Changes to the White House have a long history of controversy, but this new project has some inscrutable details.

Changes to the White House have a long history of controversy, but this new project has some inscrutable details. Get smart and engaging news and commentary from architecture and design’s leading ...

Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate change.

The city reported zero pedestrian deaths on its streets in 2022. Planner Mike Lydon tells us how they did it.

In an era dominated by naked self-interest and polarizing political debates on climate change, a quiet revolution is taking place, regardless of the political landscape. The transformation of our ...

How did modern architecture happen? How did we evolve so quickly from architecture that had ornament and detail, to buildings that were often blank and devoid of detail? Why did the look and feel of ...

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s ...

A coupl e of weeks ago my friend Kira Gould, the architecture and design super-connecter, sent me an email saying, in essence, This looks new and interesting, maybe you should talk to this guy? The ...

Dan Klyn, who teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan, is currently researching and writing a biography entitled Richard Saul Wurman’s 5 Lives. It’s an apt title, since the ...

The tragedy that struck one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved landmarks offers France a chance to heal after months of civil unrest. As with any unfortunate event, sympathy from a horrified ...

In my mind I see an architect, deep in thought, silently mouthing, What the hell? Weeks ago, he was working to prevent humankind from drowning in rising seas and withering in desertification. Now he’s ...