Architecture Trump Wants All Federal Architecture to Be “Beautiful” President Donald Trump has signed an executive order making neoclassical architecture the preferred
ARCHITECTURE The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Unveils Expansion Plans Practice for Architecture and Urbanism wins the competition to design a $100 million expansion of...
DESIGN DISPATCH Facebook Will Invest $150 Million for Affordable Housing in the Bay Area Facebook will dedicate $150 million to build 2,000 units of affordable housing for low-income...
ARCHITECTURE The AIA Bans Designing Spaces Intended for Execution, Torture After months of pressure, the organization approves new ethics rules that prohibit members from...
Architecture Architects Ask MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name Over Fascist Ties The architect's problematic political inclinations are well-documented: he personally translated...
NEED TO KNOW Martin and Anastasija Lesjak Liken Design to an Organism The founders of Austrian firms Innocad and 13&9 forgo abstract thinking in favor of real-world...
ARCHITECTURE Is Four Seasons Total Landscaping a Historic Site? An online petition calls for the bizarre location of the Trump campaign’s infamous press...
Architecture A Cultural Institution Resembling a Suspended Cloud is Planned for Siberia The Vienna-based architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au is behind the design of the Kemerovo Museum...
Architecture Sea Sponges Are The Secret Sauce For The Next Generation of Architecture Invertebrate marine creatures are paving the way for stronger and lighter bridges and skyscrapers.
Architecture The Robot’s Head in Kaliningrad Will Be Demolished Next Year The Russian brutalist building designed by architect Yulian L. Shvartsbreim has been abandoned...
EVENTS Architecture & Design Film Festival 2020: What to Expect The virtual festival will stream standout feature-length documentaries about George Nakashima,...
Design Dispatch Better late than never? Berlin’s New Airport Finally Arrives Nine Years Past its Projected Opening Date Plagued by corruption scandals, engineering mistakes, and $4 billion in budget overruns,...
ARCHITECTURE Does London Need the Tulip Tower? Despite being chided by critics and dismissed by mayor Sadiq Khan, the controversial tower by...
Business of Design What Jean Nouvel’s New Resort Means for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 The French architect has unveiled a truly groundbreaking design for the Sharaan by Jean Nouvel...
Design Eileen Gray, Unsung Modernist Architect, Comes Into Full View With more than 200 furnishings, sketches, and archival documents, the Bard Graduate Center Gallery...
SURFACE 7 Sky Ting Yoga Spreads Its Wings Plus, an elite newcomer to Milan’s members-only sphere, a penthouse stocked with artisan-made...
DESIGN DISPATCH LVMH Invests in German Eyewear Label Mykita, and Other News Plus, Central Park gets a new rec center and Amazon enters the smart glasses arms race.
DESIGN DISPATCH Vogue Makes History With Marc Jacobs as a Guest Editor, and Other News Plus, an I.M. Pei-designed office tower goes to auction and the Pérez Museum receives a major...
DESIGN DISPATCH Peter Do Steps Down from Helmut Lang, and Other News Plus, Burberry's renewed focus on heritage products, and Sotheby's settles with the New York...
CULTURE CLUB Dia Art Foundation Rings In 50 Years On Nov. 4, more than 400 artists, philanthropists, museum directors, curators, and art-world...