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URBAN PLANNING
A Memphis Riverfront Park Turns the Page on Its Fraught Past

Studio Gang and Scape transform an underused section of the Memphis riverfront into a thriving...

ARCHITECTURE
Iwan Baan Captures Architecture’s Human Side

A sweeping new retrospective at the Vitra Design Museum chronicles how the Dutch photographer...

ARCHITECTURE
In Roy Lichtenstein’s Former Studio, a New Home to the Curators, Critics, and Artists of Tomorrow

The late pop art grand master’s former studio and home has reopened its doors on the artist’s...

ARCHITECTURE
Thomas Heatherwick Says We’ve Entered a “Blandemic”

In a new book, the rule-breaking British designer scorns drab architecture and pleads for buildings

CULTURE CLUB
The World Monuments Fund Celebrates Its 34th Annual Hadrian Gala

On Oct. 25, a group of philanthropists representing the art, architecture, and fashion milieu...

ARCHITECTURE
In Albania, a Monument to Tyranny Begins Anew

MVRDV has finished transforming the Pyramid of Tirana—a maligned symbol of Albanian oppression...

ART
This Museum of Stolen Artifacts Aims to Empty Itself

UNESCO and Interpol are developing an immersive virtual museum tracking hundreds of stolen cultural

Partnership
Surface and Dorsia Merge Cultures, Work Needs With ROOM Booths

Nailing hybrid workplace design is one thing, but achieving it for two companies sharing an office...

ARCHITECTURE
The Vivid, Vanishing Backdrops of Ilana Harris-Babou’s Youth

At Storefront for Art and Architecture, the interdisciplinary artist recreates the disappearing...

URBAN PLANNING
Manhattan Gets a Beach—and an Art History Lesson

With the opening of Gansevoort Peninsula this month, Manhattan has welcomed its first public...

ARCHITECTURE
The Evolving Potential of Columbus’s Modernist Buildings

Exhibit Columbus, a citywide festival launched by the Landmark Columbus Foundation, seeks to build...

DESIGN DISPATCH
The Met’s New Children’s Studio Is a Sprawling Play Space, and Other News 

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

ARCHITECTURE
From Upstate New York, Magazzino Charts a Future for Italian Art

The museum and research center entered its next chapter with the unveiling of the Robert Olnick...

ARCHITECTURE
The Domino Sugar Refinery Enters a New Era

The historic Brooklyn factory has wrapped up a $2.5 billion renovation, a tricky undertaking that...

ARCHITECTURE
New York City Welcomes a Performing Arts Center at Ground Zero

At the $500 million Perelman Performing Arts Center, the minds behind it sketch a hopeful future...