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Architecture
Thomas Heatherwick Embraces Complexity

The British designer is reshaping cities across the globe with an eye for creating destinations,...

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Malkit Shoshan on the Architecture of Diplomacy

The Israeli-born Brooklynite designed the Dutch Pavilion as a means towards resolution in places...

Design
Don’t Call Kram/Weisshaar Futuristic

The duo may be ahead of most of us, but for them, technologically-advanced design is all in a day's

Power List
Alejandro Aravena

How the Pritzker Prize–Winning architect is changing the world with beautiful, practical...

Design
Neri Oxman Is Redesigning the Natural World

From 3-D printing exoskeletons to creating biodegradable architecture, the MIT Media Lab professor...

Architecture
How the Mansion From “The Big Lebowski” Wound Up in LACMA’s Collection

Thanks to owner James Goldstein, a Los Angeles personality known for his eccentric style and...

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Craig Dykers’s SFMOMA is Built for Tomorrow

Snøhetta's new home for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hopes to change everything from how

IN MEMORIAM
César Pelli, 1926-2019

The Argentine architect, who has passed away at 92, elevated even the most basic projects.

Urban Space
How Leslie Koch Transformed Governors Island

After 10 years leading the island’s development, Koch prepares her final contribution to the...

Architecture
Speed Art Museum’s Overhaul

The continuously evolving Louisville museum gets a new look.

Architecture
Odile Decq Breaks the Rules

The edgy French architect has become an advocate for women in the field and the next generation of...

Architecture
The Harbin Opera House Brings Nature Indoors

Step Inside the Modern-day Icon by Ma Yansong.

architecture
Legends: Zaha Hadid

Remembering one of architecture's greatest talents.

Architecture
A Monograph of Selldorf Architects

A new Phaidon monograph explores the work of Selldorf architects through photographs captured by...

architecture
Large and In Charge

Richard Friedman goes big with a tasteful new building in Boston's Back Bay.