ESSAY Suite Sorrow: The Death of New York’s Grand Hotels One New Yorker laments the passing of one of the city’s greatest offerings.
Taste Rose McGowan’s Circular World If the Hollywood star had her way, our lives would be a lot rounder.
Books Lessons in Building Community Writer Michael Webb chronicles the evolution and current state of large-scale residential design.
Architecture Peter Zumthor: Rigor and Resonance The Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architect brings his perceptive touch to projects from Norway to...
Studio Visit Stephanie Goto’s Food for Thought Inside her Manhattan space, the architect and designer dishes on her love of food, dream passengers
Site Visit Twisting Towers by Bjarke Ingels Danish architect Bjarke Ingels recently took Surface on a tour of The Grove at Grand Bay, a...
Architecture The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg A new Herzog & de Meuron-designed concert hall takes center stage in Hamburg.
Architecture Koray Duman Is Just Right The Turkish architect thrives in creating galleries and spaces for artists.
Architecture 2016 in 20 Buildings Our editors weigh in on the projects that defined the year in architecture.
Best of 2016 The Last Word: Memorable Quotes From 2016 As 2016 draws to a close, we’ve selected a few of the most memorable quotes that ran in...
Gallery Poems for Detroit Ten original compositions inspired by historic landmarks in the Motor City, now one year in as a...
Urban space Renaissance Plan: Brooklyn Navy Yard The Brooklyn Navy Yard has long been on the radar of developers, and now its reinvention is...
Architecture A New Film Revisits A Vanished Neutra House Director Elissa Brown explores a lost piece of her family's history.
Architecture An Art Museum Inspired By the Fields That Surround It The new Manetti Shrem Art Museum at UC Davis reflects the landscape and history.
Design A Local Design Firm Puts a Small Island Nation on an International Stage How the Seychelles-based design firm Add.Locus created their country's first-ever presentation at...
SURFACE 7 A Palatial Members Club Devoted to Fine Wines and Dining Stuns in Hong Kong Plus, Kelly Wearstler’s Giobagnara collaboration, a Swedish streetwear label lands in New York,...
DESIGN DISPATCH Hermès Unveils Its Winter Menswear in Tokyo, and Other News Plus, L.A.'s Natural History Museum opens its new welcome center, and Nike prepares to revive its...
DESIGN DISPATCH Bonhams’ Hong Kong Auction House Prepares for Opening Day, and Other News Plus, more than 100 galleries will be represented at Frieze L.A., and COP29 forms an...
ARTIST STATEMENT In the Oeuvre of Terence Ntsako Maluleke, Storytelling Runs Deep With Jackson Hlungwani’s Gift II, the Johannesburg-based painter immortalizes a cherished...
DESIGN Roman and Williams’ Latest is a Staggering Show of Luminous Power Behind the exhibition of 100 original lighting designs from from the prodigious power duo, a...