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Architecture

 
  MODEL HOUSE

Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane?

Nope. It's a prefab house named the Vultee—the only residence ever built in an aircraft factory

 

  GREAT SPACES

The Legacy of Prickly Mountain

Built as an antiestablishment utopia in the mid 1960s, Vermont enclave Prickly Mountain has had a profound influence on contemporary architecture

 


  PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

A World of Light and Glass

Architect James Carpenter is known for startling designs that make the invisible visible. Now two New York towers that bear his mark are going up
Slide Show: Lightening Up Landmark Buildings

 

  WONDERS OF THE WORLD > >

Where Spirit Meets Stone

Whether centuries old or just-built, houses of worship tend to embody the spiritual side of architecture

Slide Show: Wondrous Houses of Worship > >
 

  MEET THE DESIGNERS

From Towers to Dishes

Judging from Gregory Klosowski's lineage -- his father was a machinist; his grandfather, a mason -- it is not much of a stretch to imagine him leaning toward a career within a craft-oriented field. MORE >

Cruz Finds Solutions for Border Living

The San Diego architect and his firm are designing affordable housing for immigrants in a California border town MORE >

The Reluctant Starchitect

Joshua Prince-Ramus separates from OMA to form a new firm and he's sure of REX's ability to attract clients without the Koolhaas star magnet MORE >



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  TOP STORIES

The Vanishing Class

Middle-income neighborhoods are disappearing from cities. In New York they're being squeezed to the very edge

OMA's Race to Construct in China

International architectural partnership OMA (of Rem Koolhaas fame) is relishing the challenge of building a new headquarters for China's national broadcaster
Slide Show: The State of Chinese TV

Design, Puppies, and Love

An art and design auction to raise funds for cancer research in Miami
Slide Show: Puppy Love

  GREEN ARCHITECTURE

Smart Solutions for Global Warming

From geothermal to biomass, Israeli energy pioneer Ormat Industries is advancing alternative and renewable energies around the world

Redefining the Urban Jungle

Thanks to French botanist Patrick Blanc, Plant Walls—vertical gardens attached to hotels and museums—are sprouting up in cities worldwide
Slide Show: Teaching Gardens to Climb

A Geothermal House

An 8,000 square foot house outside of Boston brings the outdoors in and the indoors out
Slide Show: Here Comes the Sun House

The Green Stamp Of Approval

Architects and their clients are scrambling to win eco-friendly certification

Alternative Energy, Continental Style

Europe's commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is leading to more interest in solar, wind, and wave power-and even nuclear plants

Living Cradle-to-Cradle

Two Virginia architects complete the first house that meets William McDonough’s strict environmental protocol

Tax Incentives Go Green

The federal government and several states are offering credits to encourage sustainable development

Award-Winning Green

The AIA's Committee on the Environment has announced its Top Ten sustainable buildings of the year

Chicago's Green Light for Permits

The Second City looks to be first in environmentally friendly building with a year-old program that expedites permits for green projects

Robo-Building

In a slew of new projects, smart facades automatically control daylighting, ventilation, and more, benefiting occupants and the environment alike. Call it auto-tecture

William McDonough: Design For Living

The visionary eco-architect and designer wants a renewable world

Green and Gleaming Towers

Eco-friendliness used to mean a house with a solar roof. Now skyscrapers are rising to the occasion with stunning innovations

  BUILDING INNOVATION

The Politics of Play

Rethinking recreational spaces to better serve cities—and children

Upgrade for Paris Business District

La Défense, the suburb where Paris does business, will undergo a long-term redevelopment that reimagines urban design

MIT Reboots Media Lab Project

The tech school went back to the drawing board for the expansion of its Media Lab, and Fumihiko Maki's new design is a minimalist masterpiece

Mile-High Aspirations

More than great architecture, Daniel Libeskind's bold museum addition is a product of admirable civic planning
Slide Show: Art Soars in the New West

Toyo Ito Designs First U.S. Building

Experimental Japanese architect is coming to Berkeley

Angular Designs for Salzburg

An ambitious, $57 million redesign for the Stern Brewery sees no building over eight stories

For Sale: House of Innovation

The 14th Sunset "Idea House," a collaboration with Popular Science, is chock full of sustainable materials and cutting-edge technology
Slide Show: Tech Lover’s Dream Home

  DIALOGUES

Representing the U.S. and Staying Secure

Suman Sorg has designed official facilities in Sri Lanka, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. She talks about building in a war zone and other challenges

Anish Kapoor Reflects Life in New York

Following on from the popularity of his installation in Chicago's Millennium Park, Kapoor takes on NYC

Living the Good Life

Zoë Ryan, senior curator of the Van Alen Institute, describes a vast new show celebrating recreation and public spaces

Go Team!

HOK Sport's Dennis Wellner describes his partnership with Peter Eisenman on the design of the new Arizona Cardinals stadium in Phoenix

New Blueprints for China's Skyline

It's not about pagoda-shaped skyscrapers, says Beijing architect Yung Ho Chang. It's about buildings that affect people's daily lives
Slide Show: Buildings Born with a Delicate Balance

  ARCHITECTURAL SHOWCASE

Ivy Leagues Building Big

Universities are commissioning ambitious architecture to lure top talent

Nonresidential Construction Spending Red Hot

Despite softening home sales, non-res figures are up for the fifteenth consecutive month

Do I Hear $2.5 Million?

That's the asking opening bid for Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 21, on the block in December

Ground Zero in Middle Age

Despite years of rancor surrounding it, the WTC site still possesses a deep emotional power

Washington's Campaign for National Mall

The National Park Service launches a 50-year plan to overhaul the National Mall in Washington. Raising money and ideas are the first steps

The Rising Star of Italian Architecture

The romantic, lyrical buildings of Rome native Massimiliano Fuksas are meant to educate, to reinvent traditions, and to "change the world"
Slide Show: Fuksas' Fiera: Art, Architecture, and Philosophy

Designing in the Desert

Tucson, AZ-based Ibarra Rosano Design Architects consider that every project is simply a way to remodel the rugged, natural landscape
Slide Show: Southwest Spaces Extend the Environment

Louis Vuitton's Luxury Architecture

LVMH has hired Frank Gehry to design $127 million private museum, the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation

Next Phase: Asymptote 3.0

The husband and wife architectural team take it to a new level with commissions in Abu Dhabi, Paris, Budapest, and more
Slide Show: The Techno-Utopias of Asymptote

Good Times

By resisting easy temptations with his design for the new New York Times building, Renzo Piano has accomplished something rare: unstrained symbolism

Wright in the Desert

One student's one room homage to Frank Lloyd Wright

Studio Anderson: Turning Tales into Design

Profile of the San Diego architectural practice

  OTHER INNOVATION AND DESIGN STORIES

A Concrete Step Toward Cleaner Air

Visitors to the Venice Biennale can check out the smog-eating cement that Italian inventors claim will help cities clean themselves

How to Turn Money Into Innovation

The Global Innovation 1,000 survey shows which companies are just throwing money into R&D and which ones can boast about innovation

Acumen's New Model for Third-World Aid

By joining designers' innovative solutions with finance from capital markets, the Acumen Fund aims to effect permanent change
Slide Show: Acumen Fund's Net Gain

A Curious Mind Wins Design Prize

Britain's prestigious Prince Philip Prize is awarded to upstart Thomas Heatherwick, whose unique international projects always amaze
Slide Show: Designs Fit for a Prince

World-Changing Products

Here are some eco-friendly ideas that promise to make the planet a better place


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