|
NYT > Architecture
|
News about architecture, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
|
|
-
Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia
 Medellín, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city’s slums.
-
A San Francisco Couple Domesticates a Former Warehouse
 In San Francisco, a couple domesticates a former warehouse.
-
Cottage Installations for Country Living’s House of the Year
 Three cottages have appeared at the base of the World Financial Center, installations for Country Living magazine’s House of the Year.
-
Minneapolis Tussles Over Peavey Plaza
 Preservationists and Minneapolis city planners are at odds over a proposal to demolish and replace a Modernist public plaza opened in 1975.
-
Frank Gehry’s Bid for Hong Kong Renters
 Swire Properties has unveiled Frank Gehry’s new Opus Hong Kong — a 12-story apartment complex that is his first major project in Asia.
-
ON LOCATION; A Reward For Decades Of Waiting
Patricia Marks, an octogenarian with a lifelong love of modern architecture, moves into a compact Los Angeles home originally designed by midcentury modernist architect Allyn Morris. Photos
-
A New Visitor Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will unveil a new visitor center and gateway at the northeast corner of the garden next Wednesday.
-
Thom Mayne of Morphosis Is Chosen for CornellNYC Tech
Thom Mayne of Morphosis has been selected to design the first academic building for Cornell University’s high-tech graduate school campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
-
ARTSBEAT; Design for Abramovic Art Center to Be Revealed
Performance artist Marina Abramovic is set to unveil the design of a new art and education center she plans to build in Hudson, NY; space will reflect the work of the architects Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas of the firm OMA and will be housed in a former theater that is now an indoor tennis court. Photos
-
STREETSCAPES | PARK ROW; Black and White and Red All Over
Christopher Gray Streetscapes column on the history of the 1875 Tribune Building, pioneering skyscraper on New York City's Park Row that was demolished in 1966 before Landmarks Preservation Commission had a chance to save it; notes that building received much criticism in its day. Photo
|
