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Monday, August 4, 2014

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Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jul. 31, 2014
    Michael Kimmelman opposes Frick Collection's large-scale proposed expansion, warning that it will eliminate museum's prized garden in favor of a clumsy addition; suggests less destructive alternatives. MORE
  2. Jul. 31, 2014
    Q&A with British architect Johnny Grey, who is considered one of world's most influential authorities on kitchens. MORE
  3. Jul. 27, 2014
    British architect Norman Foster, who favors lots of stainless steel and glass, has four major creations under construction or close to breaking ground in Manhattan; while Foster has been mostly quiet since starting his career five years ago, 'starchitect' trend is not expected to end anytime soon and demand for his work in New York City should only intensify. MORE
  4. Jul. 27, 2014
    Christopher Gray Streetscapes column points out West 79th Street, from Amsterdam Avenue to Broadway, is a remarkable example of two facing rows of late 19th-century townhouses; says buildings are almost intact, although four were replaced in the 1970s with a homely apartment house of the same height; says building's owner Anbau Enterprises wants to build 16-story apartment house that makes right gesture to historic district. MORE
  5. Jul. 25, 2014
    Holland Cotter reviews exhibit Beyond the Supersquare, exploring 20th-century modernist architecture and art in South America, at Bronx Museum of the Arts. MORE

ARTICLES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE

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Invitation to a Dialogue: Less Ego in Architects

An architect laments the image that “starchitects” have given her profession. Readers are invited to respond.
August 4, 2014, Monday

A Helping Hand in Brick and Mortar

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
A group of civic buildings on York Avenue in the far East 70s included three model tenement complexes, a school, a library, a settlement house and a public bath.
August 3, 2014, Sunday

The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
A critic argues that the Frick Collection should abandon its plan to construct a new tower and erase its gated garden and consider other options.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Frick Collection , Museums , Manhattan (NYC) , Architecture

Everyone Into the Kitchen

By JANE MARGOLIES
Johnny Grey, a celebrated kitchen designer, on strategies for making food preparation more sociable.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Kitchens , Architecture , Grey, Johnny

Pickle-Shaped Tower Put Up for Sale in London

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Norman Foster-designed tower nicknamed the Gherkin for its distinctive shape, is expected to generate worldwide interest.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday

An Architect Gets Busy

By C. J. HUGHES
Four major creations from the British designer Norman Foster, who favors lots of stainless steel and glass, are under construction or close to breaking ground in Manhattan.
July 27, 2014, Sunday

In Context or Out of Step?

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
On West 79th Street, from Amsterdam Avenue to Broadway, is a remarkable example of two facing rows of late 19th-century townhouses on a wide street.
July 27, 2014, Sunday

Even Utopian Citizens Like to Leave the House

By HOLLAND COTTER
“Beyond the Supersquare,” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, looks back at 20th-century modernism in South America and toward new ways to view architecture.
July 25, 2014, Friday

A Two-Ring Circus

By STEVEN KURUTZ
As in two circus tents. Also in this Catskills retreat, a ballroom, psychedelic school buses and a secret compartment. A washer and dryer? Maybe later.
July 24, 2014, Thursday

Polishing the Imperfection

By RIMA SUQI
A modernist house was rough around the edges, but the price and provenance were right.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
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Britain at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale video
Britain at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale
Organizers of the exhibition “A Clockwork Jerusalem” discuss the historic influences that shaped their presentation of modern British architecture. The Biennale opened on June 7 and will run until November 23.
What Made Me | Charles Renfro video
What Made Me | Charles Renfro
The architect on childhood bullies, Houston skyscrapers and his design philosophy.
The Work of Shigeru Ban slideshow
The Work of Shigeru Ban
Images of the architect’s designs.
Peering Into Tech’s Monuments of Innovation slideshow
Peering Into Tech’s Monuments of Innovation
Increasingly, Silicon Valley companies are fusing their buildings with values of change, productivity and their perceived corporate smarts and quirkiness.
Embracing Sticker Shock slideshow
Embracing Sticker Shock
Adhesive images covering two neighboring homes in Los Angeles offer privacy, and stop traffic, too.
Child-Proof Minimalism slideshow
Child-Proof Minimalism
A couple chooses a one-room suburban life with two young children. And their toys.
The Siren Song of the Hebrides slideshow
The Siren Song of the Hebrides
Lured by the beaches and the otherworldly light on a Scottish island, a family builds an unconventional beach house there.
The Source | Liz Diller video
The Source | Liz Diller
Doug Aitken interviews the architect Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
A Home in the Spanish Pyrenees slideshow
A Home in the Spanish Pyrenees
A property in the Val d’Aran, consisting of three traditional Pyrenean farm buildings, is on the market for $4.1 million.
Back to the Future in Algeria interactive
Back to the Future in Algeria
An appreciation of the architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Back to the Future in Algeria interactive
Back to the Future in Algeria
An appreciation of the architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Here’s Looking Through You, Kid slideshow
Here’s Looking Through You, Kid
An overnight stay in Philip Johnson’s Glass House, where many have peeked but few have slept.
A New Home for Recycling slideshow
A New Home for Recycling
A look inside the new Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in Brooklyn.
Another Day, Another Catalog Shoot slideshow
Another Day, Another Catalog Shoot
Westport? So ’90s. TriBeCa? Over. Brownstone Brooklyn is ground zero for aspirational living now. Just count the ads.
Purist Paradise slideshow
Purist Paradise
A fastidious Brazilian gets the house of his dreams, with ocean views and not a speck of dust in sight.
Feels Like Old Brooklyn slideshow
Feels Like Old Brooklyn
Newburgh, N.Y., with its grand but neglected architecture, is reminiscent of 1980s Brooklyn, before gentrification. The community is working to revitalize the troubled city.
Where Peace Comes Whizzing By slideshow
Where Peace Comes Whizzing By
While making a movie, Carrie Schoenfeld built a fossil-fuel-free country house with her husband.
After the Deluge, This slideshow
After the Deluge, This
In Long Beach, N.Y., reconstruction is prolonged and painful, with decisions guided by a single, unanswerable question: When will it happen again?
For the Price of a SoHo Studio slideshow
For the Price of a SoHo Studio
An architect and his wife spent $586,000 on a light-filled New Jersey house, land included.
Preserving Yangon video
Preserving Yangon
Myanmar’s former capital is home to a large number of British colonial buildings, many of which are in danger of being destroyed amid gentrification as the isolated country opens up to the world.
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