Architecture
News about Architecture, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
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Sep. 18, 2014
Architect and critic Alexander Gorlin shops around SoHo looking for objects designed by acclaimed modern architects. MORE -
Sep. 7, 2014
Christopher Gray Streetscapes column highlights the Rockfall apartment on West 111th St, completed in 1910; it has lost much of its ornament since the early 1950s, but the current crisscross brick of the top floors is unusual attempt to restore some of building's old spirit. MORE -
Sep. 4, 2014
Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center board members scrap building design by Frank Gehry, project's original architect; say they will instead select design from field of three finalists yet to be announced. MORE -
Sep. 4, 2014
Sound concerns largely informed the design of Hamptons home that architect Paul Masi built for his family; house was designed in 'acoustical shadow,' with warmth not normally associated with modern architecture. MORE -
Aug. 31, 2014
Christopher Gray Streetscapes column on the French Renaissance style Durand-Ruel gallery building, which was both gallery and residence until 1950. MORE
ARTICLES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE
Get Out the Magnifying Glass
A photo produces a Venetian Gothic surprise after many viewings, the tiny Dunlap & Company hat store.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Architecture
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American Museum of Natural History
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Fifth Avenue (Manhattan, NY)
The Climax in a Tale of Green and Gritty
The third and final phase of the High Line is like a Rorschach test, signifying different things to different people.
September 20, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: High Line (Manhattan, NY)
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Parks and Other Recreation Areas
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Architecture
Roy McMakin: His Art Is Another’s Furniture
The artist’s new pieces include a chest of drawers inspired by porn.
September 18, 2014, Thursday
Housewares by Modern Architects
Objects designed by master builders offer something special — maybe even a touch of genius?
September 18, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Gorlin, Alexander
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Architecture
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Interior Design and Furnishings
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Shopping and Retail
Despite Record Prices, RFR Goes on a Manhattan Buying Spree
RFR, run by Aby Rosen
and Michael Fuchs, has purchased a number of major properties over the
last year, and plans to invest nearly $1 billion more in 2014.
September 17, 2014, Wednesday
A Mellower Beastie Boy, in Brooklyn, Adds Home Building to the Mix
Michael Diamond,
Tamra Davis and architects and friends are developing a vacant lot in
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, constructing a $4.98 million townhouse.
September 16, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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Music
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Diamond, Michael
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Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NY)
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Beastie Boys (Music Group)
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Davis, Tamra
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Architecture
Trading Parking Lots for Affordable Housing
Parking lots can be
turned into development sites to expand and improve affordable housing
in New York City, three fellows at the Institute for Public Architecture
propose.
September 15, 2014, Monday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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Peterson, Miriam
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Rich, Nathan
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Golan, Sagi
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Affordable Housing
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Institute for Public Architecture
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Parking Garages and Lots
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de Blasio, Bill
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Public and Subsidized Housing
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Architecture
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Area Planning and Renewal
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Housing Authority (NYC)
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New York City
It’s True, You Can’t Fight City Hall
Over the years, many have tried to knock down City Hall, add onto it or move it elsewhere.
September 14, 2014, Sunday
The Elastic Interior
A forgotten space in a former schoolhouse leads to an urban dweller’s dream come true.
September 11, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Interior Design and Furnishings
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Brooklyn (NYC)
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Cooper, Chris
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Architecture
In Era of Iconoclasts, Imagination Took Wing on Beekman Place
Ashraf Pahlavi, twin
sister of the shah of Iran and a crusading women’s rights advocate,
found refuge in No. 29, while Paul Rudolph, the cerebral modernist and
dean of the Yale School of Architecture, turned No. 23 into his personal
laboratory.
September 9, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON ARCHITECTURE AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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Rudolph, Paul
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Pahlavi, Ashraf
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Beekman Place (Manhattan, NY)
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Architecture
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Restoration and Renovation
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New York City
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Multimedia
Oh, the Things You’ll See (Part of) in New York
For visitors to New York City, sidewalk
sheds ruin the chance to get the complete picture. Here are some city
landmarks currently obscured.
A Model Room Becomes Real
Redesigned patient rooms at the University
Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro have more space for patients
and families, but some features still frustrate.
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
The architect on childhood bullies, Houston skyscrapers and his design philosophy.
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
Adhesive images covering two neighboring homes in Los Angeles offer privacy, and stop traffic, too.
Child-Proof Minimalism
A couple chooses a one-room suburban life with two young children. And their toys.
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
Doug Aitken interviews the architect Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
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.
Here’s Looking Through You, Kid
An overnight stay in Philip Johnson’s Glass House, where many have peeked but few have slept.
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
A fastidious Brazilian gets the house of his dreams, with ocean views and not a speck of dust in sight.
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
While making a movie, Carrie Schoenfeld built a fossil-fuel-free country house with her husband.
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Letter
The Challenges of Teaching
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Letter
Reforming Rikers Island
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At de Blasio City Hall, Scorn (and Quiet Affirmation) for Bloomberg Years
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Arizona Republican Official Resigns After Remarks About Medicaid Recipients
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Monk Parrots Nestle Nicely in Queens and Beyond
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Report Finds Slight Growth in Population of Inmates
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New York City Council Hears Push for Benefits by Jazz Veterans
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DealBook
With Pension Fund Giant Calpers Quitting Hedge Funds, Other Investors Reflect
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Letter
Remove Youths From Rikers
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