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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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Chronology of Coverage

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Aug. 27, 2014
    Santander Journal; new Centro Botin contemporary art center in Santander, Spain, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano is the latest private museum emerging in Europe that matches star architects and dramatic designs with billionaires who have ambitions and brands to promote; building is fully paid for by the family foundation of Emilio Botin III, third-generation president of Banco Santander. MORE
  5. Aug. 24, 2014
    Christopher Gray Streetscapes column; New York Produce Exchange, on east side of Broadway across from Bowling Green, might be historically most regretted structure in New York City to be razed when it was demolished in 1957, and may have planted seeds of preservation movement. MORE

ARTICLES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE

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In Era of Iconoclasts, Imagination Took Wing on Beekman Place

By MATT A.V. CHABAN
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

Refugees Reshape Their Camp, at the Risk of Feeling at Home

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
The construction of a public square in a deeply conservative Palestinian refugee camp has made some there feel more at home, a provocative concept in camps conceived as temporary.
September 7, 2014, Sunday

Transforming, but Not Disrupting

By ALEXANDRA LANGE
Many American urban projects opening in the coming months are not large-scale institutions but hybrids being constructed in locations not necessarily known for design.
September 7, 2014, Sunday

The Shearing of the Rockfall

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
The Rockfall, completed in 1910, has been relieved of much of its original ornament.
September 7, 2014, Sunday

Arts Center at Ground Zero Shelves Gehry Design

By ROBIN POGREBIN
The board of the performing arts center planned for the World Trade Center scuttled Frank Gehry’s plan and will select a new design.
September 4, 2014, Thursday

A House Built to Baffle

By STEVEN KURUTZ
In the Hamptons, a home set in an “acoustical shadow” is spared nearby traffic noise.
September 4, 2014, Thursday

Set in Flight by Gouache and Oil

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
One of the most remarkable galleries on gallery-packed 57th Street was that of the Durand-Ruel family.
August 31, 2014, Sunday

Along the High Line: Top This!

By C. J. HUGHES
Two condominiums are coming to the High Line from the architect Soo K. Chan, one of which will include private pools.
August 31, 2014, Sunday

A Banker’s Bold Vision Inspires an Arts Center, and Neighbors’ Doubts

By DOREEN CARVAJAL
The Centro Botín, designed by Renzo Piano, is rising in the northern city of Santander, along with complaints that public space is being exploited.
August 27, 2014, Wednesday

A Brick Beauty Bites the Dust

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
The preservation movement was still a few years off when the New York Produce Exchange was demolished in 1957.
August 24, 2014, Sunday
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Oh, the Things You’ll See (Part of) in New York slideshow
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 interactive
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.
Gastro-Architecture interactive
Gastro-Architecture
A tour of the world’s edible architecture. Take a photo, or a bite.
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.
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