Architecture

Decorator to a Genocidal Regime

New study of Hitlerian use of design to project image to the masses
September 18, 2015 The Wall Street Journal,

New Life for Architecture of U.S. Diplomacy in Havana

The former and future U.S. Embassy is a relic of Washington's bid to project its image as a triumphant superpower
December 23, 2014 Architect,

Confrontation at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard's new Piano plays off the Le Corbusier next door, and not everyone is happy with the tune
October 2014 ARTnews,

Rethinking the Guggenheim Helsinki

Open design competition for the Finnish capital reflects a change in foundation's global strategy
September 2014 ARTnews,

Defending Diplomatic Design

State Department embassy program comes under congressional assault
August 12, 2014 Architect,

New York’s Obelisk

Falling down on the job?
January 20, 2014 The Wall Street Journal,

Reassessing an Uproar in Architecture

Adolf Loos on "Ornament and Crime"
December 4, 2013 The New York Times,

Achtung: Berlin

German capital keeps its grip on the architectural imagination
Fall 2013 Constructs,

She Gave Mies a Chance

Phyllis Lambert recounts her role in making the Seagram Building a Modernist masterpiece
May 1, 2013 ARTnews,

Hitler’s Words into Stone

Can architecture itself be fascist?
April 12, 2013 The Wall Street Journal,

Mussolini’s New Town

One of the best-preserved examples of fascist architecture in Europe—built at lightning speed and admired by Le Corbusier
January 31, 2013 Guernica,

Part Palace, Part Temple, Part Prison

On the Casa Malaparte
January 17, 2013 The Los Angeles Review of Books,

Space Odyssey

Architect Steven Holl crafts structures that are at once poetic and audacious
September 2012 ARTnews,

England’s Modernist Rental Homes

How the Living Architecture project is transforming the English countryside, one house at a time
July 2012 Travel + Leisure,

The Battle for the Palais Stoclet

An enchanted house becomes a family's curse
February 1, 2012 The Wall Street Journal,

Renzo Piano’s Gardner Museum is a Contemporary Counterpoint

Addition buttresses Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection
January 17, 2012 The Boston Globe,

Two-Family Home

Ambassadorial residence in Israel arose from friendship between Zionist architect and Muslim client
August 27, 2011 Tablet,

Israel Museum

A modernist design in Jerusalem is sensitively updated
November 2010 Architectural Record,

A Palatial “House of the Worker”

Oscar Niemeyer's poetic monument to the Communist Party in France
April 17, 2010 The Wall Street Journal,

Toppling Hitler’s Role Model

Vienna belatedly wrestles with legacy of its antisemitic mayor
February 24, 2010 Forward,

Unbuilt

Architect Frank Gehry withdraws from Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
January 14, 2010 Tablet,

The Town that Charles Built

Prince fights to keep cherished English traditions alive with his nostalgic utopia.
November 2009 Travel + Leisure,

Carlo Scarpa

A 20th century master leaves rare mark on the Veneto
October 2009 Travel + Leisure,

The New Acropolis Museum

Greece displays remnants of its past — and bids to reclaim those it lost—n the shadow of architecture's most celebrated landmark.
September 2009 Architect,

Israel’s Museums: The Next Generation

Israel is boosting its cultural infrastructure by expanding arts institutions and planning new ones
May 2009 ARTnews,

From Lollipops to Zigzags

The American Craft Museum completes its transformation into the Museum of Arts and Design with a daring makeover of an eccentric New York landmark
October 2008 ARTnews,

The Ugly American

Berlin embassy architects discover balancing openness and security is no easy task
September 2008 Architect,

Architecture vs. Extremism

Can the Aga Khan Award for Architecture reconcile modernity and tradition in the Islamic world?
May 2008 Architect,

Boomtown Beijing

Gearing up for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is a city in transformation, remaking itself for the 21st century at full tilt
November 2007 Travel + Leisure,

Florida Bauhaus

Terence Riley and John Bennett find inspiration in the legacy of Mies van der Rohe
February 2007 Architect,

A Modern Icon Steps Out

Philip Johnson's Glass House undergoes restoration
February 2007 Travel + Leisure,

Deconstructing Philip

A famed architect's design is dismantled
October 20, 2006 Forward,

Culture Clash

All across Europe, the controversial construction of new mosques is raising questions about aesthetics and assimilation, faith and tolerance—and liberal democracy itself.
April 2006 Travel + Leisure,

A Villa in Their Vernacular

The Getty posed a unique challenge for its renovation team, who chose to indulge beauty and harmony over postmodern pique.
November 6, 2005 The Los Angeles Times,

Designs for Living

In the twenties and thirties, the French Riviera was a hotbed of Modernist architectural innovation. It's still home to the seaside retreats built by and for some of the movement's founding figures.
October 2005 Travel + Leisure,

Re-Modernizing Tel Aviv

After years of neglect, Tel Aviv's Bauhaus architecture is getting a makeover. But this is a conservation effort with political overtones.
August 2005 Travel + Leisure,

An Act of Self-Preservation

UNESCO is restoring its crumbling, controversial but pedigreed Modernist headquarters. Yes, it's time for the guardian of world culture to set its own house in order.
May 24, 2005 The Los Angeles Times,

Concrete Memory

On a vast site in the center of Berlin, Peter Eisenman's stark, haunting Holocaust memorial offers a glimpse into the heart of darkness.
March 2005 Travel + Leisure,

A Parliamentary Debate

Brilliant, late, and stupendously over budget, Scotland's new parliament building opens its doors to a storm of controversy.
November 2004 Travel + Leisure,

Preservation Politics

Even as UNESCO's World Heritage List succeeds in protecting cultural and natural treasures, critics question its use as a tool for tourism promotion—and say it's growing too quickly.
October 2004 Travel + Leisure,

New World War II Memorial is Meant to Celebrate Democracy

So why does it resemble a monument to a defeated fascist?
May 2004 Architecture,

Embassy Row Receives an Exotic Face Lift

Countries are commissioning high-profile architects to create diplomatic missions that reflect their cultural heritage. Results are mixed.
Sunday, April 18, 2004 The Los Angeles Times,

A Capital Offense?

New security measures may protect our monuments, but they may also be turning Washington, D.C., into a city under siege.
April 2004 Travel + Leisure,

At Ground Zero, a Fresh Take

Michael Arad's life lessons shaped his winning design for the World Trade Center memorial, one that could inspire the nation to heal.
March 7, 2004 The Los Angeles Times,

Mecca’s Makeover

Islam's holiest city attracts millions of pilgrims—more every year. To accommodate the faithful, the Saudis are constructing a vast new gateway.
February 2004 Travel + Leisure,

Leading Architects Design for Opera

Creating lavish sets in hopes of giving the art form an exciting new look
August 17, 2003 The Los Angeles Times,

What Works, What Doesn’t

Master-planning Ground Zero makes the pragmatic Alexander Garvin a local lightning rod
September 2002 Architecture,

A Capital of Europe?

Brussels is primping
March 2, 2002 The New York Times,

The Rebirth of Dresden

Heavily damaged during World War II, Germany's loveliest city will soon look as good as new—some might even say better. The politics of rebuilding, brick by brick.
February 2002 Travel + Leisure,

Germany’s New Synagogues

The Jewish population of Germany has tripled since the fall of the Wall. In what style should they build?
October 2001 Architecture,

The Ideological Coding Behind Hilton Hotels

A Cold War weapon disguised as a place to spend the night
July 21, 2001 The New York Times,

America’s Most Prolific Synagogue Architect

After Hitler
March 9, 2001 Forward,

Dictator by Design

More than 50 years after Mussolini's fall from power, Italians can't agree on what to do with the monumental buildings he left behind.
March 2001 Travel + Leisure,

From Modernism to Communism and Back

An Adolf Loos masterpiece reopens in Prague
January 4, 2001 The New York Times,

The Burden of History

What's it like to be Albert Speer's son and namesake—practicing architecture in Germany?
June 2000 Architecture,

Heaven Can’t Wait

Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau uprooted more than a few trees in his quest to build a paradise on earth in Germany. Finally his estate is open to the public.
May 2000 Travel + Leisure,

Walking Mussolini’s Fascist Utopia

Classical Rome reinterpreted for another imperial era
July 11, 1999 The New York Times,

The New Berlin

Expressing government power without pomposity
April 11, 1999 The New York Times,

Berlin Dispatch: Re-edification

Can democratic ministries occupy Nazi relics?
September 29, 1997 The New Republic,

Building on the Spirit of America

A U.S. architectural billboard in Berlin
March 15, 1997 The Spectator,

The Challenge of a Crumbling Havana

Led by Bay of Pigs veteran, Florida group tries to save Cuban capital's architecture
January 14, 1996 The New York Times,

Where the Mexican Arts May Feel Right at Home

New cultural center celebrates national heritage
February 19, 1995 The New York Times,

Cathedrals of Freedom

From Ljubljana to Prague, they're dusting off the memory - and drawings - of Joze Plecnik
July 7, 1994 The Washington Post,

Scraping the Sky: The Eternal Architect

Even at 86, Philip Johnson has no small plans
December 3, 1992 The Washington Post,

Complicity in Concrete

The architecture of Vienna's Nazi past
February 3, 1991 The Washington Post,

The Haus Hollein Built

Vienna's version of Trump Tower
September 30, 1990 The Washington Post,