An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.

A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.

The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.

Take Atlantic Yards, a 22-acre megaproject in Brooklyn. The city and state development agencies largely ignored community ...

The broad cultural impact of architects like Robert A.M. Stern is waning. Are influencers killing the celebrity designer?

Among the gestures o f graciousness that are commonplace in Mexico City, the subtle negotiation of shared public space often ...

It represented a whole religion built up around conforming to the accepted brand of nonconformity, and Gehry … wouldn’t ...

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) recently announced that the “professional” status of “terminal architecture degree ...

There is an astonishing degree of complexity, order, and beauty in the natural world. Even so, and especially within the realm of living things, nothing is more complex than it needs to be to sustain ...

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. For me, this local event marked the beginning of the Latino transformation of the American landscape. When it occurred, however, I was ...

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s ...

New York City is busy promoting a significant set of changes to its zoning policy under the “City of Yes” slogan. The three main categories of proposed changes are: carbon neutrality, economic ...