Architecture

Bannerman's Castle Crumbles: Hudson River Landmark Partially Collapses

nytimes.com | LIZ ROBBINS | Posted 12.30.2009 | New York


Bannerman's Castle was already an enigmatic ruin in the middle of the Hudson River, but then in the silence of last Saturday night, a large chunk of h...

The Best And Worst Architecture Of The '00s

The Washington Post | Posted 12.27.2009 | Home


Architecture is symbiotically linked to the flow of money, and so it was a topsy-turvy decade, beginning in exuberance, and ending with talk that perh...

Best Buildings Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 12.19.2009 | World


Every decade brings with it new buildings that stir the imagination and push the limits of what was sought possible in terms of design. In the slidesh...

UN Renovation: Fun Taken Out of East River Complex

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York


Evelyn Leopold

The bustling corridors of the UN are quiet. There are no lines in the cafeteria as the campus is being steadily dismantled in the 39-floor high-rise glass tower on New York's East River.

Building Change Across the Globe

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 12.07.2009 | Impact


Cameron Sinclair

Architecture for Humanity has spent the last decade building a more sustainable future using the power of design.

Architectural 'Intolerance' in Switzerland

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 12.03.2009 | World


Cameron Sinclair

The recent vote by the people of Switzerland to ban minarets is at best misguided, at worst downright racism. Architecture is a political act. What, where and how we build is affected by politics, but this is beyond the pale.

"Monuments Men": Saving Historic Structures in Wartime

Robert M. Edsel | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books


Robert M. Edsel

I am driven by my passion to tell the story of a group of men and women who volunteered for service during World War II to save the greatest structures and other priceless works of art from destruction.

"Construction Project"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living


Jerry Zezima

The braces on my teeth ought to be called the Great Project of Geezer. This architectural marvel has been engineered and constructed by Dr. Ben Murray, an orthodontic resident at the Stony Brook University.

Bait a Geek, Beta Style: The New Apple Store Takes a Bite Out of the Upper West Side

Doree Lewak | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Doree Lewak

The fourth NYC Apple retail store is launching this weekend, this time on the UWS, raising the unavoidable question: has anyone actually gotten laid from the launch of an Apple store?

Recycled Brick Walls Save Water

Dornob Design | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green


More than just its composite materials, however, built-in grooves are designed to funnel water for gardening or even long-term underground storage....

A Cup of Coffee to Build Sustainable Communities

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact


Cameron Sinclair

Through Architecture For Humanity's "Do A Latte Good" campaign, you can bid on coffee with one of our great supporters, and in return they'll contribute to help reconstruction efforts post-Typhoon Ketsana.

Facebook Offices Unveiled (PHOTOS)

Shelterpop | Jaime Derringer | Posted 11.01.2009 | Technology


The brand new Facebook offices in Palo Alto, California got the designer treatment from Studio O+A architects....

Shine On Sierra Leone: Building Sustainable, Permanent Schools And Houses

Tiffany Persons | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact


Tiffany Persons

In 2006, I saw an article about earth-bag building. I was thrilled that we could use this method for the schoolhouse we were planning to build in Sierra Leone. But then our plans changed.

NYC Designers Team Up To Make Doing Good Look Better

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact


Starting this week, New York Magazine reported, a newly formed group of do-gooder designers are launching a project to lend worthy social projects som...

Tens of People Breathing Easier on Atlantic Yards Issue

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Matt Rodigheri

A slideshow from the Saturday March by Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

Amazing Architecture: 11 Incredible Buildings From The Future (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology


An underwater luxury hotel. A farm suspended over New York City. A rotating skyscraper. Impossible? No. The stuff of dreams? Definitely. We've p...

The Material of Public Art

Mark Mennin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Mark Mennin

The production of plastics, a synthetic, may be greener than the overall impact from fashioning art out of wood, what would seem to be the most organic material.

Open House New York Map

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York


This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

Open House New York: Where To Go This Weekend (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York


This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

Racing for the Sun: Energy COOL Solar Decathlon Back on The National Mall

A. Siegel | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, ever-cool event, pitting colleges and universities across the nation in ten contests that "center on the ways we use energy in our daily lives."

New York, You've Changed: Taxi Driver (Part 2)

Nick Carr | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

When we last left off, Travis Bickle was cruising through Times Square. We then catch him uptown as he makes a drop off at the Hotel Olcott at 27 West 72nd Street.

Visual Acoustics: Studying the Lessons of Modernity from a Master

Eric Bricker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


Eric Bricker

I met the photographer Julius Shulman by chance in the spring of 1999. Unbeknownst to me, that meeting would open a hidden portal to Los Angeles, forever altering the course of my life.

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse: Dwell Showhouse's Ecofabulous Design (PHOTOS)

Ecofabulous | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green


Guest post from Ecofabulous Ever since Jack Johnson turned "reduce, reuse, recycle" into something you hum on your morning commute, people have been ...

Eco Skyscrapers: Green Architecture Reaches For The Sky

WebEcoist | Steph | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


With a burgeoning global population that has ever-growing needs for both food and housing, many architects are looking up for sustainable solutions th...

How To Buy A Sustainable Home

nytimes.com | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


The company is aiming to become the first mass producer of what is known in green building circles as "net zero energy homes" - those that generate en...