In patches decorated with rockets, bombs and dragons, a photographer and author, Trevor Paglen, finds a coded guide to a secret world of military research. NYT | slideshow | previous feature:...
More about the 2008 Pritzker Prize Laurate, mr. Jean Nouvel:"If President Sarkozy has anything to do with it, Paris might yet join London in its quest to raise its skyline heavenwards - though in the name of Mammon and bling,
New Yorkers would do well to pay attention a proposal to tear down several buildings in the Greenwich Village Historic District if they care about the city’s future. NYT
It is not often that an architecture master reinvents himself, but that is precisely what Pritzker Prize winning architect Frank Gehry has done. Gehry, who first won international recognition with his own residence, a masterpiece of post-modern architecture, has revealed
A new television series is aiming to find the nation's most desirable residence. One owner says,"The whole property takes inspiration from films and the places we have visited. There is a little maze inspired by a visit to Hampton Court,
Sadly, the cultural geographer Denis Cosgrove has died. Writes Glen M. MacDonald: "It is with deep regret that I inform you of the untimely death of Denis Cosgrove, von Humboldt Professor of Geography at UCLA. Denis passed away peacefully due
Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and "basically pollution-free." TED
Professor Douglas C. Allen, Interim Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, was awarded the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation Stewardship by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Since 1992, every ballpark in America has been designed on the nostalgic model of Baltimore's Camden Yards, including the new parks for the Yankees and the Mets. Why is it impossible to build a baseball stadium that looks like it
We often get asked by the media to comment on trends in the design industry, the themes are familiar; colors for the season, materials (always the most fun), and societal trends influencing design (sustainability, lessismore, culture). That said, there's a
One of the highlights of this year's Prototype exhibit in Toronto was Geoffrey Lilge's latest chair design. Made of solid maple, the frame design has many complex curves made of bendywood, and one we have not seen before (look closely
Free Range, held at London's Old Truman Brewery from May 29 to July 21, 2008, is Europe's largest show of graduate student work in art and design. Throughout it's eight weeks, there will be a multitude of exhibitions of work
Salty is a salt and pepper shaker by Munire Kirmaci. Available at the MoMA design store, this is one item that will stay on the table.+ The Piggycarpet by Dima Komissarov for Mystake is the new bearskin rug.+ Love is
Last month the British designer Stuart Vevers put the finishing touches to his first collection for the Spanish luxury goods brand Loewe. He kept a diary of his whirlwind initiation at a new label, in a new city and speaking
One was a market trader's wife, one was a librarian, the other was a factory girl. But all of them went on to open groundbreaking boutiques that changed the way women shopped - and are still going strong decades later.
