We have evolved to interpret places by scanning them to understand them: looking for patterns, movement, signs of life or ...

Fast forward to the present, and home prices have not gone down but up, and people are still desperate to own one, making ...

Water’s absence has fostered urban instability, ecological collapse, and widespread water insecurity. The climate crisis is ...

The house was built for something over $100,000 in 1984 and was cheaper than the condos across town. We built a one-bedroom, ...

An artist’s politicized restoration at a medieval church sparks heated debate.

Parish priest Daniele Micheletti expressed exasperation at the “procession of people that came to see it instead of listening to mass or praying,” adding, “I don’t understand this fuss. Painters used ...

The name “Sunnyside” originated around 1710, when French Huguenots purchased the land and named it “Sunnyside Hill.” After ...

Architecture critic Paul Goldberger is one of many who have raised their voices in alarm at the way President Trump is proposing to alter and add to the White House. There is much to agree with in his ...

To be honest, I never really believed that the Walt Disney Concert Hall would ever actually get built. It was the most important major architectural icon in Los Angeles designed by starchitect Frank ...

Since the publication of Robert D. Putnam’s Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community in 2000, a growing body of research has focused on the decline of civic and social engagement ...

Every architect understands that an ethically challenged client or project can imperil a practice. Perhaps apropos of this: The design for Donald Trump’s $200 million White House ballroom, renderings ...

The reaction to Donald Trump’s proposal to build a new ballroom connected to the east side of the White House has been heated and hostile—a quality it shares with just about every other attempt ...