Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...

What is the defining shape of Las Vegas’ skyline? Is it boxy or curvy? Slim or thick? Rectangular, triangular or (recently) spherical? Owing to our city’s relative youth and enormous cultural ...

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. As an architecture critic, I’ve always maintained that the ...

While Harvard’s campus boasts myriad architectural styles, very few buildings themselves exhibit multiple architectural styles as dramatically — and beautifully — as the Harvard Art Museums. Nestled ...

It is time to restore a word that is almost completely absent from schools of architecture today. That word, surprisingly, is “building.” If spoken at all in schools, it is in the spirit of apology or ...

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Since the first bank buildings of the Renaissance, distinct identity has leaked out of the design of financial institutions ...