The world is awash in glitzy buildings that attempt to shock-and-awe their way to the top, but most of these expensive, unsubtle projects have also been uninspiring, write Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon.
Looking at a handful of projects from the 1920s through 1940s, Suzanne Stephens traces shifting attitudes toward tall buildings in architectural criticism.
“Addressing climate change and the entire built environment begins with design,” writes Architecture 2030’s Edward Mazria. “We’ve taken the initiative to lead, now the work intensifies as we expand our scope, influence, and impact.”
Grappling with low wages and a high cost of living, academic workers across the University of California system staged a six-week strike that ranked as the largest of its kind in U.S. history.
After the original church was destroyed on 9/11, a new house of worship by Santiago Calatrava looks out over the World Trade Center’s memorial fountains.
After a threat to demolish Kahn’s dormitories at the Indian Institute of Management was averted two years ago, the board plans to raze the entire campus.