A noticeable trend of late seems to be for major art collectors to create their own private museums, much as their Enlightenment forebears did in the 18th century. 

Over the past 20 years, Osaka architect Shuhei Endo has built a successful practice by blurring boundaries.

Roman and Williams founders Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, on their redesign of the Royalton Hotel Lobby.

The town house is a Manhattan icon, and from the outside, The Heckscher Foundation for Children on East 70th Street looks like an exemplar.

TPG Architecture is developing a reputation at 7 World Trade Center. For prospective tenants of the David Childs–designed tower, the 29-year-old studio has become a go-to choice for interior fitouts.

Crowded into one floor of an old classroom building until 2007, New York University’s philosophy department had quarters far less grand than its top-notch reputation. Its new home, fashioned by Steven Holl Architects (SHA) inside a nearby 30,000-square-foot landmark building, finally matches the faculty’s accommodations with its renown.