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At Princeton University, an architect unites two disciplines with splashes of daylight and easy sociability.

An ecologically diverse former plantation becomes an outdoor classroom. In 1962, John Henry Dick underwent what some call a hunter's conversion. That year, Dick'a product of New York high society, with a proclivity for ornithology, big game, and porkpie hats'found himself on a safari face-to-face with a Bengal tiger.

A beloved '60s dormitory—once the tallest building in Arizona—was adapted to the needs of today's plugged-in students Manzanita Hall makes a striking statement on the northern edge of the Arizona State University, Tempe, campus, across from the Sun Devil Stadium and blocks from the downtown.

An imposing building anchors the edge of an expanding campus and acts as a social hub for students.

A renovation and expansion of a midcentury academic tower restores a master's legacy. Preservation and Modernism might seem to have contradictory goals, but not for architects Bruner/Cott. The Cambridge, Massachusetts'based firm is renovating and restoring Boston University's Law Tower and has just completed a 93,000-square-foot addition at its base.

A crystalline building for a small college in rural Quebec engages nature in a dialogue about design, learning, and context.

The natural environment of the Cornell campus is startling,' says Thom Mayne, of Morphosis, about the gorge-riven and forested terrain of the 149-year-old university in Ithaca, New York.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton (FLV), designed by Frank Gehry, may appear transparent, but it is a building that doesn’t easily give up its secrets.

A museum becomes an instant icon for a developing nation while upping the ante for design excellence.

Far from Kyoto’s temples and tourist attractions, the Nishinoyama House sits at the edge of the city surrounded by single-family homes and small agricultural plots.