For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.

An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.

The broad cultural impact of architects like Robert A.M. Stern is waning. Are influencers killing the celebrity designer?

A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.

The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.

It represented a whole religion built up around conforming to the accepted brand of nonconformity, and Gehry … wouldn’t ...

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 ...

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s ...

The tragedy that struck one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved landmarks offers France a chance to heal after months of civil unrest. As with any unfortunate event, sympathy from a horrified ...

It may shock some people to hear this, but architecture is not urban planning. It is not transportation planning, sociology, political science, or critical geography. However, architecture, new-build ...

For years there has been a loud and often polarizing battle: NIMBYs vs. YIMBYs. But as housing costs soar and climate pressures mount, a new movement might offer a way forward—one that’s not about ...

How did modern architecture happen? How did we evolve so quickly from architecture that had ornament and detail, to buildings that were often blank and devoid of detail? Why did the look and feel of ...