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Architecture Criticism![]() America's Housing Disparity Micro-cribs and mega-mansions grow further apart Published in Huffington Post, April 1, 2019 ![]() American Architecture: 1945-1970 (all that in 2,500 words) Published in A+U (Japan), November 2017 ![]() A Park Grows in Moscow Diller Scofidio + Renfro leads an international team of designers, working in the shadow of the Kremlin Published in Blueprint, October 2017 ![]() Dilller Scofidio + Renfro's Triumph Their new building for Columbia Medical School caps decades of experimentation Published in Blueprint, November 2016 ![]() Santiago Calatrava's Four Billion Dollar Mall A review of the World Trade Center "Transit Hub" Published in Blueprint, July 2016 ![]() Starchitects on the Buildings That Influenced Them Most Ando, Meier, Scott Brown, Decq, and others talk about their inspirations Published in Architectural Record, April 2016 ![]() The Many Dimensions of Roberto Burle Marx Should the great landscape architect be recognized for more than his astounding parks and gardens? Published in Architecture, April 2016 ![]() What Price Honor? A temple to honor at the United States Air Force Academy damages a modernist icon Published in Architectural Record, January 2016 ![]() Being Frank Gehry Published in fredbernstein.com, September 2015 ![]() A Carbon Fiber House by Ali Tayar Published in The Architect's Newspaper, May 2015 ![]() The Ethereal Architecture of Sou Fujimoto Published in The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2014 ![]() Architects Remember the 1964-65 World's Fair Published in Architectural Record, May 2014 ![]() Saving L.A.'s Modernist Houses, Several Different Ways Keeping them safe, as galleries, showrooms, and even semi-private homes Published in Interior Design, May 2014 ![]() It's the Architecture, Not The Architect, I'm Rooting For Give Calatrava a chance! Published in Architectural Record, December 2013 ![]() Glazing Over Manhattan Published in Architectural Record, May 2013 ![]() A Doll House in a Doll House Barbra Streisand's "barn" in Malibu Published in FredBernstein.com, November 13, 2012 ![]() Panama Highway, A Noose Around Casco Viejo's Neck? Published in Architectural Record, October 2012 ![]() U.S. Flops at Shanghai Expo Published in Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2010 ![]() Rauschenberg and Johns Two great artists as lovers Published in Out, February 2010 ![]() The Punctured Sky A history of New York City architecture Published in Books, April 2008 ![]() Rediscovering a Heroine of Chicago Architecture Published in The New York Times, January 20, 2008 ![]() Remembering the Royalton Mourning Phiippe Starck's Miracle on 44th Street Published in Interior Design, September 2007 ![]() Glass House, Great Performance Merce Cunningham animates Philip Johnson's estate Published in Interior Design, August 2007 ![]() Post-Renovation Depression The contractors are gone. So why do I feel blue? Published in The New York Times, February 22, 2007 ![]() A School by Edward Durell Stone While fighting over his Columbus Circle building, preservationists overlooked another Stone structure just a few blocks away Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), December 2006 ![]() UnSangDong Architects 2006 Design Vanguard Published in Architectural Record, December 2006 ![]() Letting Kahn Be Kahn Restoring the Yale University Art Gallery Published in The New York Times, December 10, 2006 ![]() Sky-High Style Master Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen used his signature vocabulary to create a unique rocky mountain retreat. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2006 ![]() A Makeover Too Far The conspicuous consumption of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Published in Dwell, October 2006 ![]() For a Shortbus Star, a Small Apartment Published in The New York Times, October 7, 2006 ![]() The Wright Stuff, in the Japanese Heartland Visiting the Meiji Mura Museum Published in The New York Times, April 2, 2006 ![]() Where New and Old Collide Steven Holl's building for Pratt Institute in Brooklyn Published in Metropolis, January 2006 ![]() Seaside at 25: Paradise, With Problems Published in The New York Times, December 9, 2005 ![]() Family Ties A topflight Manhattan designer expanded her father's house on Long Island and brought it forward from the 1970s. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Second Nature Contemplative architect George Suyama built a house for himself and his wife that is as hospitable to the landscape as it is to the couple's guests. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() NY State of Mind Because hotels don't take dogs, this sophisticated family of six set up a Manhattan apartment for frequent extended visits to the big city—with their black Lab. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Outside The Box Boston-based architect Adolfo Perez turned a mid-century starter house into a home of substance for design-wise clients. Published in Metropolitan Home, December 2005 ![]() Mies in Newark Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), November 2005 ![]() Paul Rudolph's Tracey Towers The fate of Rudolph's apartment buildings in the Bronx Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), October 2005 ![]() A Long Time for a Little Grandeur An addition to the Tilles Center soars Published in The New York Times, January 5, 2005 ![]() Peter Eisenman in Verona A review of the architect's 2004 installation Published in Architectural Record, December 2004 ![]() Where Are All the 60's Buildings Going? Baby boomers lead the charge to tear down 60's architecture Published in The New York Times, October 31, 2004 ![]() A Cathedral to Science in Queens Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), October 2004 ![]() America Joins Architecture's Rem-formation Published in Icon, October 2004 ![]() Bridge Apartments Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), September 2004 ![]() A Monument to Arriving in the Middle of Nowhere A review of the Secaucus Transfer Published in The New York Times, July 11, 2004 ![]() A Neglected Modernist Masterpiece Nervis' bus station at the George Washington Bridge Published in Oculus (Journal of the New York AIA chapter), November 2003 ![]() Pierwise, One Person's Wreck Is Another's Art Saving two rusting piers in the Hudson River Published in The New York Times, September 4, 2003 ![]() How much design do public spaces need? Published in Architectural Record, August 2003 ![]() One campus, two faces Princeton goes Gehry -- and Gothic -- at the same time Published in The Princeton Alumni Weekly, January 2003 ![]() City Folk A review of the new American Folk Art Museum, designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Published in World Architecture, February 2002 ![]() Memorials fit for a city Architects get busy after 9/11 Published in Blueprint, February 2002 ![]() When Modern Married Money Blue blood meets white architecture in New England. Published in The New York Times, February 3, 2002 ![]() Dust-Up In the Desert Trouble at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Published in The New York Times, January 31, 2002 ![]() Françoise Bollack at the Center Published in Genre, January 2002 ![]() Drawing Closer to an Old Friend Thoughts on the importance of the Empire State Building after September 11 Published in The New York Times, October 11, 2001 ![]() An Overlooked Modernist Masterpiece Pier Luigi Nervi's bus terminal at the George Washington Bridge Published in Blueprint, November 2000 ![]() "We Have a Family Welder" Arthur Cotton Moore designs a curvy metal house to test his theories Published in The New York Times, September 24, 2000 ![]() ![]() |