Fred A. Bernstein

Fred Bernstein has degrees in architecture (from Princeton University) and law (from NYU) and writes about both subjects. He lives in New York City and has two sons.

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A Harbor Cruise, Under a Rainbow

Aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey

Published in The New York Times
July 26, 2002
A Congress for the Many, or the Few?

By performing "constituent services," legislators short-circuit the democratic process, weakening separation of powers, equal protection, and other constitutional norms

 

Published in The New York Times
September 9, 2012
Leslie Robertson obituaryPublished in The New York Times
February 11, 2021
The End of Sixties Architecture

Some buildings just couldn't be saved

Published in The New York Times
October 31, 2004
Nara: The Town That Time Forgot

A quiet alternative to Kyoto

Published in The New York Times
November 13, 2006
Stitching Together a New Life in Riverdale

Surviving the Holocaust with needle and thread

Published in The New York Times
August 8, 2008
Turning Steel Into Lace

Living rent-free, Cal Lane makes her mark

Published in The New York Times
January 20, 2008
Rediscovering a Heroine of Chicago Architecture

Many of Frank Lloyd Wright's most evocative drawings were by Marion Mahony Griffin

Published in The New York Times
January 20, 2008
Greetings from Resisterville

A town where Vietnam draft avoiders have made a difference

Published in The New York Times
November 20, 2004
High Hopes and Worthless Land

My father's bad investment

Published in The New York Times
November 6, 2005
Post-Renovation Depression

The contractors are gone. So why do I feel blue?

Published in The New York Times
February 22, 2007
The Town the Boom Forgot

Tired of high real estate prices? Consider the alternative

Published in The New York Times
June 25, 2006
Billy Doesn't Live Here Anymore

The incredible saga of the bakery founder's loft

Published in The New York Times
January 27, 2007
Are McMansions (Finally) Going Out of Style?

There's evidence that the size of new homes in America has peaked

Published in The New York Times
October 1, 2005
Me and My Geiger Counter

Was I being practical, or paranoid?

Published in The New York Times
June 22, 2002
Unloading His Books, But Not His Conscience

Amazon is now the place to sell used books -- but with unexpected consequences

Published in The New York Times
April 11, 2002
Legacies Passed from Father to Son

Gustavo Bonevardi in the West Village

Published in The New York Times
December 3, 2006
A Loft in Boston's Chinatown

Sam Davol, the cellist for the Magnetic Fields, and his wife, Leslie, move north

Published in The New York Times
November 22, 2007
Do Ask, Do Tell

David Mixner moves to Livingston Manor, New York

Published in The New York Times
July 17, 2007
Shaving My Wallet Better Than My Face

Falling for the Infinity Razor

Published in The New York Times
April 13, 2007
A Road Trip Back to the Future

Visiting Paul Rudolph's Buildings in New England

Published in The New York Times
March 25, 2007
Up in the Attic, Millennium Style

Gorgeous interiors, up (under) the roof

Published in The New York Times
March 29, 2007
Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle

At home with Ann Brashares and Jacob Collins

Published in The New York Times
January 4, 2007
An Island Where Millions Aren't Enough

The high price of Bermuda real estate

Published in The New York Times
September 10, 2006
In Marfa, a New Interior With an Old Soul

Why Barbara Hill is one of my favorite designers, ever

Published in The New York Times
October 12, 2006
Making a Neighborhood Safe for Kids

A brilliant way to privilege underprivileged children

Published in The New York Times
September 17, 2006
Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada

A review of the cold accommodations

Published in The New York Times
December 17, 2006
Pretty Profits from Ugly Houses

How HomeVestors went national

Published in The New York Times
February 19, 2006
A Poor County, Rich in Modern Architecture

Visting the Rural Studio's buildings in Alabama is one of the world's great architecture pilgrimages

Published in The New York Times
December 25, 2005
An oasis in a toxic world

A haven for "multiple chemical sensitivity" sufferers is threatened

Published in The New York Times
July 9, 2005
Daring Design in a Laid-Back City

Thanks to Rem Koolhaas, Porto, Portugal will never be the same

Published in The New York Times
June 19, 2005
Move the United Nations to Ground Zero

The Freedom Tower could become a true symbol of freedom

Published in The New York Times
April 24, 2005
Restoring Louis Kahn's

The Yale University Art Gallery gets an extensive, but faithful, renovation

Published in The New York Times
November 7, 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
Frank Lloyd Wright Stays Busy in Buffalo

45 years after his death, three buildings by Wright are in the works

Published in The New York Times
September 6, 2004
The Death of Nest

A quirky magazine's farewell

Published in The New York Times
August 17, 2004
On Campus, Rethinking Biology 101

Transgender students gain rights, and respect, in college

Published in The New York Times
March 7, 2004
Greece's Colossal New Guilt Trip

Can Bernard Tschumi's New Acropolis Museum settle a score?

Published in The New York Times
January 18, 2004
Married or Not, It's a Full House

The lives of Steven Lofton, Roger Croteau, and their foster children

Published in The New York Times
November 19, 2003
World on a String

A puppeteer copes with Parkinson's disease

Published in The New York Times
November 19, 2003
Santiago Calatrava, from the Canary Islands to Manhattan Island

Santiago Calatrava's opera house at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands is dominated by a winglike canopy nearly 200 feet tall.

Published in The New York Times
October 26, 2003
From the Torch to the Toes, Digital Insurance

How the Statue of Liberty could be recreated, after a disaster

Published in The New York Times
September 11, 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
The Man With the List at Architecture's Party

Profile of Reed Kroloff, an advisor to architecture competitions.

Published in The New York Times
January 11, 2003
A Store that Thinks Different

Tekserve lives the Apple slogan

Published in The New York Times
June 20, 2002
When Modern Married Money

Blue blood meets white architecture in New England.

Published in The New York Times
February 3, 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
Being of Sound Mind, and a $55 Consultation

Can a website write me a new will?

Published in The New York Times
December 14, 2000
An Online Peek at Your Politics

Do my neighbors need to know which candidates I support?

Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2000
A Facade Like No Other: Once Temporary, Now a Treasure

The badly damaged 1993 exterior of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in Lower Manhattan, by Steve Holl and Vito Acconci, will be restored

Published in The New York Times
June 19, 2008
A NIGHT OUT WITH Richard Chamberlain -- and (for the first time) Martin Rabbett

The veteran actor comes to dinner with the man who has spent decades hiding in plain sight

Published in The New York Times
July 13, 2003
Rethinking Ways to Divide Living Space
Matching the Housing We Need to the Housing That Gets Built
Published in The New York Times
November 10, 2011
Frank Gehry, Developer
The Architect Helps Revive a Chicago Landmark
Published in The New York Times
November 16, 2010
A Bold MovePublished in The New York Times
March 27, 2012
Easy Rewiring Would Make Taxi Riders Buckle UpPublished in The New York Times
March 22, 1998
Hey, Don't Touch the Wall!Published in The New York Times
March 2, 2000
Miracle at the Getty: Angelenos on BusesPublished in The New York Times
December 25, 1997
Blame Canada: Bottling Gen X StylePublished in The New York Times
March 30, 2000
A Test Drive on the Green Road Ends in a BrownoutPublished in The New York Times
February 10, 2000
Saving Fallingwater From a Fall
Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece is drooping
Published in The New York Times
March 11, 1999
Designers Say Knotty Is NicePublished in The New York Times
September 13, 2001
Designer Quashes A Boston Bridge PartyPublished in The New York Times
August 9, 2001
Within the Confines Of a Beloved HolidayPublished in The New York Times
October 4, 2001
Foggy by Design, With Built-In Dew
Diller + Scofidio unveils its Blur Building in Switzerland
Published in The New York Times
May 30, 2002
Dorm Style: Gothic Castle vs. Futuristic Sponge
Colleges go back to the future
Published in The New York Times
November 20, 2002
40 Years on Montgomery Place

On the street where I lived . . .

Published in The New York Times
October 22, 2002
Lighting Matches in Cuba on the 4th of July

The U.S. "ambassador" makes her presence known

Published in The New York Times
July 4, 2002
Critic Takes New Catholic Architecture to TaskPublished in The New York Times
January 1, 2000
Harry Bates obituaryPublished in The New York Times
November 2, 2022
Ricardo Bofill obituaryPublished in The New York Times
January 19, 2022
Paolo Soleri obituaryPublished in The New York Times
January 10, 2013
Robert Venturi obituaryPublished in The New York Times
September 19, 2018
Stanley Tigerman obituaryPublished in The New York Times
June 4, 2019
John Johansen obituaryPublished in The New York Times
October 26, 2012
Arakawa obituaryPublished in The New York Times
May 20, 2010
Romaldo Giurgola obituaryPublished in The New York Times
May 16, 2016
Gene Summers obituaryPublished in The New York Times
December 20, 2011
Dan Rowen obituaryPublished in The New York Times
November 23, 2009
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
Building on Sacred Ground

Toshiko Mori's architectural dialogues with the masters

Published in The New York Times
May 8, 2005
Free Homes for Disabled Vets -- But Where's the Land?

To rebuild their lives, they need barrier-free houses

Published in The New York Times
December 4, 2005
Seaside at 25: Paradise, With Problems

The walkable community now has valet parking, and other concessions to the real world

Published in The New York Times
December 9, 2005
Where the Best Antiques Can't Be Bought

A day trip to Troy, N.Y.

Published in The New York Times
April 7, 2006
Visiting the Barnes -- While You Still Can

The museum-going experience of a lifetime

Published in The New York Times
June 23, 2006
Not a Palace, But It's Home

The Ottoman emperor-in-waiting lives in a walk-up, rent-controlled apartment

Published in The New York Times
March 26, 2006
An Artful Retreat from the Art Scene

Building a modernist house in the Hamptons

Published in The New York Times
October 12, 2007
These Walls Could Talk . . .

In Salem, Witchcraft and Old Architecture

Published in The New York Times
October 12, 2007
Shining Moment

A Paul Rudolph apartment, untouched for nearly 40 years

Published in The New York Times
October 10, 2007
In Costa Rica, Built for Books and Breezes

A son designs a Costa Rica retreat for a literary dad

Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2007
A Firehouse Becomes a Home for Art and Music

Living with century-old bricks and massive wooden trusses 

Published in The New York Times
September 9, 2007
From Modest to Modernist

Jennifer Luce's triumph in La Jolla

Published in The New York Times
August 23, 2007
Oysters Seeking Home on Quiet Maine Island

Cultivation is legal, but it isn't scenic

Published in The New York Times
August 13, 2007
A House for a Korean-American Family

Life in multi-culti Brooklyn

Published in The New York Times
August 13, 2007
The B&B Option Is Put to the New York Test

Staying in other people's houses -- in my home city

Published in The New York Times
July 23, 2007
Don't Call it the Poconos

Northeastern Pennsylvania Gets Chic

Published in The New York Times
December 22, 2006
An Airy Retreat from a Jam-Packed Store

At home with the Ricky of Ricky's

Published in The New York Times
October 18, 2007
Betting the Ranch in South Florida

Syd Kitson's big deal

Published in The New York Times
July 29, 2006
In Provincetown, an Unlikely Gay Marriage

Rosie O'Donnell puts her stamp on Family Week

Published in The New York Times
July 23, 2007
Housing Plan Turns Disney Grumpy

Affordable housing, near the happiest place on earth

Published in The New York Times
May 18, 2007
Lessons Learned at the Academy for Anything

Cass Calder Smith comes to New York

Published in The New York Times
May 18, 2007
Not in My Front Yard

Controversy on West 15th Street

Published in The New York Times
June 22, 2007
Letting the Architecture Speak for Itself

Tom Killian and Francoise Bollack keep their interventions subtle

Published in The New York Times
April 24, 2007
Mass Market and Couture

Young designers mix it up in Greenpoint

Published in The New York Times
June 22, 2007
In Michigan, A Green Museum

Kulapat Yantrasast's Grand Rapids Art Museum has a light footprint

Published in The New York Times
March 29, 2007
Getting In at the Underground Floor

Lillian Schloss bought Chinese antiquities early

Published in The New York Times
February 25, 2007
The Central Park of Southern California

Rare public space for Orange County, California

Published in The New York Times
February 4, 2007
Letting Kahn Be Kahn

Restoring the Yale University Art Gallery

Published in The New York Times
December 10, 2006
Good Things in Small Packages

West Village resident Marianne Cusato designs Katrina Cottages

Published in The New York Times
November 5, 2006
With a Diocese as a Developer, Emotions Run High in Santa Fe

Especially if the church has already borrowed against the planned buildings

Published in The New York Times
October 29, 2006
Modernism Comes to Frump's Island

A new house breaks with tradition

Published in The New York Times
July 9, 2006
A Paparazzi-Proof Condo

The apartment every celebrity needs

Published in The New York Times
January 23, 2007
Getting the Glass House Ready for Its Close-Up

Marty Skrelunas polishes Philip Johnson's masterpiece

Published in The New York Times
August 13, 2006
A Battle Over Modernism Goes Casa a Casa in Santa Fe

Modernism arouses ire in the city's historic district

Published in The New York Times
July 13, 2006
A Former Studio, Still Filled With Art

Latin American art fills one of the city's most dramatic living rooms

Published in The New York Times
December 31, 2006
For an Artist, a Glass Box by Mies

And it's in Newark!

Published in The New York Times
June 16, 2006
Sprawl Outruns Arizona's Biosphere

Designed for isolation, it's now surrounded

Published in The New York Times
May 28, 2006
The Wright Stuff, in the Japanese Heartland

Visiting the Meiji Mura Museum

Published in The New York Times
April 2, 2006
A studio that refuses to think small

Extraordinary ingenuity makes a tiny apartment seem spacious 

Published in The New York Times
March 30, 2006
A New Orleans Hotel Bounces Back

A review of the W New Orleans

Published in The New York Times
March 12, 2006
In Princeton, Architects Get Lucky

Ron Witte and Sarah Whiting live in a modest, modernist masterpiece.

Published in The New York Times
February 26, 2006
Spending Money Like Water

Two hotels in Miami Beach makes waves

Published in The New York Times
February 17, 2006
The Disappearing Las Vegas Condos

Related Las Vegas sold them, but never built them

Published in The New York Times
January 29, 2006
Tall Order

Nationally, ceiling heights rise

Published in The New York Times
January 22, 2006
That Tear-Down Could Become a Haul-Away

Saving modernist houses

Published in The New York Times
January 5, 2006
Frank Lloyd Wright on Staten Island

The Cretellas renovate

Published in The New York Times
December 18, 2005
A Home for Artists, and for Art

The avant garde, on Staten Island!

Published in The New York Times
November 27, 2005
More Twists Than a Mardi Gras Parade

Assessing the New Orleans real estate market after Katrina

Published in The New York Times
November 13, 2005
Smart Elevators

No more guessing which car to take

Published in The New York Times
November 2, 2005
Controlling Growth by Controlling Water

In Bolinas, a water meter sells for $310,000

Published in The New York Times
October 9, 2005
An On-Screen Alternative to Hands-On Dissection

Dealing with the yuck factor

Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2005
Alumnae House at Vassar

A great base for exploring the Hudson Valley

Published in The New York Times
September 30, 2005
El Tovar

A grand lodge near the Grand Canyon

Published in The New York Times
August 7, 2005
Healing Buildings in the Catskills

The Twelve Tribes in Oak Hill and Coxsackie

Published in The New York Times
July 24, 2005
Wynn Las Vegas

A review of the $2.7 billion hotel

Published in The New York Times
July 17, 2005
Hotel on Rivington

A review of the long-awaited Lower East Side hotel

Published in The New York Times
June 12, 2005
Sleek in the Heart of Texas

Small houses buck the McMansion trend

Published in The New York Times
May 22, 2005
Southwest Florida's Red Tide Woes

Contaminated beaches -- and persistent respiratory problems -- hit a region that includes some of America's fast-growing cities

Published in The New York Times
April 23, 2005
Rate Your Landlord; Get Sued

But there's protection for tenants or former tenants

Published in The New York Times
April 10, 2005
Take That, Grandpa!

Smashing Mies

Published in The New York Times
April 3, 2005
A Loan That Keeps on Paying

The MFA Boston comes to the Las Vegas strip

Published in The New York Times
March 30, 2005
Washington's forgotten river

Reviving the shores of the Anacostia

Published in The New York Times
March 27, 2005
What next, the Grill Room?

The state of Philip Johnson's buildings

Published in The New York Times
March 27, 2005
In My Backyard, Please!

Infrastrucutre gets a new look

Published in The New York Times
February 27, 2005
Granny Flats for Cool Grannies

In Santa Cruz, accessory dwelling units are encouraged

Published in The New York Times
February 8, 2005
A Steakhouse with Rooms

Review of Browns Hotel, Miami Beach

Published in The New York Times
January 23, 2005
Securing the Iraq Museum

Protecting antiquities from war and looters

Published in The New York Times
January 23, 2005
Tony Goldman in Miami

An urban pioneer's new venture

Published in The New York Times
January 18, 2005
A Long Time for a Little Grandeur

An addition to the Tilles Center soars

Published in The New York Times
January 5, 2005
Design Diplomacy: U.S. Rejoins World's Fairs

With a little help from its sponsors . . .

Published in The New York Times
November 5, 2004
Whither the Tent of Tomorrow?

Finally, someone's paying attention the New York State Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair

Published in The New York Times
July 17, 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
Who Should Pay for Presidential Posterity?

Endowments for the presidential libraries are coming up short

Published in The New York Times
June 10, 2004
Clinton's Legacy: Just a Little Library from Little Rock

The Clinton library rises on the Arkansas River

Published in The New York Times
June 10, 2004
The Sculpture? It's Next to Home Depot

Can art save a strip shopping center from aesthetic irrelevance?

Published in The New York Times
May 15, 2004
eBay and Taliesin

The fight for photos of a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece

Published in The New York Times
February 14, 2004
The Provincetown Outflow Settles in Truro

Cape Cod's first "gay suburb"

Published in The New York Times
November 14, 2003
An Elite Contest for a Growing U.N.

Pritzker Prize-winners compete.

Published in The New York Times
August 5, 2003
Post Prada, A Design Star Slims Down

Rem Koolhaas's relationship with New York is on the rocks

Published in The New York Times
April 24, 2003
Now Pitching For Wahconah, Jim Bouton

The "Ball Four" author cries "Foul Ball" in the Berkshires

Published in The New York Times
April 10, 2003
This Store Sells Rice Pudding -- Nothing Else

Rice to riches? Or rice to ruin?

Published in The New York Times
March 27, 2003
Washington Irving Didn't Sleep Here

A developer recreates Sunnyside (or tries to)

Published in The New York Times
March 16, 2003
Dust-Up In the Desert

Trouble at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

Published in The New York Times
January 31, 2002
Architect Returns To a County He Helped Define

Edwad Larrabee Barnes Visits Westchester

Published in The New York Times
May 20, 2001
Architects' View: Nice Furniture, Not-So-Nice Buildings

Ikea's plans for Westchester draw ire

Published in The New York Times
January 21, 2001
Users of Fake Stucco Find Problems Are Very Real

Beware of Dryvit. Artificial stucco, sometimes called EIFS, lets architects and builders add postmodern flourishes inexpensively, but at significant cost.

Published in The New York Times
July 1, 1999
Maya Lin in mid-career

A portrait of the memorial designer as architect and artist

Published in The New York Times
March 1, 1999
Homeowners Aren't Smlling for These Cameras

Cities assess properties remotely

Published in The New York Times
August 20, 2006
For the New Barnes, Everything Old Is Old Again

Moving fabled galleries to a new building, while changing almost nothing

Published in The New York Times
March 14, 2012
Makeover at Grand Hyatt Sheds the Trump GlitterPublished in The New York Times
January 11, 2011
Let in the Light. Show Off the Tub. Who Needs Privacy?Published in The New York Times
March 23, 2006
A Home for an Artist, and for ArtPublished in The New York Times
November 27, 2005
A Stone's Throw Away From the Other HousePublished in The New York Times
September 25, 2005
Hi, Gorgeous. Haven't I Seen You Somewhere?Published in The New York Times
August 28, 2005
Bucking the Trend in the Land of the LargePublished in The New York Times
May 22, 2005
The Battle for TaliesinPublished in The New York Times
February 13, 2005
A 'Cooler' Edge to TucsonPublished in The New York Times
December 26, 2004
Let in the Light. Show Off the Tub. Who Needs Privacy?Published in The New York Times
March 23, 2006
Rushing for Tax Breaks on Historic HousesPublished in The New York Times
December 12, 2004
The Quest to Preserve Sarasota's Modern HomesPublished in The New York Times
October 10, 2004
Buildings Easy on the Earth, and the EyesPublished in The New York Times
September 18, 2009
Hotels Hit Pause on Pricey RenovationsPublished in The New York Times
May 9, 2009
Why Jack Was So Long at the FairPublished in The New York Times
May 15, 2009
Look, Kids! A Secret Room!Published in The New York Times
April 17, 2009
Der Scutt, Modernist Architect, Dies at 75Published in The New York Times
March 16, 2010
An Auction for the Upscale Beach BumPublished in The New York Times
February 19, 2010
Structural Integrity and People, TooPublished in The New York Times
January 22, 2010
Welcome to Your Condo. Please Don’t Stay.Published in The New York Times
February 2, 2010
The Four-Bedroom KibbutzPublished in The New York Times
February 10, 2010
Soil and the CityPublished in The New York Times
July 1, 2009
A Hotel’s Past vs. a City’s FuturePublished in The New York Times
July 21, 2009
Dressing It Up Before Tearing It DownPublished in The New York Times
June 6, 2009
Far From the Gavel, Convenient to TroutPublished in The New York Times
June 12, 2009
Trump International Tower & Hotel: ChicagoPublished in The New York Times
September 24, 2008
In the Penthouse, a True Garden ApartmentPublished in The New York Times
September 24, 2008
A Home That Offered a Second ChancePublished in The New York Times
September 5, 2008
Ordering Out for More SpacePublished in The New York Times
November 19, 2008
Bed-and-Breakfast, Doily-FreePublished in The New York Times
November 12, 2008
Sales From the Crypt (or Whatever Space He Can Manage to Rent)Published in The New York Times
October 7, 2008
Timeless Art, Frozen in Time (for Now)Published in The New York Times
June 23, 2006
Designing a House to Save a TreePublished in The New York Times
May 18, 2006
An Artist/Architect's Trophy Address: A Glass Box by MiesPublished in The New York Times
May 7, 2006
Add 'Elevation' to 'Location, Location'Published in The New York Times
May 14, 2006
Architects Get Physical At the Venice BiennalePublished in The New York Times
August 12, 2004
Brad Pitt’s Gifts to New OrleansPublished in The New York Times
November 25, 2009
Surrendering to the LandscapePublished in The New York Times
January 7, 2009
Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?Published in The New York Times
December 31, 2008
A Silver Lining for a Hotel DeveloperPublished in The New York Times
March 14, 2009
Hotel Designs With Cinematic FlavorPublished in The New York Times
February 14, 2009
A Towering Landmark for Formula One TrackPublished in The New York Times
November 15, 2012
Technology That Serves to Enhance, Not DistractPublished in The New York Times
March 20, 2013
An Addition Defines Its Own StylePublished in The New York Times
July 9, 2006
Pratt Institute Takes an Interest in Making a Neighborhood NicerPublished in The New York Times
February 15, 2011
From Old Air Base to Residential AmenityPublished in The New York Times
February 4, 2007
Ranch House Made Over: From Modest to ModernistPublished in The New York Times
August 23, 2007
Royalton Shake-Up, From Top to LobbyPublished in The New York Times
November 11, 2007
Hungry Caterpillar in the Florida KeysPublished in The New York Times
December 13, 2007
In Hotel Design, He’s Mr. ProlificPublished in The New York Times
February 17, 2008
Bubble-Gum Pink to a Restful BeigePublished in The New York Times
January 27, 2008
Turning Minuses Into PlusesPublished in The New York Times
February 17, 2008
The natural world, up close and personalPublished in The New York Times
March 12, 2008
A Curator Who Even Considers the Office ChairPublished in The New York Times
March 12, 2008
Happiness Is a Tub Big Enough for TwoPublished in The New York Times
April 6, 2008
Arriving in London: Hotels Made in ChinaPublished in The New York Times
May 11, 2008
Calibrating a Hotel for the Luxury MarketPublished in The New York Times
April 13, 2008
In Inner Mongolia, Pushing Architecture’s Outer LimitsPublished in The New York Times
May 1, 2008
Sacrificing Space for SceneryPublished in The New York Times
June 1, 2008
Hidden Away in Frenetic QueensPublished in The New York Times
June 29, 2008
Country Inns, a World ApartPublished in The New York Times
April 22, 2010
For Baltimore, Arts District Offers HopePublished in The New York Times
May 18, 2010
Leaving the Nest, Protégés Find FamePublished in The New York Times
May 27, 2010
AIDS Agency Gets a New Home, and a Founder’s IrePublished in The New York Times
July 13, 2010
Reviving a Modernist Development in the HamptonsPublished in The New York Times
July 16, 2010
Holiday Inn Reaches Back to Its Memphis RootsPublished in The New York Times
August 25, 2009
For Foreign Investors, Profit Isn’t Only GoalPublished in The New York Times
March 16, 2008
Will Americans Accept Greener Hotel Rooms?Published in The New York Times
August 3, 2008
A Hotel in Theory, With an Image in FactPublished in The New York Times
August 30, 2008
A House Not for Mere MortalsPublished in The New York Times
April 3, 2008
To Help Make Sure Your Home Is Healthy, an Ingredients ListPublished in The New York Times
February 1, 2012
In Waikiki, Fears That Construction Will Spoil BeachPublished in The New York Times
November 2, 2010
Renovation RoadPublished in The New York Times
January 23, 2009
The Sofa That Ate BrooklynPublished in The New York Times
February 20, 2009
A Hotel Chain Turns Upscale in ChinaPublished in The New York Times
November 21, 2008
A Bird’s-Eye View of TomorrowPublished in The New York Times
November 28, 2008
A Corporate Campus Made to Mirror FacebookPublished in The New York Times
April 5, 2011
Not Only the Bride Is BeamingPublished in The New York Times
March 24, 2011
Restoring the Past to Improve the FuturePublished in The New York Times
July 1, 2007
Restoring the Past to Improve the FuturePublished in The New York Times
July 1, 2007
In the Right Place at the Right TimePublished in The New York Times
January 28, 2007
A Modernist Inn, Built From ScratchPublished in The New York Times
January 17, 2009
A View of Modernism Through a Vegas LensPublished in The New York Times
December 31, 2009
Is a Solution Within Reach?Published in The New York Times
December 30, 2009
Come to Park; Stay for the ArchitecturePublished in The New York Times
December 1, 2009
Saving Philip Johnson’s Brick HousePublished in The New York Times
October 12, 2011
A Key West House Built by a StormPublished in The New York Times
October 19, 2011
The Defense Department in Their MidstPublished in The New York Times
December 6, 2011
Reaching for the Clouds in DubaiPublished in The New York Times
August 8, 2008
Teach, Pray, LivePublished in The New York Times
April 15, 2011
Holding the Line on New DevelopmentPublished in The New York Times
March 11, 2007
Latex, Vinyl, 0r Soap?Published in The New York Times
March 14, 2007
A Business Grows and a Family Follows, Under the Same RoofPublished in The New York Times
March 25, 2007
Sand BoxPublished in The New York Times
April 1, 2007
36 Hours in MilanPublished in The New York Times
June 17, 2007
A Retreat in Ulster County, Shipped Partly From BoliviaPublished in The New York Times
June 14, 2007
Stay Put, or Move to a Modern Icon?Published in The New York Times
October 7, 2007
Paradise, Jolted by the Financial CrisisPublished in The New York Times
December 20, 2008
A Champion of the Quirky Writes Finis

Joseph Holtzman is putting his award-winning magazine, Nest, to rest

Published in The New York Times
August 19, 2004
A Little Resort on a Big Lake

Visiting Saugatuck, Michigan

Published in The New York Times
August 25, 2006
The Home Where Charity Begins

How the contractor behind "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" works so fast

Published in The New York Times
August 27, 2006
Apartment Living, Home Schooling

A wonderful amenity in a poor neighborhood: after-school tutoring

Published in The New York Times
September 17, 2006
Living Small, but Living Well

A "new urbanist" architect's tiny quarters

Published in The New York Times
November 5, 2006
They Bought but Never BuiltPublished in The New York Times
December 17, 2006
Quick and Easy, for a PricePublished in The New York Times
December 21, 2006
NOW SHOWING; Some Museums Own Fine Art, Others Use the Fine Art of BorrowingPublished in The New York Times
March 31, 2004
Living the Wright WayPublished in The New York Times
September 14, 2004
ART/ARCHITECTURE; The Conceptual Prep School: Library as Light ShowPublished in The New York Times
July 13, 2003
Audition for Architects: Please, No Red BrickPublished in The New York Times
May 4, 2003
When a Famous Architect Designed the House for SalePublished in The New York Times
March 25, 1979
A Box of Fresh AirPublished in The New York Times
August 25, 2010
Yikes! It’s a GaragePublished in The New York Times
July 30, 2010
Stew Leonard’s Halts 14-Year Battle to Open Store in Connecticut TownPublished in The New York Times
August 3, 2010
Transparency Is Only the BeginningPublished in The New York Times
July 28, 2010
On a Mission to Save Cruise Ship DécorPublished in The New York Times
September 8, 2010
A Harvest of Temporary SheltersPublished in The New York Times
September 16, 2010
Elite or Expansionist? Soho Clubs Want to Be BothPublished in The New York Times
September 7, 2010
Jorn Utzon obituary

The unlucky architect of the Sydney Opera House

Published in The New York Times
November 30, 2008
Balkrishna Doshi obituary

Some called him India's greatest architect

Published in The New York Times
January 24, 2023
An Austin Architect Turns Builder to Get a House Done

When the recession dried up a Texas couple’s credit sources, their architect realized that he had to build their modernist house himself.

Published in The New York Times
October 14, 2010
Washington's Fresh Coat of Greasepaint

The architect Bing Thom has renovated the home of Arena Stage in southwest Washington, adding a third performance space to the complex.

Published in The New York Times
October 10, 2010
As Condos Fill, Retail Space Remains Vacant

The developers of some of the city’s most expensive condominiums would rather wait for the right tenant

Published in The New York Times
June 2, 2011
New Brokerage Donates Portion of Fees to Charity

Rubicon Property has raised $8,000 for a group called charity:water, which provides potable water to developing countries.

Published in The New York Times
May 19, 2011
Building Architecture Centers to Capture Public Attention

The Center for Architecture in Greenwich Village has expanded again.

Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2011
Engineered Floors are Getting Serious

The newest engineered wood floors, which do not warp over time, have top layers that are made of hardwood and are up to one-quarter-inch thick.

Published in The New York Times
September 28, 2011
Green Houses Grow on the National Mall

Next week, 19 groups of architecture students will serve meals at houses they built in Washington, part of the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon.

Published in The New York Times
September 21, 2011
Buildings Once Institutional, Now Exclusive

The creation of a small number of high-end units from buildings that once housed multitudes

Published in The New York Times
January 19, 2012
Time to Sell the Gold

My mother’s jewelry isn’t bringing the prices Elizabeth Taylor’s did, but it pays to shop around.

Published in The New York Times
January 1, 2012
South Florida Poised for Birth of Casino Gambling

Real estate developers have begun gobbling up properties in South Florida.

Published in The New York Times
December 27, 2011
In Barclays Center’s Shadow, Awaiting What’s Next

With the Barclays Center set to open in September, property owners await big changes

Published in The New York Times
May 20, 2012
Who Wants to Donate to a Billionaire’s Museum?

Putting a wealthy donor’s name on a museum can discourage some givers, experts say, but could encourage others

Published in The New York Times
May 14, 2012
At Galleries, Cameras Find a Mixed Welcome

Photography policies vary widely among art museums, with the more restrictive ones citing the need to protect visitors’ experiences and the artist’s intellectual property, as well as the art itself.

Published in The New York Times
May 14, 2012
The Caregiver’s Bookshelf: Broken Promises

A history professor at Princeton University uncovers dark tales of caregiving in the decades before America’s social safety net.

Published in The New York Times
February 15, 2012
Robert Geddes obituary

Princeton's first architecture dean was also a very good architect

 

Published in The New York Times
February 13, 2023
Bringing

But is it legal?

Published in The New York Times
February 6, 2002
Walking the Williamsburg

A new pedestrian and bike path across the East River

Published in The New York Times
June 11, 2000
Chess Set, Seasoned to Taste

What I made with salt and pepper shakers

Published in The New York Times
June 14, 2002
A Landlord's Lament

Why owning a rental property made me uncomfortable

Published in The New York Times
November 27, 1999
An Architect's Ingenious Sukkah

A booth for a Jewish festival

Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2001
Mama Shelter, ParisPublished in The New York Times
March 22, 2009
The big attraction in Tacoma is glass

Thank Dale Chihuly

Published in The New York Times
July 24, 2005
Flawed Snowfall Data Could Jeopardize Flawed Climate Change Research

How Not to Measure the White Stuff

Published in The New York Times
February 11, 2003
The Mailbox as Fortress

Molded plastic mailboxes are changing the look of suburbia

Published in The New York Times
February 25, 1992
Charleston: The Case of the Missing Neighbors

Owners of trophy houses leave parts of the city deserted

Published in The New York Times
October 22, 2004
A 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon

184 Markers for the Missing

Published in The New York Times
December 22, 2002
Bringing Deserted Bicycles Back to Life

Whose property are abandoned bikes, anyway?

Published in The New York Times
January 1, 2000
Bringing Deserted Bicycles Back to Life

Is it steeling, or just making the streets look better?

Published in The New York Times
June 2, 2002
Rem Koolhaas takes a look at the "junk space" of American mallsPublished in The New York Times
February 28, 2002
Gay Unions Were Only Half the Battle

But there are impediments to gay divorce.

 

Published in The New York Times
April 6, 2003
Making Landscapes Pop: At Home with Martha Schwartz

Here home is in her office. She makes it work.

 

Published in The New York Times
December 21, 2000
O Spacious Skies, With Nary a Power Pole in Sight

Living off-the-grid appeared to be going mainstream

Published in The New York Times
February 23, 1999
Getting the Amazing

A wild ride that isn't over yet

Published in The New York Times
January 6, 2000
For African-Americans, a Chance to Draft History

Black architects are designing Black cultural institutions

Published in The New York Times
June 24, 2004
Making Images Other than his Own

Gil Garcetti is a serious photographer

Published in The New York Times
November 17, 2002
Booting Up Before "Taps"

Soldiers pursue degrees online

Published in The New York Times
August 15, 2002
Uninspired? A Blue-Chip Firm Looks Inward

With its new Journal, SOM critiques itself

Published in The New York Times
September 29, 2002
Ai WeiWei Designs a House for Art Collectors

The house is part of their collection

Published in The New York Times
April 1, 2007
A beautiful (but odiferous) resort

The best and worst of Bermuda

Published in The New York Times
October 8, 2006
Urban Bright: Philly Get a Paint Job

A neighborhood saved by a mural?

 

Published in The New York Times
May 21, 2012
An Architectural Tour of Switzerland

Zumthor, Nouvel and much more

Published in The New York Times
June 13, 2002
36 Hours in Provincetown, Mass.

PARK yourself anywhere on Commercial Street, the bustling main artery of Provincetown, and you'll see celebrities, some real (John Waters, Norman Mailer), some fake (that wasn't Cher)

Published in The New York Times
August 11, 2006
Litchfield Looks Back at Its Past, And Its Architecture of the Future

Article on In Our Own Time: Modern Architecture in Litchfield, 1949-1970, show at Litchfield History Museum in Connecticut featuring more than dozen early modernist houses designed by Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, Edward Durrell Stone and others

Published in The New York Times
June 29, 2003
The View From the Catbird Seat

In real estate, the secret may be timing, timing, timing

Published in The New York Times
March 16, 2008
A Bird’s-Eye View of Tomorrow

Toni Griffin lives in a former office building that was converted into 317 rental apartments — the first new luxury building in Newark in more than 40 years

Published in The New York Times
November 28, 2008
Trump's plans for a golf empire meet resistance in ScotlandPublished in The New York Times
July 7, 2008
A Vision of a Park on a Restored Los Angeles River

The Friends of the Los Angeles River want to transform a 130-acre rail yard into a park that would serve as a flood detention plain for a river restored to its natural state

Published in The New York Times
September 28, 2010
Buildings Once Institutional, Now Exclusive

The creation of a small number of high-end units from buildings that once housed multitudes may seem incongruous, but developers say the decision is driven by the market

Published in The New York Times
January 19, 2012
It Takes a City to Help Open a Hotel

The Terranea Resort, a $480 million hotel, opened last month in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., after the city agreed to a tax rebate plan

Published in The New York Times
July 4, 2009
Lifting a High Ranch to New Heights

A relatively small project turns into a major renovation

Published in The New York Times
November 4, 2007
Thoroughly Modern, Amid the Traditional

For Stan Allen and his wife, Polly Apfelbaum, finding a contemporary house in history-laden Princeton, N.J., was a process fraught with disappointment

Published in The New York Times
October 3, 2008
Burning Man's "town planner" has died, but his vision will live on

Rod Garrett, who laid out Burning Man, the annual festival of self-expression in Nevada, drew accolades for his approach

Published in The New York Times
August 28, 2011
Developers’ Effort to Warm a Lobby Leaves Some Cold

The developers of a condo in Chelsea designed by Jean Nouvel are altering the building’s lobby after real estate agents attributed slow sales to the lobby’s design

Published in The New York Times
October 26, 2010
The Price for Building a Home in This Town: $300,000 Water Meter

The small California town of Bolinas has kept out development for decades by restricting the number of water meters it issues

Published in The New York Times
April 13, 2010
New Gehry Tower Prepares for Renters

Undulating walls of stainless steel will ensure that few units at 8 Spruce Street, designed by Frank Gehry, will be identical

Published in The New York Times
October 5, 2010
A Village Home for a Man About Town

Sean Strub finally visited Milford, Pa., where he was smitten and found a Victorian in town for $360,000

Published in The New York Times
October 31, 2008
A Home as Quirky as Life Itself

A family lives and works in an eccentric space that overlooks the lighting fixture stores that dominate a section of the Bowery

Published in The New York Times
May 18, 2008
An Architect and an Interior Designer at Home

David Penick, an architect, and Mary Delaney Penick, an interior designer, live in an elegant brick-and-limestone building in Greenwich Village

Published in The New York Times
December 26, 2008
Trump’s Adventures in the Land of Golf

Donald Trump’s project for a golf resort on the northeast coast of Scotland, near Aberdeen, hangs in the balance as environmentalists say the rugged coastline should be left undisturbed

Published in The New York Times
July 6, 2008
SOAPBOX: Masking a Terminal's Triumph

A 35-foot-high billboard on the facade of the Port Authority Bus Terminal will obscure the strengths of the building's 1980's renovation

Published in The New York Times
December 20, 1998
Joseph Giovannini's Deconstructivist Apartments

In several apartments in Los Angeles, the architecture critic has created murals that fool the eye into connecting distinct surfaces

Published in The New York Times
January 12, 2011
The Quietest Neighbors

As Brooklyn’s residential building boom continues, more luxury buildings are going up alongside Green-Wood Cemetery

Published in The New York Times
April 8, 2007
Hotel Review: Hotel Veritas, in Cambridge, Mass.

If Harvard had a hotel school, its summa cum laude graduates would want to work at Veritas

Published in The New York Times
July 29, 2010
Hotel Review: Trump SoHo in New York City

The views are exceptional, but the entire building creaks -- loudly -- when it's windy

Published in The New York Times
May 27, 2010
ART/ARCHITECTURE: This Old Museum

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Conn., will open an $8-million building that artists can saw through, drill through, and generally mangle, just as they did at the museum's original home

Published in The New York Times
June 4, 2004
A Gallerist Turned Developer

Built in 1915 and used as a machinery warehouse until last year, the Grand Machinery Exchange is being converted to 14 condos by gallery owner Max Protetch

Published in The New York Times
March 18, 2007
Daniel Rowen, an Architect Who Favored Modernism, Dies at 56

Mr. Rowen was a highly regarded architect whose modernist designs attracted a number of promient clients

Published in The New York Times
November 23, 2009
Larger Units for a Richard Meier Condo

The developers of On Prospect Park, a Richard Meier building, have reworked the interiors to include more family-sized apartments

Published in The New York Times
May 28, 2010
200 Square Feet and Room to Swivel

A Bulgarian immigrant finds that thrift and ingenuity go a long way in a tiny apartment

Published in The New York Times
February 2, 2011
From Bubble-Gum to Beige

Bringing in an architect to reconcile her taste for bling and his taste for Bauhaus

Published in The New York Times
January 27, 2008
Barry Wine Moves Beyond the Kitchen

The owner and chef of the Quilted Giraffe in the 1970s and ’80s has a simple recipe for home design: Anything goes.

Published in The New York Times
June 5, 2008
A Redesign Brings a Congregation Closer Together

Philip Johnson's synagogue in Port Chester, New York, is now as practical as it is beautiful

Published in The New York Times
February 18, 2007
The Color of Comfort

The playwright John Patrick Shanley has had a lifelong fascination with color -- as seen in his latest apartment

Published in The New York Times
June 29, 2009
A New City Handbook Demystifies Zoning

A new 168-page supplement makes the city’s 1,500-page zoning resolution a little less daunting

Published in The New York Times
February 3, 2011
36 Hours in Tallahassee

The Florida capital as a weekend destination

Published in The New York Times
May 13, 2005
A Five-Parador Tour Through Northern Spain

Paradors were once essential stops for visitors to the Spanish provinces. They're becoming that again.

Published in The New York Times
July 23, 2006
Heating/Cooling Unit as ‘Elephant’ in the Room

A PTAC — package terminal air-conditioner — can be an ugly intrusion, and a great convenience

Published in The New York Times
January 14, 2011
VOWS: Andrea Monfried and Mike Harshman

For this couple, it's all about love -- and architecture

Published in The New York Times
May 9, 2004
Students See a Creek and Imagine a Bridge for VW

A group of Auburn University students are designing a bridge for Volkswagen’s planned factory in Tennessee

Published in The New York Times
January 26, 2010
Restoring a Rare Glimpse of Those Fabled 1,000 Days

For Jacques Lowe's book marking the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, photos destroyed in the World Trade Center attacks were digitally recreated

Published in The New York Times
January 15, 2004
After a Flood, Running a Homeless Museum

A university museum in Iowa, operating without a building, instead takes its collection on the road

Published in The New York Times
March 16, 2011
At the Ardsley, Art Deco the Way It Was

Scott Salvator has a lot of very funny things to say about a serious lobby restoration

Published in The New York Times
June 4, 2010
Comparing two storied Miami Beach hotels

The Standard and the Setai play to different strengths

Published in The New York Times
February 17, 2006
The Yale University Art Gallery gets another life

The three-year, $44 million restoration is a hit

 

Published in The New York Times
December 10, 2006
A Spare Stage for the Spectacle of Life

Carlos Brillembourg, an architect, and Karin Waisman, an artist, built a modern house in the Hamptons that is spacious, spare and stylish

Published in The New York Times
July 24, 2008
For Shortbus Star Jay Brannan, a Small Apartment

A modest income qualified this actor for affordable, convenient housing.

Published in The New York Times
October 7, 2006
The Blue Moon, on Orchard Street

A hotel I should have skipped

Published in The New York Times
June 16, 2006