By Sarah Leavitt We had to park in a certain area north of the gate back to what we called the river. If you parked up here, either you were going to be made to move or when you came out your tires were going...

by chrysanthe B. broikos Camilo José Vergara has been photographing the landscape of urban poverty for nearly 40 years. The landscape he depicts is often forlorn: dotted with abandoned lots, desolate streets, and dilapidated buildings. He captures his subjects straight on and in even light,...

By Andrew Caruso Tom Kundig, spoke at the National Building Museum as part of the Spotlight on Design lecture series. Kundig is the winner of the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award and the 2007 Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and...

By Deborah Sorensen Do you have a mistress? Mistress?  Isn’t that an old-fashioned term? It may be old-fashioned, but at least it’s specific! —The Moon is Blue (1953) Not long after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s experimental Farnsworth House (completed in 1951) inspired public debate...

By Reed Haslach The mid-20th century coincided with the zenith of “high modernism” in architecture, marked by pure, abstract, and often monumental forms, especially in public and institutional buildings. While much of Eero Saarinen’s (1910–61) work fits into that mold, modernism alone is not an...