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“The Cathedrals of Our Times”

At the Met, the first posthumous show of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photography showcases their influential oeuvre

September 15, 2022 • Art, East, Review

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Arches Plus Curves

In Brooklyn, Frederick Tang Architecture realizes a color-saturated interior for a new Lebanese restaurant

August 4, 2022 • East, Interiors, Open

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No King but Siza

In his first built project in the U.S., Álvaro Siza Vieira sculpts heaven in Hell’s Kitchen

August 3, 2022 • Architecture, East, Editor's Picks

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Cleanup Machine

Rambla Climate-House lands on a Spanish ravine to repair its forest ecosystem

June 27, 2022 • AN Interior, Architecture, International, Sustainability

Slide, Pivot, Rotate

Newly fabricated Judd doors are a key component in SCHAUM/SHIEH’s restoration of the Chamberlain Building in Marfa

May 31, 2022 • Architecture, Featured, In Detail, Preservation, Southwest

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Sealed To Perfection

This ultra-efficient San Antonio office underscores the importance of tight building envelopes

May 23, 2022 • Architecture, Facades+, Feature, Southwest, Sustainability

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Shapes In Space

Through a series of inventive projects in Buffalo, Davidson Rafailidis explores its own distinctive take on adaptive reuse

May 13, 2022 • Architecture, East, Editor's Picks, Studio Visit

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Through September 3

Reset: Towards a New Commons explores just models for living in community

May 6, 2022 • Architecture, East, On View

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Humanity Perseveres

A Section of Now at the Canadian Centre for Architecture surveys architecture’s response to contemporary life

December 2, 2021 • Architecture, Featured, International, Review

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End Of The Road?

A highway expansion project in Houston is the site of a battle over environmental justice

May 31, 2021 • Editor's Picks, Feature, Southwest, Transportation, Urbanism

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The Big Chill

Op-ed: A Texan blizzard revealed a crisis of governance and of architecture’s priorities

February 19, 2021 • Environment, Letter to the Editor, Southwest, Sustainability

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Chasing Perfection

John S. Chase, trailblazing Texas architect, celebrated in two exhibits

August 8, 2018 • Architecture, Professional Practice, Review, Southwest

Full-sized versions of Buc-ee's sport over 100 gas pumps at a time and extra long car washes.

Buc-ee Cheese

Gas stations on steroids: Welcome to Buc-ee’s

August 2, 2018 • Architecture, Southwest, Urbanism

Porous Edge

Steven Holl-designed Glassell School of Art opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

May 16, 2018 • News, Southwest

The exterior is clad in limestone and grey metal panels, accentuated by corrugated metal. (Leonid Furmanksy)

Book Temple

Austin’s new public library reflects the city’s transformation and energy

February 16, 2018 • Architecture, Crit, Interiors, Southwest

Much ADU About Affordability

As housing costs and economic segregation increase, Austin’s granny flats proliferate

September 12, 2016 • Development, Feature, Southwest, Urbanism

Close In and Sky High

How real estate speculation, ugly architecture, and gentrification shape Austin’s urbanity

July 13, 2016 • Architecture, Development, Southwest

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