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Second Time’s the Charm

Jeffrey Gural buys the Flatiron Building for $161.5 million at its second auction

Legal Action

Steven Holl Architects could be on the hook for $10 million over Hunters Point Library’s inaccessibility

“Flattery or Thievery?”

Artist Willie Cole calls the Met Gala’s plastic water bottle chandeliers “a blatant rip off” of his work

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Responding to Outrage

Architect Massimo Adario and curator Federica Sala apologize for problematic glass figures shown in Campo Base exhibition

Speaking Out

Designers raise concern over “racist figurines” on display at Design Week in Milan

“Please, Sir, May I Have Some [Light]?”

A public conversation about housing in New York renews discussion of problematic windowless bedrooms

In Circulation

An open letter calls on Krueck Sexton Partners to withdraw from project to design new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

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Ye Out

Kanye West’s discipline-spanning creative partnerships severed following antisemitic tirades

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New Year, New Director

Maria Nicanor is tapped to lead the Cooper Hewitt

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Taking the Cake

Move over seasteaders, cryptocurrency investors want to build their own private island countries

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Farewell to the Folly

London’s Marble Arch Mound closes after a turbulent six-month run

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Remember These?

Here are the controversies that drew ire in 2021

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Late Edition

Daily digest: The AIA Los Angeles comes out against Munger Hall, Alexander Garvin passes away, and more

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SoHo-a-Go-Go

New York City Council approves controversial SoHo/NoHo rezoning

One of the confederate monuments that will go on display in a new show of the same name
Same Name, Different Theme

Toppled Confederate statues will be paired with contemporary art in L.A.’s new MONUMENTS exhibition

A memorial to Nathan Bedford Forrest with crazy eyes
Took Long Enough

Nashville’s infamous Nathan Bedford Forrest monument finally comes down

The Sagrada Família, a heavily decorated basilica, at night
Finishing Touches

More controversy at the Sagrada Família, this time over a crowning star

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Sacré Bleu, Quel Dommage, etc.

Plans for a modern interior at Notre Dame Cathedral incite the ire of traditionalists

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