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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

london tour buses in front of a manmade hill, the marble arch mound
Farewell to the Folly

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

exterior photograph of a corporate headquarters, part of the 2021 controversies
Remember These?

Here are the controversies that drew ire in 2021

The world trade center complex for above, governed by alexander garvin when he was director of planning
Late Edition

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

historic street in soho, manhattan
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

notre dame paris
Sacré Bleu, Quel Dommage, etc.

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

rendering of a pyramid-shaped glass skyscraper and the paris skyline
Wedge Issue

Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle is moving forward, dividing Parisians

screen grab depicting professor Alejandro Zaera-Polo delivering a presentation
Salvage Job

Architecture academia’s latest controversy has all the makings of a shit show, but we need to look past the spectacle

looking out at the phoenix skyline and a stone structure; HDR inc is accused of surveilling activists who protested plans to run a highway through the city park
Covert STRATA

HDR responds to reports of surveilling clients’ opponents

A statue of robert e lee covered with a black tarp in front of an anti racism march against confederate monuments
To The Halls Of History

More than a dozen organizations apply to acquire Charlottesville’s toppled Confederate monuments

smashed elephant statues on the roof of Hollywood & Highland
Changes of Elephantine Proportions

Controversial sculptures at Hollywood & Highland removed during $100 million mall makeover

Rescuers dig through the wreckage of Champlain Towers South after the collapse
Fall Guy

Chasing William Friedman, the mystery architect who designed Champlain Towers South

exterior rendering of a history center with a cantilevered roof in tulsa
Road to Reparations

Tulsa’s Greenwood Rising museum strikes a nerve in a community still seeking justice

A statue of robert e. lee in charlottesville in 2006.
Monday Morning Wake Up Call

Daily digest: Video of the Antepavilion raid comes to light, Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue comes down, and more

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