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the front of the cooper hewitt design museum in the summer
New Year, New Director

Maria Nicanor is tapped to lead the Cooper Hewitt

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

Here are the controversies that drew ire in 2021

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

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

aerial rendering of the the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
At An Empasse

The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project breaks ground, but opponents aren’t backing down

A pile of bitcoins on a table amid other cryptocurrency, which is currently being mined by greenidge generation
And You Can't Even Ski On It

A power plant in New York ramped back up to mine Bitcoin, but opponents are pushing back

historic photo of a modernist home in florida designed by paul rudolph
It’s Gone

Demolition of Paul Rudolph’s Delray Beach home takes city officials by surprise

mirrored columns at the proposed holocaust memorial at Babyn Yar
Controversy in Kyiv

Plans for immersive $100-million Holocaust memorial in Ukraine ignite backlash

Rendering of a park designed by West 8 with people scattered about
Continued

After withdrawing from its Baltimore project, West 8 tells its side of the story

Rendering of people on a circular path designed by West 8
Developing Story

West 8 withdraws from Baltimore waterfront overhaul after blackface photo surfaces

Esther McVey
Future of Flats

U.K. Housing Minister discovers 3D architecture

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