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a plain white pyramid on a roof for Antepavilion
Art Or Architecture?

With the future of the Antepavilion in the balance, organizers move ahead

visitors cross a glass-bottomed constitution bridge spanning a canal in venice
On Firmer Ground

Santiago Calatrava’s slippery Venice footbridge will finally get a fix

A tower in times square, the one that dropped a piece of terra-cotta and killed architect erica tishman
Scaffold Scofflaw

New York will file charges after 2019 facade collapse that killed architect Erica Tishman

Aerial rendering of governors island with big built up development
M.A.G.I.C. Thinking

A M.A.G.I.C. lawsuit hopes to halt the Governors Island rezoning

The art moderne lobby of the former McGraw Hill building with green walls and ceiling and spiraling art deco lights
Lobbying Efforts

New York State Supreme Court rejects plea to reinstall McGraw-Hill lobby

The pyramid-shaped VIA 57 West, with the boxy landmark theatres outpost at its base
Landmark No More

Durst sues Landmark Theatres for leaving the BIG-designed VIA 57 West

an elevated home with askew solar panels
In the Wrong?

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation sues its former executive director

The US supreme court building, where a case on building codes was recently decided
Another Breach in the Paywall

Recent court decisions on the business of building codes are a boon for open-access advocates

A wrapped tower with rememberances for grenfell victims
Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Cost-cutting, cladding confusion, and ‘lost’ files: Grenfell three years on

5 pointz, a graffiti covered warehouse, undergoing demoltion
All's Well That Ends Well

US Supreme Court cements win for graffiti artists in 5 Pointz demolition case

construction site in michgan
Another Day, Another Dispute

Construction association sues Michigan governor over safety orders

taliesin west
He Said She Said

Is the School of Architecture at Taliesin staying open or not?

A waterfront development in Washington, DC, the Wharf, featuring mixed-use towers
Peace In Our Time

Dueling lawsuits over Washington, D.C.’s The Wharf dismissed

Grenfell tower clad in white sheeting that reads
The inquiry continues ...

As trial continues, new Grenfell fire details emerge

Photo of a Rikers demonstration on a sidewalk outside of a courthouse
You’ve Got Jail

Fifteen architects and designers will advise design of Rikers Replacement jails

Balcony views at the Tate Modern in London, as people hang over the edge of a railing
Keel Calm and Peep On

Court strikes down appeal in Tate Modern privacy battle

A rendering of bright blue Saracen Casino Resort in a grassy field
Tribe-ling Times

Marlon Blackwell Architects sues over Arkansas casino design

Exterior image of Princeton University research building
School Showdown

Princeton sues Tod Williams and Billie Tsien over delayed project

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