Who is Zaha Hadid?
Friday May 28, 2004
Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi born British citizen and the first woman ever to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize, will collect $100,000 and a bronze medallion this Monday, May 31, at ... Read More
Why Did the Charles-de-Gaulle Airport Terminal Collapse?
Monday May 24, 2004
"I can't explain what happened. I just don't understand it," Paul Andreu, architect of the collapsed terminal at Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, told L'Humanite newspaper. The 450-meter long terminal building is ... Read More
Rem Koolhaas in Seattle
Friday May 21, 2004
Critics are raving about Rem Koolhaas’s new library in Seattle. Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker, calls it "the most important new library to be built in a ... Read More
America's Graceful Federal Style
Sunday May 16, 2004
It's easy to confuse Federalist architecture with the earlier Georgian Colonial style. The difference is in the details: While Georgian homes are square and angular, a Federal style building is ... Read More
Philip Johnson's Folly?
Friday May 14, 2004
Philip Johnson's design for the AT&T Headquarters (now the Sony Building) in New York City was the most controversial of his career. This otherwise sleek skyscraper, built in the International ... Read More
The "Spooky" Second Empire Style
Sunday May 9, 2004
The Second Empire or Mansard style house is the perfect setting for a horror film. It's the haunting hilltop architecture seen in spooky movies such as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. ... Read More
Big Earthquakes and Big Buildings
Monday May 3, 2004
If you've been flipping television channels in the United States, you may have seen chilling images of the Seattle Space Needle and the Golden Gate Bridge toppling. Fortunately, the filmclips ... Read More