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The Green Case for Cities
Forget the solar panels and the rain barrels—if you want to save energy, leave the suburbs.
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The Bilbao Effect
Public competitions for architectural commissions don't necessarily produce the best buildings
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A Brand-New Olmsted
The discovery and replanting of a century-old lost landscape
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Moving the Bell
Soon America's most venerated icon will have a new, and more appropriate, home
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Keeping the Modern Modern
By trying to keep up with the times, the Museum of Modern Art may obliterate its architectural diary of modernism
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Sounds as Good as It Looks
Seiji Ozawa Hall, at Tanglewood, is modeled on the world's few great concert halls.
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Downsizing Cities
To make cities work better, make them smaller
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The New Downtowns
After a century of evolution, shopping malls are now urban centers, with post offices, hotels, counseling centers, and even amusement parks—all in a weather-protected, safe, clean place. Now signs of real life are starting to appear
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A Good Public Building: Chicago's New Main Library Revives Old-Fashioned Architectural Virtues
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Should Suburbs Be Designed?
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Wally McNamee / Getty Waiting for the Weekend
A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right. What we choose to do looks increasingly like work, and idleness has acquired a bad name. Herein, a history of leisure.
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Living Smaller
Big houses may someday look as outdated and impractical as big cars, for many of the same reasons
