Architecture

Mute Point Mute Point

The undulating monoliths in architect Peter Eisenman's Holocaust memorial in Berlin are more banal than beautiful--which suits Eisenman fine.

Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Visionaries Wanted Visionaries Wanted

New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we've come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwe...

Sep 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman

Memorial Chauvinism Memorial Chauvinism

The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.

Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

Collective Memory and the Holocaust Collective Memory and the Holocaust

An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.

May 31, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin

In the Park With Christo In the Park With Christo

From everywhere people flocked to New York City to experience the extraordinary installation in Central Park by the environmental artists Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude.

Mar 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Roberta Brandes Gratz and Stephen A. Goldsmith

The Rebirth of the Modern The Rebirth of the Modern

The letterhead of Columbia University, where I taught for four decades, reads in full "Columbia University in the City of New York," not because there is much likelihood that any...

Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

Since I'm from California, I sometimes dare to dispute the seemingly popular East Coast belief that my home state is a cultural wasteland.

Apr 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Abby Aguirre

Scully’s Way Scully’s Way

Generations of Yale students share stories about special moments in Vincent Scully's courses on art and architecture.

Dec 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Bender

Mourning and Modernism After 9/11 Mourning and Modernism After 9/11

Can function follow form?

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Casey Nelson Blake

A Green Ground Zero A Green Ground Zero

The debate over how to redevelop the World Trade Center site has revolved around several key concerns: the commercial interests of the real estate industry, the public's desire...

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Griscom and Will Dana

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