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"There was a broad public understanding in Pittsburgh that the city was in need of reinvention," said one of the authors of a new book on the city's "Renaissance." → Read More
It’s now a fantasy-steeped hotel honoring the airport design of a bygone era, but the TWA Flight Center at New York’s JFK Airport was never quite real. → Read More
The late architect and planner had some very big ideas for Oklahoma City in the 1960s. But the final result wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. → Read More
Artist Kurt Treeby’s small tissue-box replicas of threatened and razed modern architecture mix cuteness with contemplation and mourning. → Read More
Marcel Breuer's 1966 Whitney Museum was one of his finest works. The Bauhaus-trained designer would bring something similar to the South just before his death. → Read More
A special series that reflects on the Bauhaus school on its 100th anniversary—from the roots of its ideas to how its concepts impacted an impure world. → Read More
The architect and dean of the Yale School of Architecture speaks to CityLab about her work, her industry, and the cities she loves working in. → Read More
Flo and Topper—the pet Weimaraners of artist William Wegman—grace the walls of the redesigned 23rd Street (M and F lines) station as part of the MTA's Enhanced Station Initiative. → Read More
In an exhibit at New York's Center for Architecture, curator Nora Leung—who worked with Rudolph—sheds light on three projects he designed for Hong Kong during a period of change. → Read More
From taxis to trams to recycling programs, the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics had no lack of good-but-unrealized ideas. Thanks to the Moscow Design Museum, their proposals can be seen by a new generation of designers. → Read More
A documentary by Vancouver-based graphic designer Greg Durrell explores the surprisingly rich history behind the nation’s postwar design culture. → Read More
Sam Lubell, author of "The Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide," talks about what makes so much of the concrete, steel, and glass up and down the Atlantic coast so special. → Read More
Fifty years ago, designers Peter Chermayeff and Tom Geismar gave the MBTA a memorable makeover. → Read More
At a Toronto station that fed fans into the city’s hockey arena, a 1985 mural that depicted the Maple Leafs’ biggest rival enraged team owner Howard Ballard. → Read More
The city’s failed car-free downtown never looked sexier than it did in this 1988 TV spot. → Read More
"Move Closer To Your World" is an ageless wonder, as evidenced by the love Philadelphians have for it, 45 years after its creation. → Read More
One of the city's most celebrated designers traces his style back to the work he saw by two Swiss men in the 1950s. → Read More
Laden with public art, these concrete palaces shouldn't be handed over to developers in the hopes of boosting density. → Read More
Aaron Ott, the first-ever curator of public art at Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery, talks about leading an uncommon cultural initiative across Western New York. → Read More
Just before the transit service began, locals saw this short film on television and movie screens across the city. → Read More