The architecture is the building’s calling card. That’s what you expect from New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, who pride themselves on being purposeful provocateurs.

• Boyd Law Building, University of Iowa College of Law: “Completed in the late 1980s, this shining example of late modernist architecture is reminiscent of another 1970s design: the Death Star.” ...

The University of Chicago has long abused its architectural treasures. In 2002, the U. of C. destroyed Woodward Court, a dormitory and dining hall by midcentury superstar Eero Saarinen.

Building Type looks at Robert A.M. Stern’s new Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia and how the idea of an "American" architecture desperately needs reinvention.

Courtesy of Courtesy of Inner Mongolia Grand Architectural Design Co.Ltd. From campus cultural activity centre to the architecture building. In the very beginning, many reconstruction cases came ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...

Last October, he delivered a lecture at the University of Texas at Dallas titled, “Building Dystopia: What Went Wrong in Modern Architecture.” (I have been an occasional target of his whingeing.) ...

For patrons and builders, from Emperor Augustus—who used marble temple building to shore up the legitimacy of his empire—to Thomas Jefferson—who employed Roman-inspired columnar designs to signal the ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...