A weekly dispatch on architecture, design, and cities, from Christopher Hawthorne
Inside the brawny new JPMorgan Chase supertall, at 270 Park Avenue
Fifteen years and more than $800m in the making, the Swiss architect’s “concrete sculpture” is finally ready to meet a dubious public
And what Peter Eisenman, his former mentor, thinks of his ballroom plan
We’re joined by Geoff Manaugh, author of “A Burglar’s Guide to the City”; plus, sorting through the rubble at Trump’s White House
A conversation with Ma Yansong
Or did it? The manipulations, architectural and otherwise, of Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt”
A review of the new Princeton University Art Museum, by Adjaye Associates and Cooper Robertson
Remembering Kongjian Yu
A conversation with Aaron Cayer about how AECOM rose from humble SoCal roots to become a powerful, secretive player in global politics
Why not-so-bad feels, in this case, like a minor miracle; plus a ranking of WTC architecture from best to worst
Let’s ask Liz Diller!
A review of Michael Meredith’s “Smaller Architecture”
A roundtable discussion with Gustavo Arellano, Joe Mathews, and Alissa Walker
A review of Julian Rose’s “Building Culture”
