Reassessing Arcosanti, an “urban laboratory” in the Arizona desert founded in the 1970s by students, architects and seekers.

Timothy Sakamoto and Jochen Repolust are part of the small but growing niche making mobile apps focused on specific works of architecture.

The house, designed by the architect Eric Fisher, looms over the street like a big industrial arm.

Architecture and design firm HWKN wins Young Architects Program and will build an installation designed to neutralize airborne pollutants in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. Photo

An ambitious plan is in the works to transform the plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a more efficient and pleasing space.

Museum of Fine Arts in Houston selects Steven Holl Architects to design an expansion of its galleries and art school. Photo

Repairs have ended the Pisa tower’s status as the most leaning, and a small tower in Germany is the new Guinness titleholder, but rivals have emerged.

A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.

Design plans for Washington, DC, memorial to former Pres Dwight D Eisenhower by architect Frank Gehry draws objections from the Eisenhower family, which asks that the project be delayed; family members contend that the statue of the two-term president, which portrays Eisenhower as a barefoot youth on the Kansas plains, ignores his adult achievements and mocks him as a callow rustic. Photos (M)d

The demolition of a historic house in the imperial city, once home to famous architects who championed historic preservation, is a cruel blow to conservationists.

The TRYP Times Square South, a cheerful-looking 173-room hotel, opened earlier this month on West 35th Street.

“Be Your Own Decorator” presents rooms by well-known designers that are intended to inspire readers to take things into their own hands.

A rebuilt home may look like its fire-damaged predecessor, but it is full of improvements.

The set decorator has been nominated for an Oscar for his renditions of old Hollywood in “The Artist,” set in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Object, a design store in Belltown, carries furniture, lighting, decorative accessories and some fashion, much of it designed in the area.

The house, designed by the architect Eric Fisher, looms over the street like a big industrial arm.

For the recently divorced man, the process of renesting can be daunting, but it also offers an opportunity to unleash your hidden bachelor.

To promote an auction of 20th- and 21st-century design, the interior designer Stephen Sills has created a preview exhibition in an apartment at the Apthorp.

A jewelry designer finds striking new objects for storage.

The handmade house, doughty and particular, is being celebrated in three new books.

(TrendHunter.com) The TuboHotel by T3Arc is a cleverly designed resort that features tube-like structural forms as its main visual accents. Designed by the Mexican architecture studio, the hotel is made up of a number of...

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(TrendHunter.com) Nintendo fanboys and girls looking to add some geekiness to their homes should check out the Zelda Triforce Lamp. This geeky illuminator is made from wood and is inspired by the Triforce, the sacred relic...

(TrendHunter.com) The Tree Bench is not a typical outdoor public seat. Instead of traditional leg supports or even nails and screws, this particular design interacts with its surroundings in a surprisingly simply way. The...

(TrendHunter.com) Wave by Florence Jaffrain is a cross between a beanbag chair and a bag of balls from a local school gym. The first refers to its function while the second addresses its look. Like a contained playground...

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