Architecture

Goldman Sachs Architect Has No Pie in the Sky Payday (Update1) A few days ago, I stood before the $2.5 billion 43-story skyscraper that the masters of the universe at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will soon call home.

Lawrence of Arabia’s Robe Goes on Show at Overhauled Ashmolean The robe and headdress worn by the British military officer known as Lawrence of Arabia will go on view at Oxford University’s Ashmolean, among the star displays at Britain’s oldest museum when it reopens Nov. 7 after a 61 million pound ($100 million) overhaul.

Oxford University’s Ashmolean Reopens After $100 Million Revamp The Ashmolean, Oxford University’s 326-year-old museum of art and archaeology, reopens its doors on Nov. 7 after a 61 million pound ($100 million) overhaul.

’Green’ Economics Persuade N.Y. Distillery to Tap Local Sources The air is redolent of ripe apples, milled corn and mown rye. Ralph Erenzo, co-founder of Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner, New York, interrupts work in the fields to give me a tour.

Charles Was Right to Pan 1980s Buildings, Chipperfield Says The Prince of Wales’s stinging attack on modern buildings in 1984, when he called a planned museum annex a “monstrous carbuncle,” still rankles many British architects. Not David Chipperfield.