Architecture

Why Foreign Investors Love Landmarks Like the Chrysler Building When Abu Dhabi interests snapped up the Chrysler Building, the beloved 1930 skyscraper festooned with stainless-steel gargoyles and hubcaps, New Yorkers shuddered. Is New York still New York if its trophies are sold off to foreign interests? Why do peak oil investors love our landmarks?

Russia to Rebuild Czar's Dacha, Destroyed in World War II The Russian government will reconstruct the Lower Dacha, the former residence of Czar Nicholas II, destroyed in World War II fighting, said Vadim Znamenov, director of the Peterhof Estate Museum.

Gehry's London Pavilion Is Wild House of Cards: Colin Amery The first time I met Frank Gehry he was sawing his house in half.

MoMA's Pods, Scaffolds Show Prefab Housing's Future (Update1) With a shiny cubic pod, a scaffolding wrapped in transparent solar panels and a jigsaw-puzzle cottage, New York's Museum of Modern Art has turned a next-door vacant lot into a tiny, giddy world's fair.

Tate Modern Revises Plans for New Wing by Herzog & de Meuron Tate Modern, London's riverside art museum, revised plans for the new wing that architects Herzog & de Meuron are building for it, and introduced a more environmentally friendly design.