The kid next door has discovered basketball, and I have discovered an exquisite torture.
By Cary Tennis May 22, 2008
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A building frenzy is raging in Asia, Russia and the Persian Gulf. And cities like New York don't have the money to compete. Will the West soon look outdated?
By Ulrike Knöfel, Frank Hornig and Bernhard Zand
June 9, 2008
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The architect discusses his work, the color white and the difference between buildings and art.
April 7, 2008
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Another economic indicator goes cliff-diving: Will the commercial construction industry be the next domino to fall?
By Andrew Leonard
March 19, 2008
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American architecture is still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. Critics and architects say that security now trumps design, as barricades and mall-like plazas are sucking the soul out of urban life.
By Farhad Manjoo
August 22, 2006
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Please, somebody, get me out of this fancy enclave of McMansions and SUVs!
By Cary Tennis
February 14, 2008
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I hate to clean and so does he. Are we crazy?
By Cary Tennis
January 17, 2008
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I like where we live, but our house is so cramped. Should we move?
By Cary Tennis
October 17, 2007
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I think I made a big mistake. Home ownership isn't what I thought it would be.
By Cary Tennis
January 26, 2007
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Neither our kids nor my husband knows of our bungalow -- and I'd like to keep it that way.
By Cary Tennis
January 22, 2007
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James Kunstler declares war on Rem Koolhaas
By Andrew Leonard
September 28, 2006
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From affordable housing to beautiful highways and computer-monitor gargoyles, the Big Idea looks at architecture and design ideas to build a future around.
By Karrie Jacobs
October 5, 2005
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Readers respond to "Homing Instinct: Oh Yes You Can!" by Cary Tennis, and "The Unexamined Thug Life," by Janelle Brown
November 8, 2002
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We had no savings, hefty credit-card debt, and middling self-esteem. Still, we got the house.
By Cary Tennis
November 7, 2002
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You really should buy a house. I mean it. Part 1.
By Cary Tennis
September 19, 2002
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I hone my own nutty ideas for a remodeling cure.
By Cary Tennis
September 5, 2002
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The architect of Manhattan's World Financial Center -- and of the world's tallest towers -- discusses ground zero, the future of skyscrapers and how New York's skyline is handsomer than ever.
By Brian Libby
May 1, 2002
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New York's most glorious skyscraper, its art deco eagles poised for flight, is a timeless work of Jazz Age poetry in steel.
By Stephanie Zacharek
February 25, 2002
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The World Trade Center represented the essence of American financial power, but critics hated the towers and the public never embraced them.
By Eric Boehlert
September 17, 2001
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The jetliners hit the World Trade Center buildings at a vulnerable point.
By Bill Wyman
September 11, 2001
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Amid architecture's increasing irrelevance, one man decided that poor people can have great houses.
By Brian Libby
August 9, 2001
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The strange echo resembling a bird's call in the Mayan Temple of Kukulkan has two disparate academic fields collaborating. Will acoustical archaeology dig up the next batch of history?
By Jennifer Ouellette
September 15, 1999
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Terence Riley, curator of the new MOMA exhibit "The Un-Private House," talks about Martha Stewart, changing domestic ideals and why walking around your house naked is increasingly a public issue.
By Julie Caniglia
July 26, 1999
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Architect Michael Graves turns his folly to the mass market.
By Sarah Vowell
February 10, 1999
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Ray Sawhill reviews "Architecture: Choice or Fate" by Leon Krier.
By Ray Sawhill
October 29, 1998
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