http://dir.salon.com/topics/architecture/?source=rss&aim=architecture en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/22/basketball_in_suburbia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/22/basketball_in_suburbia/index.html?source=rss The kid next door has discovered basketball, and I have discovered an exquisite torture. By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/09/cohabitation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/09/cohabitation/index.html?source=rss Ever since we moved in, we've been at each other. What happened? By Ulrike Knöfel, Frank Hornig and Bernhard Zand Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/skyscraper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/skyscraper/index.html?source=rss 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 Will the West soon look outdated? Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/04/07/bt_meier/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/04/07/bt_meier/index.html?source=rss The architect discusses his work, the color white and the difference between buildings and art. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/19/architect_slowdown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/19/architect_slowdown/index.html?source=rss Another economic indicator goes cliff-diving: Will the commercial construction industry be the next domino to fall? By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/14/suburban_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/14/suburban_house/index.html?source=rss Please, somebody, get me out of this fancy enclave of McMansions and SUVs! By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/17/housecleaning/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/17/housecleaning/index.html?source=rss I hate to clean and so does he. Are we crazy? By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/17/treehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/17/treehouse/index.html?source=rss I like where we live, but our house is so cramped. Should we move? By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/26/house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/26/house/index.html?source=rss I think I made a big mistake. Home ownership isn't what I thought it would be. By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/22/secret_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/22/secret_house/index.html?source=rss Neither our kids nor my husband knows of our bungalow -- and I'd like to keep it that way. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/28/kunster_koolhaas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/28/kunster_koolhaas/index.html?source=rss James Kunstler declares war on Rem Koolhaas By Farhad Manjoo Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/22/architecture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/22/architecture/index.html?source=rss 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 Karrie Jacobs Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/10/05/big_idea_design/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/10/05/big_idea_design/index.html?source=rss From affordable housing to beautiful highways and computer-monitor gargoyles, the Big Idea looks at architecture and design ideas to build a future around. Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/11/08/homing3_thugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/11/08/homing3_thugs/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to "Homing Instinct: Oh Yes You Can!" by Cary Tennis, and "The Unexamined Thug Life," by Janelle Brown By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2002/11/07/home_buy2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2002/11/07/home_buy2/index.html?source=rss We had no savings, hefty credit-card debt, and middling self-esteem. Still, we got the house. By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2002/09/19/home_buy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2002/09/19/home_buy/index.html?source=rss You really should buy a house. I mean it. Part 1. By Cary Tennis Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/05/homing2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/05/homing2/index.html?source=rss I hone my own nutty ideas for a remodeling cure. By Brian Libby Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/05/01/pelli/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/05/01/pelli/index.html?source=rss 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 Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/02/25/chrysler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/02/25/chrysler/index.html?source=rss New York's most glorious skyscraper, its art deco eagles poised for flight, is a timeless work of Jazz Age poetry in steel. By Eric Boehlert Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/17/wtc_obit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/17/wtc_obit/index.html?source=rss The World Trade Center represented the essence of American financial power, but critics hated the towers and the public never embraced them. By Bill Wyman Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/11/collapse_background/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/11/collapse_background/index.html?source=rss The jetliners hit the World Trade Center buildings at a vulnerable point. By Brian Libby Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/08/09/mockbee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/08/09/mockbee/index.html?source=rss Amid architecture's increasing irrelevance, one man decided that poor people can have great houses. By Jennifer Ouellette Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/15/quetzal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/15/quetzal/index.html?source=rss 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 Julie Caniglia Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/07/26/house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/07/26/house/index.html?source=rss 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 Sarah Vowell Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/02/10/vowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/02/10/vowe/index.html?source=rss Architect Michael Graves turns his folly to the mass market.