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News Articles: Architecture

Prior to the Eaton Fire in January 2025, the Zane Grey Estate was a beloved historical and cultural landmark — the former home of Western novelist Zane Grey.

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  • History

Beloved historic landmarks navigate an uncertain future after the LA fires

In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future. In Altadena, only concrete walls are left from the former home of novelist Zane Grey.

March 31, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
West Village, 2015, Chengdu, People's Republic of China

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  • Architecture

Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins the 2025 Pritzker Prize

The jury cited Liu's "reverence for culture, history and nature, chronicling time and comforting users with familiarity through modern interpretations of classic Chinese architecture."

March 04, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
Pioneering Black architect Robert Kennard led the team that designed Carson City Hall in Carson, Calif., which opened in 1976.  The team also included Frank Sata and Robert Alexander.

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  • Race

Long ignored, Black modernist architects get recognition

Black architects who helped shape the modern architecture movement have often been overlooked. One effort preserves the structures they designed and tells their stories.

March 02, 2025
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  • Buffy Gorrilla
An architectural detail of the The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, photographed in Washington, D.C., in 2014.

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  • Architecture

Will all new federal buildings look like ancient Rome now? Not quite.

Among his day one actions, President Trump is reviving his first-term efforts to promote classical architecture for federal buildings.

January 21, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
One of the scale models of a mixed residential/retail development created by Kennesaw State University students for Macon's Greenwood Bottom.

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  • Economy

For Kennesaw State students, listening is the first step in revitalizing Macon’s Greenwood Bottom

Being left out of your town's downtown revitalization boom time doesn't feel great. A collaboration between Kennesaw State University's architecture program and leaders in Macon is focused on listening to residents and spreading the growing wealth.

 

December 10, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
GPB News NPR

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  • Architecture

Here & Now Trump campaign turns to Turning Point USA to get out the vote

The Trump campaign has turned over some of its get-out-the-vote efforts to outside groups, including the Arizona-based Turning Point USA.

October 29, 2024
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  • Lisa Hagen
The J. Edgar Hoover Building of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seen on April 03, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Architecture

Why brutalist buildings should stay, even if people think they're ugly

Many people think brutalist architecture is ugly. Architects make a case for why the buildings shouldn’t be torn down.

August 13, 2024
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  • Kaity Kline
GPB News NPR

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  • Architecture

6 design tricks to transform your home, according to a feng shui expert

Fall in love with your home again with these feng shui-inspired decorating tips from architect Cliff Tan. They focus on creating an environment that feels happy, harmonious and full of good energy.

July 20, 2024
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  • Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Visitors observe the painting the <em>Mona Lisa</em> by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France.

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  • Fine Art

The Louvre Museum looks to rehouse the 'Mona Lisa' in its own room — underground

Louvre Director Laurence des Cars said her institution is looking at upgrading both the visitor experience surrounding the iconic painting as well as the museum overall.

April 28, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
A new study finds that front yards with friendly features, such as pink flamingos or porch furniture, are correlated with happier, more connected neighbors and a greater "sense of place."

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  • Health

Garden gnomes and porch swings: Lively front yards linked to more connected residents

A new study finds a neighborhood's front yards may be the window to its soul: Welcoming or whimsical features such as benches and flamingos are linked to happier, more connected neighbors.

April 20, 2024
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  • Conrad Kickert and
  • Kelly Gregg
The Tomochichi Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, as seen on April 17, 2023.

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  • Politics

Renovation timeline is delayed at Savannah's federal courthouse, after last year's partial collapse

The downtown gem has been closed since September 2021.

March 08, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Yokosuka Museum of Art, situated on Tokyo Bay, is designed as a destination for both visitors and locals.

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  • Architecture

Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

March 05, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
Singer and composer H. Sinno is bringing a site-specific opera to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur.

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  • Arts & Life

An ancient Egyptian temple in New York inspires a Lebanese American musician

H. Sinno, former lead singer of the pioneering Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila, pairs their own history with that of the Metropolitan Museum's Temple of Dendur in their new opera.

January 27, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The nearly century-old Onion Dome atop the Fox Theatre undergoing renovation in 2023.

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  • News

Atlanta's Fox Theatre completes renovation on ‘Onion Dome’

Restoration of the Fox Theatre’s “Onion Dome” is now complete.

January 23, 2024
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
A cargo ship heads into port on Oct. 13, 2021, in Bayonne, N.J.

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  • Architecture

Shipping container buildings may be cool — but they're not always green

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the roof.

January 15, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
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