Chistopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic

An excerpt from a new book chronicles the cutting-edge architects who are bringing high style to once-...




Architecture worldwide becomes subject to 'buildering.'




Both visions for downtown's civic plaza are less than inspiring and raise...




Is the gavel and block the right way to sell a significant home? The sluggish...




Beaux-Arts house is now historic in spirit yet contemporary in sinew.




The site was at odds with the needs of the scientists -- until Viñoly got...




Los Angeles awaits the reopening of Griffith Observatory.




"Gehry" is intriguing but a bit behind the curve.




The L.A. School, with members including Gehry and Mayne, operated outside the...




The price tag is over the top, but Wynn Las Vegas' exterior isn't.