Chistopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic
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ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
The site was at odds with the needs of the scientists -- until Viñoly got creative.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Both visions for downtown's civic plaza are less than inspiring and raise questions about how the...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Hiding a contentious torch, a San Francisco warehouse ousts bold architectural projects in China as...
ARCHITECTURE / CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Some architects are playing up the idea of impermanence, perhaps underscoring...
The massive new Whole Foods Market on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena represents the height of one-upmanship...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
His finest designs slip into otherworldly realms of desire and memory.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
The museum's Research Institute presents a show on an iconoclast who called architecture 'a vase for...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
New parcel means new opportunities.
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
'Worlds Away' at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis explores the populist shift outside of the city.
THE OSCARS | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
With this year's best-picture candidates, conformity in buildings mirrors the erosion of individuality in...
ARCHITECTURE
Los Angeles awaits the reopening of Griffith Observatory.
MOVIE REVIEW
"Gehry" is intriguing but a bit behind the curve.
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
The L.A. School, with members including Gehry and Mayne, operated outside the...
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
The price tag is over the top, but Wynn Las Vegas' exterior isn't.