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Inspired by Rome’s Pantheon: Antony Gormley and Tadao Ando’s Art Cave
The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
Small Plane Crashes in Brazil, Killing Chinese Architect
Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.
A World Reshaped by A.I. Needs Museums More Than Ever
There’s a bumper crop of museums opening from Taiwan to Paris to Harlem. Look for stand-alone buildings, extensions, remade landscapes — and two presidential libraries.
How Do You Move a Hundred-Year-Old Church? On Wheels, Very Slowly.
Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.
Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall
The New York Times identified a series of missteps that made a Jeju Air flight’s catastrophic end much more deadly.
Queen Elizabeth II Memorial to Feature Glass Bridge
A London park is to host monuments celebrating Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, with two statues also planned.
The Crane That Ruined Florence’s Skyline Is Gone
A reviled crane used during the expansion of the Uffizi Galleries was taken down this week after years of protests.
Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.
The nation had grand plans for a national cathedral designed by a celebrity architect. The $400 million project became a political battleground.
Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood
Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood.