Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.
Tag: Architecture
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.
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.
Inside the Faithful Restoration of Notre-Dame
After Notre-Dame caught fire in 2019, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to reopen the cathedral in five years. The timeline seemed a Hail Mary. Yet here we are. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for The New York Times, brings us a behi…