The proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River.
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Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. “I’ve always been for optimism and architecture not being sad,” he said.
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White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
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Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk of disease. Humans, take note!
One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.
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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.
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UMass Dartmouth’s $660 million problem: preserving its Brutalist campus
Brutalism had its heyday 60 years ago, but this polarizing style of architecture is back in the spotlight. At the Oscars, Adrien Brody won Best Actor for his performance of a Brutalist architect. In Washington, President Trump has re-issued an executive order deploring Brutalism. And in southeastern Massachusetts, our reporter Ben Berke brings us this story about a Brutalist college campus designed by a celebrated architect whose buildings are disappearing across the country.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
