What we build.

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• If You Live in a Glass House It gets quite hot in the summer. Visiting Philip Johnson's most durable architectural achievement.
  Witold Rybczynski July 1, 2009
  
• How High Are high ceilings a sign of wretched architectural excess or just good taste?
  Witold Rybczynski May 20, 2009
  
• A Museum of African-American History Is the newest addition to the nation's lawn a pink flamingo or a garden gnome?
  Witold Rybczynski April 29, 2009
  
• The Jenga Effect A new vogue for tottering towers.
  Witold Rybczynski April 15, 2009
  
• Incredible Hulks Exploring Detroit's beautiful ruins.
  Witold Rybczynski March 18, 2009
  
• Back to the Drawing Board Louis Kahn and the lost art of sketching.
  Witold Rybczynski Feb. 25, 2009
  
• That Dogma Won't Hunt Why are architects so obsessed with schools and rules?
  Witold Rybczynski Feb. 4, 2009
  
• Goodbye, 2 Columbus Circle A refurbished New York landmark fails to preserve the spirit of the original.
  Witold Rybczynski Jan. 14, 2009