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While preservationists endeavor to adapt and reuse Philadelphia’s former police headquarters, Diana Lind argues for a clean slate.

Wartime destruction, and the rebuilding that follows, can diminish architectural complexity, writes Alberto Martínez García.

Movie theaters might seem expendable in the streaming age, but they’re essential civic spaces that must be protected.

Thirty years after the ‘Bilbao Effect,’ museums are shunning exuberant form-making in favor of thoughtful programming that engages new audiences.

The energy demands of AI are driving a construction boom for data centers, illuminating the long-obscured physical network that powers our cloud-based world.

Historian Enrique Ramirez looks to the long history of linear cities to understand Saudi Arabia's desert experiment.

The loss of a 1955 Modernist gem demonstrates that preservation cannot rely on the kindness of strangers, even of the super-rich.

Forum: As proposals expand in scale and scope, and public spending increases, large-scale pro sports developments fall flat as gestures of urban goodwill.

Memorials and museums are moving from confrontation to comfort, diluting the past's potency.

Expansive and unprogrammed indoor public spaces offer an antidote to the commercialization of contemporary cities.