Strip away the genially glitzy signage, the oddly beautiful armature, and 4 Times Square -- a.k.a. the Condé Nast tower -- is an office building with a weight problem.

Designers of the New 42nd Street Studios took the mandate for signs in Times Square to heart, creating one huge, eye-popping ad for culture.

The Cooper-Hewitt's eye-popping "Design Culture Now" show reveals the impact of computers on architecture and design -- but doesn't have much to say on the subject.

New student-activities centers at Columbia and NYU expose the complex and sometimes contentious relationships between two schools and their neighbors.

Turning Governors Island into a destination point with a conference center, shops, and restaurants could revitalize the harbor. But are the planners thinking big enough?

A cunning plan to cover the West Side rail yards with a vast park and commercial ventures -- with a stadium in the Hudson on the side -- has a master builder's grandiosity.

The restored Grand Central is lovely, but is strict preservation the best approach to the West Side train station? Let's atone for the loss of Penn Station by learning not to fear the future.

Outsize movie theaters are making new apartment towers uglier than they've ever been. So don't blame the architects for these big boxes. Blame Hollywood.

Just as the city proposes zoning exemptions for exceptional design, a new tower in midtown reminds us how beautiful -- radical idea! -- contemporary architecture can be.

Changes unveiled this week to Michael Arad’s bold, dignified design for the WTC memorial are likely to include more greenery—not necessarily a good idea.