As one more sign of the decline of the West and its dominance in things ultra-chic, Milanese fashion designer Giorgio Armani chose the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai for the setting of his touted debut in the hotel business.

A former business partner of acclaimed architect Philip Johnson recently unveiled an archive of nearly 25,000 sketches, tracings, and renderings from between 1968 and 1992, a sparsely documented period of Johnson’s prolific career.

In museum circles, curators and artists are well known for kvetching about architects who compete with the art on view by foisting major design statements onto willing clients.

While the symbolic program for a synagogue is distinct, as  an iconic structure it lacks the identifiable architectural typology of, say, a  Gothic-style cathedral or a domed mosque.

Chicago’s skyscrapers may be famous for their technical achievements and functional expression, but they are often short on pizzazz.

Rick Joy shows us his Woodstock Farm, a modern Vermont house rooted in a Northeast vernacular.

The project specs for Woodstock Farm.