The Man Who Saved Havana
As its greatest old buildings were falling down, a fearless historian named Eusebio Leal remade the city into a stunning world destination
These Unique Buildings in India Just Won the Biggest Award in Architecture
The 90-year-old is the first Indian architect to win the Pritzker Prize
Embroidering Electronics Into the Next Generation of ‘Smart’ Fabrics
Is an archaic sewing skill a key to connected, sensing, communicating fabrics of the future?
The New Director of the Smithsonian’s African Art Museum Reflects on the Look and Fashion of Black Panther
The blockbuster movie borrowed from multiple African peoples to create a unique Wakandan style
Weaving Games and Puzzles Into the Fabric of a City
To encourage playful learning, Urban Thinkspace and other projects put miniature playgrounds along the paths kids travel
Three Architecture Projects That Will Build Community and Address Inequality This Year
These projects set to be completed this year are geared toward strengthening communities that have been left out of the economic recovery
Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst Logo Dies
Ivan Chermayeff was a brilliant designer, a gifted artist and the purveyor of a unique visual language, says Smithsonian curator Ellen Lupton
What the Housing Market in America Needs Is More Options
From granny pods to morphing apartments, the future of shelter is evolving
How Instagram Is Changing the Way We Design Cultural Spaces
As neighborhoods, restaurants and museums become more photogenic, are we experiencing an “Instagramization” of the world?
A Sleek Portable Toilet and Other Design Solutions for Disaster Victims
The toilet kit, from a Japanese design studio, is part of wave of interest in design fixes for the problems created by disasters
How Mobile Wine-Tasting Rooms Could Revolutionize Armenian Wine Country
“Wine Cubes” will be popping up on Armenian vineyards—and building up the country’s enotourism industry
These Collegiate Innovators Are at the Vanguard of Technology and Art
A massive three-day festival spotlights the achievements of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Every Modern Architecture Lover Should Take This Three-Day Road Trip
In Connecticut, works by some of the most notable architects of the 20th century are hiding in plain sight. Take the wheel for this sightseeing tour
What Can Cities Do to Go “Blue”?
In a number of projects and proposals, architects and urban planners are working with water instead of against it
These Origami Clothes Grow With Your Child
Designer Ryan Yasin is creating pleated garments that could save on money and waste
Five Architects on the One Building They Wish Had Been Preserved
From an elegant solution to urban density to a magnificent financial hub
These Design Champs Are Having Their Moment in the Sun
Three Cooper-Hewitt award winners share secrets and stories with design critic Owen Edwards
Flexible Batteries May Soon Be Printed Right On Your Clothes
Graphene supercapacitors, printed directly on textiles, could power medical devices, wearable computers, even phone-charging shirts
Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Musician, Grammy Award Winner and Now Museum Curator
The title of her latest album “D + Evolution” is also the theme of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt
When Fresh Air Went Out of Fashion at Hospitals
How the hospital went from luxury resort to windowless box
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