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The School of Economics Building at the Universita Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy, was designed by Grafton Architects — founded by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. It launched Grafton Architects as a leading designer of university buildings. Federico Brunetti/Pritzker Architecture Prize hide caption
For The 1st Time, Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize Is Awarded To 2 Women
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games." ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Just Plain Ugly': Proposed Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture
View of the south fields, all works by Mark di Suvero. Left to right: Figolu, 2005–11. Courtesy the artist and Spacetime C.C. E=MC2 , 1996-97. Courtesy the artist and Spacetime C.C. ©Mark di Suvero. Courtesy Storm King Art Center hide caption
The Toufic H. Kalil house in Manchester, N.H. is one of only seven Usonian Automatic buildings ever constructed. Paula Martin Group hide caption
Frank Lloyd Wright, But DIY: A Rare 'Usonian Automatic' House Is For Sale
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Frank Lloyd Wright, But DIY: A Rare 'Usonian Automatic' House Is For Sale
The Confitería del Molino, once a bustling pastry shop adjacent to the Argentine Capitol building, reopened recently for a few hours in a sneak preview of its full restoration. Carlos Schroder for NPR hide caption
Families and friends enjoy their time on a Gaza City beach. Israel allows in international aid workers, journalists and diplomats, but tourists are prohibited. Khalil Hamra/AP Images for NPR hide caption
Ray and Charles sit in their living room in 1958. An intimate alcove was tucked into the larger, high-ceilinged room. Julius Shulman/J. Paul Getty Trust hide caption
Charles And Ray Eames Made Life Better By Design; Their Home Was No Exception
A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico. Christian Chavez/AP hide caption
The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed the concept of "organic architecture," that a building should develop out of its surroundings. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Eileen Gray: A House Under The Sun, by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierzawska Nobrow hide caption
A file photo of The Plaza Hotel. George Marks/Getty Images hide caption
Architect I.M. Pei stands in front of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid in Paris, just before the structure's inauguration in March 1989. Pierre Gleizes/AP hide caption
I.M. Pei, Architect Of Some Of The World's Most Iconic Structures, Dies At 102
This Land is My Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams, Micronations, and Other Self-Made States, by Andrew Warner and Sofie Louise Dam Chronicle Books hide caption
Gargoyles watch over the streets of Paris from the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 1996. Remy De La Mauviniere/AP hide caption
The Palau Sant Jordi, an indoor arena designed by Arata Isozaki that was used for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. Hisao Suzuki/Courtesy of the The Hyatt Foundation/Pritzker Architecture Prize hide caption
Arata Isozaki, Whose Hybrid Style Forged 'New Paths,' Wins Pritzker Prize
Michael Durand (left), husband of Kitchn Editor-In-Chief Faith Durand, and friend Chris Gardner (right) carve turkey while guests hang out in the Durands' kitchen, dirty dishes and all, at a recent party. Kitchn/Rachel Joy Barehl hide caption
Like Moths To A Flame: Why Modern-Day Guests Always Gather In The Kitchen
The Richard Neutra-designed home at 49 Hopkins Ave. in San Francisco, as seen in an old Google Street View photograph. Google Maps hide caption
Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo (center) cleans a spill on the floor during the pre-inauguration of her peace monument titled Fragmentos (Fragments), for which she used metal melted-down from the weapons handed over by FARC guerrilla fighters to make the floor, in Bogotá on July 31. Diana Sanchez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Vishaan Chakrabarti on the TED stage. Bret Hartman/TED hide caption