Spectacular Light Show At Notre Dame Cathedral Commemorates World War I
A stunning display of color and technology illuminates the medieval cathedral's facade and tells a story about history, war and survival.
Architecture
Dre Urhahn: How Can Public Art Projects Transform Rough Neighborhoods?
Artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas strive to change perceptions of "bad neighborhoods" by arming locals with paintbrushes and a vision: to turn their neighborhoods into open-air art galleries.
How Should We Build And Design Cities To Make It Tougher For Terrorists To Hurt People?
This week's terror attack in Manhattan prompts a question: Can a city do anything to stop a truck attack? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with architect Thomas Vonier about how we can better design big cities to make it harder for terrorists to harm people.
The Architecture Behind The Quintessential Haunted House
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mary Jo Bowling from Curbed on why Victorian architecture came to be associated with everything spooky and scary.
How To Design Haunted Houses
NPR's Melissa Block talks with Leonard Pickel, who is a haunted house architect. For more than 40 years he's designed and worked on these fear factories.
Here Are The 2017 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners
Jason De León, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Derek Peterson are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, which honors "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals."
With Major Floods, It's "When," Not "If" For Many Cities
"The big one" is practically inevitable — and so is the one after that.
'Architecture Of An Asylum' Tracks History Of U.S. Treatment Of Mental Illness
Founded in 1855, St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., grew from 250 patients to 8,000. A new exhibit at the National Building Museum explores the links between architecture and mental health.
William Krisel, Architect Who Helped Define California Modernism, Dies At 92
Krisel is particularly known for the scores of tract homes he designed in Palm Springs, which featured open floor plans, "butterfly" roofs and enough variation so they didn't look cookie-cutter.
Here's How The Obama Presidential Center Will Look
The Center will be located in the Jackson Park neighborhood of Chicago's South side and it will include three buildings — a museum, forum and library that surround a public plaza.