The American architect Peter D. Eisenman (born 1932) studied and made formal use of concepts from other fields--linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics--in his imaginative designs. Peter Eisenman was born in 1932 into a middle-class setting in Newark,...

Genius architect and empty-nester Peter Eisenman has sold his 21st-floor apartment at 101 West 12th Street. His buyer, nightclub owner Noah Tepperberg, works in a world that owes more to busty celebrities and lousy cocaine than to architectural anti-humanism or post-functionalism, but that’s how...

The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building...

The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building...

Richard Meier gazed down through his round, black-framed glasses at a partially completed drawing, which was fastened to a long, flat desk by masking tape. “I started at noon, but I haven’t gotten very far,” he said, sounding like a student empty-handed of homework. He...