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World Trade Center

  1. getting around
    Why Is the Floor of the Oculus Already Crumbling?Seven years in, the marble slabs are chipping and flaking. It didn’t have to be this way.
  2. brick and mortar
    Century 21 Lives!Fidi, rejoice.
  3. rendering judgment
    2 World Trade Center’s New Design Is Pretty Good (for 2007)Foster + Partners revamped its early-aughts tower, and it’s not bad. But does downtown still need an extra 3 million square feet of offices?
  4. getting around
    Venice Bridge Will Be De-Calatrava’d to Stop Pedestrians From Face-plantingThe tempered-glass bridge that caused “almost daily” falls, breaking at least two people’s bones, will finally be replaced with stone.
  5. magic lantern architecture
    See the Translucent Marble Façade Go Up at the WTC Perelman Arts CenterIt’s better than the Beinecke!
  6. 9/11: 20 years later
    The World Trade Center, Before, During, and AfterRemembering architect Minoru Yamasaki through the afterlife of his most famous buildings.