Articles by Pat Finn

“It’s ridiculous that we have these hundred-year-old buildings that everyone loves, and none of them ‘should’ be the way they are.”

“I will never forget this day,” the Parisian street artist JR said on Wednesday. “Today I’m going to make the Louvre Pyramid disappear.” The Louvre Pyramid was commissioned in 1984 by the French President François Mitterrand and designed by the legendary architect I.M. Pei. For over 30 years, the Pyramid has served as the main…

Many architects would look back on their K-12 school buildings and shudder. Overcrowded, poorly vent ilated rooms, glazed windows that prevent “distraction” by obscuring healthy sunlight and hallways covered in garish murals dominate the traditional American public school. Luckily it is the people, not the buildings, that make or break one’s school experience. Still, one cannot…

The artist Katie Paterson has teamed up with the architects Zeller & Moye to create a truly imme rsive public artwork that tells the story of our planet’s history through the traces left behind on ancient wood. If you’re a fan or art, natural history or even just the planet Earth itself, you’ve got to check…

Expo 2020 in Dubai is still four years away, but it’s already shaping up to be an architecture enthu siast’s buffet. Architizer has previously covered pavilion designs from OMA,BIG and Grimshaw, but now Santiago Calatrava has joined the party with his own remarkable proposal, which was recently approved for construction by the event’s organizers. Calatrava’s building…

Please grab a comfortable seat, I’m afraid I have some bad news. 11 of New York’s most cherished arc hitectural landmarks have vanished. The only clues investigators have are a few photos of uncertain origin depicting the buildings in unidentifiable, barren landscapes. It’s never been easier to land a good seat at the Metropolitan Opera ……

With alt-rock pioneers Radioheadin the news, many architecture fans might be daydreaming about what their favorite buildings would look like “in rainbows.” Well, if Frank Gehry’sFondation Louis Vuitton is among your top icons, you’re in luck: conceptual artist Daniel Buren’s newest site-specific installation Observatory of Light paints this modern Parisian landmark in luminous tones, just…

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) recently unveiled plans for its newest endeavor, a renovation of the are a adjacent to Masaryk Railway Station in Prague, Czech Republic. This major building project will reinvigorate a brownfield urban site that has been derelict for the past several years and will establish a new central business district for the city.…

On June 24th, visitors to London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park can take a 40-second plunge do wn the Arcelormittal Orbit via the world’s largest slide. The twisting, turning attraction takes thrill seekers through 584 feet (178 meters) of inner tube, wrapping around the structure 12 times and providing extraordinary views of London’s city skyline. Designed by…