Articles by Pat Finn

What is it about the destruction of famous buildings, bridges and statues that both filmmakers and a udiences find so attractive?

Updated by Paul Keskeys, May 2nd 2016. Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub ha s finally opened in Lower Manhattan, over 10 years after the Spanish architect first unveiled his plans for the project in 2004. The dramatic, winged structure — known as the Oculus — has long been controversial, both due to its bold…

The 50th anniversary of Expo 67 in Montreal is coming up next year, and architecture firms are takin g note. Expo 67, after all, was not an ordinary world fair: It still holds the record single-day attendance for a world fair with 569,500 visitors, and it introduced the world to such famous structures as the brutalist…

On June 24, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) will open the doors to its newest bu ilding, the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion. Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s storied firm, OMA, the 48,900-square-foot (14,900-square-meter) Pierre Lassonde Pavilion nearly doubles the 83-year-old museum’s available exhibition space. OMA describes the structure as a “gateway”: an inviting, contemporary space…

The world was shocked last month by the untimely death of Zaha Hadid, one of the best-known and most highly regarded architects in the world. At the time of her death, her storied firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, had 36 ongoing projects in various stages of production. While Hadid may have left us, her work continues…

When one thinks of superrealism — or photorealism as it’s also called — the images that come to mind are usually unsettling. Whether it’s Chuck Close’s monumental portraits or John Baeder’s eerily vacant scenes of Middle America, superrealist art works by mining the uncanny valley, the space that opens when a representation is so faithful…

Everyone who’s anyone is excited about the return of “Game of Thrones” on April 24, and Moleskine is no exception. The beloved Italian manufacturer of luxury notebooks is so excited, in fact, that it created an entire line of “Game of Thrones”–themed notebooks to coincide with the release of Season Six. Even better, as part…

In the midst of a pristine North African landscape, complete with olive trees and manicured grass, a traveler encounters a celestial white building draped in flowing curtains. What is this structure? he wonders. A private residence? An exhibition space? A mirage? The traveler is right on the first two counts, but not the third. Philippe…

Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newslett er. Of all superheroes, Batman is the one that’s most synonymous with the city he serves. Unlike Superman or Spider-Man, who had their powers thrust upon them, Batman took up the cape totally of his own volition, after deciding that Gotham City’s…