By Michael Calderone 12/19/05 12:00am

The New York Five

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 had taken off his black suit jacket to work on Read More

By Alastair Gordon 7/02/01 12:00am

The 10 Best Houses in the Hamptons

The weekend house is the sonnet form of American architecture, a proving ground for architects who then move on to skyscrapers, museums or other epic projects. It’s especially hard to conceal mistakes in a beach house, and few places have provided as clean a slate for experimental design as eastern Long Island, with its low-lying Read More