Art - Architecture - Pittsburgh City Paper

While it could have been more exciting architecturally, the new August Wilson Center connects.
Barclay's expressed desire to choose Williams' comparatively restrained proposal over other more adventurous options seems shrewder now than it might have at the time.
By Charles Rosenblum | September 17, 2009

A new exhibit showcases the remarkable work of Mexican architect Fernando Romero.
For all of the insistence on function, process and study, plenty of these works achieve the status of transcendent visual art as well.
By Charles Rosenblum | February 26, 2009

A renowned religious architect's favorite works were built here in Pittsburgh.
Cram believed that he reached his career apogee at East Liberty Presbyterian Church, which he illustrated as the frontispiece to his 1936 biography, My Life in Architecture.
By Charles Rosenblum | December 11, 2008

Echoes of August Wilson sound in the Hill District's new Carnegie Library.
It's a good place to sit and read with an eye toward what's going on outside, as a variety of people affirmed during my visits.
By Charles Rosenblum | November 13, 2008

At its best, the Festival of Lights helps us see architecture differently.
Its real success is not in simply making architecture look different, but in making us look at architecture differently.
By Charles Rosenblum | October 30, 2008