Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center church illuminated for first time
The St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been illuminated in New York as construction nears completion. More
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"We thought it was the end of New York City" say architects on anniversary of 9/11
Today marks 20 years since the World Trade Center in New York City was destroyed in a terrorist attack. In the final part of our 9/11 anniversary series, architects share their memories of the traumatic event and the impact that it had on architecture. More
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Minoru Yamasaki designed World Trade Center as "beacon of democracy"
Author Justin Beal has written a book on World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki. Continuing our series marking the anniversary of 9/11 he told us about Yamasaki's experience designing the building and his influence on architecture. More
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9/11 led to "a renaissance of tall building design" say skyscraper designers
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center threw the safety of skyscrapers into the spotlight, but since then they have become taller and more ambitious. As part of our 9/11 anniversary series, we look at how skyscraper design has changed over the past 20 years. More
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"Everything changed in architecture" after 9/11 attacks says Daniel Libeskind
The terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center helped the public understand the importance of architecture, says the architect who masterplanned the rebuilding at Ground Zero in the next part of our 9/11 anniversary series. More
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9/11 anniversary: how the World Trade Center site was rebuilt
Next Saturday marks 20 years since the world was traumatised by the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. In the first piece of our series marking the anniversary of the attack, we look at how the site was rebuilt. More
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BIG's Two World Trade Center scrapped as Foster + Partners' design is revived
The developer of New York's World Trade Center site has nixed BIG's Two World Trade Center design in favour of an earlier proposal by Foster + Partners, following back-and-forth over the two projects. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners officially completes Three World Trade Center in New York City
Architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the construction of Three World Trade Center in Manhattan, which is now the city's fifth-tallest building. More
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Work halts on Calatrava's Greek Orthodox church at World Trade Center site
The future of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox church at New York's World Trade Center looks uncertain, as the archdiocese has failed to pay construction fees. More
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Richard Rogers' Three World Trade Center nears completion in New York
The next piece in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, a skyscraper by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, looks almost complete in photos shared on Instagram. More
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Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Oculus continues to leak
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's transportation hub at New York's World Trade Center has sprung another leak, but so far no one is taking responsibility. More
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Freedom Tower is a "missed opportunity" says Ian Schrager
The skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers represents a missed chance to create great architecture, according to New York hotelier Ian Schrager. More
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Apple Store by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson opens in Calatrava's Oculus
Apple has opened a store inside the Santiago Calatrava-designed transport hub at New York's World Trade Center site. More
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Rex releases images of performing arts centre for New York's World Trade Center
A translucent marble cube by Rex Architecture that will contain the Perelman Performing Arts Center has been unveiled as the "keystone" for the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
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Calatrava's Oculus at the World Trade Center photographed by Hufton + Crow
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's vast ribbed structure that soars over the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York is captured in these images by British photography duo Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow). More
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Renzo Piano designs symbolic table for World Trade Center
Italian brand Riva 1920's Earth Table features a bent iron base designed by Renzo Piano to symbolise the Twin Towers wreckage (+ slideshow). More
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"Calatrava's transit hub feels utterly scrubbed of memory and dislocated from New York"
Opinion: Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit hub may be Instagram-friendly, but it is part of a troubling trend for public spending on spaces that aren't really public at all, says Alan G Brake. More
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BIG and Foster both still in contention for Two World Trade Center tower
The developer of New York's Two World Trade Center tower, Silverstein Properties, is uncertain whether it will retain Bjarke Ingels Group for the project or go with original architect Foster + Partners. More
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Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal to quietly open next week
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is scheduled to partially open next week in Lower Manhattan, more than a decade after work began. More
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REX Architecture to replace Gehry on World Trade Center performing arts centre job
New York-based architecture firm REX has been chosen to design a performing arts centre at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, replacing Frank Gehry's previous stacked-box design. More
