Frank Gehry received a very public spanking in November when The Boston Globe revealed—on its front page, no less—that MIT was suing the architect for “providing deficient design services and drawings” for its $300 million Stata Center in Cambridge, Mass. More
A high-profile copyright infringement case shows how courts think about architecture. More
Structural failure at the David L. Lawrence Center in Pittsburgh repaired More
If a building pirates your copyrighted design, you can actually sue to have it destroyed. Just be sure to act quickly. More
Copyright case highlights subjective aspect of calculating damages More
Deustche Bahn must rebuild train station according to original plans More
Assembly Bill 573, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September, prohibits California's local public agencies from requiring design professionals—defined as architects, landscape architects, engineers, and land surveyors—to be responsible for the negligence and errors of other parties. More
Architects who've never been involved in a professional liability claim should count themselves lucky—and knock on wood. Those who have know how quickly a lawsuit can turn ugly. Litigation typically takes on a life of its own, consuming the feuding partie More
Where in home building do risk and doubt converge? In indoor air quality matters, that's where. For big builders, the dilemma about indoor air quality falls somewhere on the spectrum of what they must do to be in compliance with code, what they could do to be ethical, and what they'd be smart in doing to avoid future liability. Add in a hefty cost factor that plays havoc with internal rate of return models, and you've got a doozey of an issue. That is where indoor air quality is right now. More
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Pugh + Scarpa calls itself a boutique firm—smallish, creative, and eclectic in the kinds of jobs it likes to take on. Its portfolio includes an array of nationally acclaimed work—from the sculptural Dwell House II and the energy More
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