CLOSE AD ×

LawsuitsLatest Stories

syracuse university’s slocum hall
Order in the Court

Professor Valeria Herrera is suing Syracuse University, SoA, and dean Michael Speaks for discrimination

view of boardwalk
Holding Ground

Demolition of Mary Miss’s land art installation at Des Moines Art Center is paused, following lawsuit by the artist

Harvard GSD building
Title IX

Dr. Bing Wang, a GSD associate professor, files lawsuit against Harvard, MRE director Jerold Kayden, and dean Sarah Whiting

Order in the Court

SmithGroup sues Pure Architects and regional pediatric hospital over copyright dispute in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Non-Defamation Architecture

Judge sides with Valerio Olgiati in defamation suit brought by Markus Breitschmid over Virginia house—case over fees is ongoing

Two low slung buildings on a palm tree island above blue waters, where Jeffery Epstein vacationed
“I hired architects”

Tom Pritzker of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and other benefactors named in Epstein-Maxwell court documents

Bring in the Suits

wHY Architects faces legal action involving Asian Art Museum Pavilion in San Francisco

Contested Ownership

The Paul Rudolph Foundation, Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture, and the Paul Rudolph Estate reach a court settlement

Let the Right One In

Public access to Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is on pause as dueling lawsuits play out

The AZP Tea

Mid-lawsuit against former Princeton colleagues, Alejandro Zaera‐Polo declares that “from now on white males answer back”

aerial view of penn station redevelopment area
Rumble on 34th Street

The Penn Community Defense Fund takes on Vornado Realty Trust and Governor Hochul in a fight over Penn Station’s future

Putting Things Right

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation reaches $20.5 million settlement with homeowners in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward

aerial view of wrigley field
A Grand Slam

U.S. federal court sues Wrigley Field for not complying with ADA requirements

a plain white pyramid on a roof for Antepavilion
Art Or Architecture?

With the future of the Antepavilion in the balance, organizers move ahead

visitors cross a glass-bottomed constitution bridge spanning a canal in venice
On Firmer Ground

Santiago Calatrava’s slippery Venice footbridge will finally get a fix

A tower in times square, the one that dropped a piece of terra-cotta and killed architect erica tishman
Scaffold Scofflaw

New York will file charges after 2019 facade collapse that killed architect Erica Tishman

Aerial rendering of governors island with big built up development
M.A.G.I.C. Thinking

A M.A.G.I.C. lawsuit hopes to halt the Governors Island rezoning

The art moderne lobby of the former McGraw Hill building with green walls and ceiling and spiraling art deco lights
Lobbying Efforts

New York State Supreme Court rejects plea to reinstall McGraw-Hill lobby

CLOSE AD ×
×