Architecture
Frank Gehry speaks during the MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on May 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Presley Ann/Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA))
December 8, 2025, 3:18 pm
Frank Gehry, renowned architect who began life as Frank Goldberg, dies at 96
“There’s a curiosity built into the [Jewish] culture,” said Gehry in 2018. “I grew up under that. My grandfather read Talmud to me.”
Arthur Lubetz in his office (Photo Courtesy of Front Studio)
July 22, 2025, 5:15 pm
Visionary architect Arthur Lubetz remembered for bold designs and bolder ideas
The Jewish architect leaves behind a legacy of notable works and visionary thinking.
By Deborah Weisberg
Painter Benjamin Schwartz, aka Benny Blindspots, stands inside Carnegie Mellon University's Great Hall on April 28. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
May 5, 2025, 8:54 pm
CMU architecture students design with vision for legally blind artist
Semester-long project imagines new creative space for Benny Blindspots
By Adam Reinherz
Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist" (Lol Crowley/A24)
December 18, 2024, 3:56 pm
The epic new movie getting Oscar buzz is built from the stories of postwar Jewish architects
The historical drama stars Adrien Brody as a fictional Holocaust survivor and architect.
By Andrew Lapin
Henry Koerner house in Squirrel Hill (Photo courtesy of Caroline Boyce)
August 10, 2021, 9:55 am
Home of Jewish artist Henry Koerner adorned with historic landmark plaque
The Viennese-born Koerner, who died 30 years ago, became an artist of some renown after fleeing the Nazi regime in Austria in 1938.
By Justin Vellucci
Daniel Libeskind (Photo copyright Stefan Ruiz)
June 17, 2021, 12:16 pm
Daniel Libeskind infuses work with optimism and hope
Polish Jewish immigrant is the Tree of Life lead architect
By David Rullo
B'nai Israel (Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz Historical Center)
February 13, 2020, 9:00 am
Historical documents can be found on every street
Herschel Miller connects Jewish trends
By Eric Lidji
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