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  • Find the words

    Take a second look at this photo. At first glance you see the familiar vertical concrete face of Yale’s architecture building, Paul Rudolph... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 2 2016 08:38am

  • Hanging fire

    They may look hard at work, but these art handlers are in fact as two-dimensional as the Lion attacking a Horse they’re easing into... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 20 2016 08:51am

  • I see you!

    One of the odd delights of an odd building: the peek-a-boo corner at Chapel and York that gives passersby a glimpse inside the Arts Library in Paul... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2016 08:39am

  • LeWitt and wisdom

    Ever since conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) left Yale his wall drawings—actually instructions for drawings that can be carried out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2016 10:39am

  • Frozen music

    Now rising: a new building that will connect Hendrie Hall (left) and Leigh Hall (right) to create the Adams Center for Musical Arts. The new and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2016 03:19pm

  • Gone fishing

    Miya’s Sushi has been around New Haven—first on Chapel Street, now on Howe—since 1982, and owner/chef Bun Lai has become... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2016 02:15pm

  • For the ages

    He may not have been a model of good government, but the Roman emperor Caligula (12–41 CE) secured for himself a place in history—and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2016 03:08pm

  • Architecture celebrates a hundred

    Yale first established its Department of Architecture (now the School of Architecture) in 1916, which means it’s about time for a centennial.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 3 2015 02:46pm

  • The world on a string

    A 14-foot-diameter globe dominates the exhibition gallery of Paul Rudolph Hall (the A&A Building to us old-timers) as part of a new exhibit... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2015 09:10am

  • Taking it to the street

    This summer, the Yale University Art Gallery is venturing out to Chapel Street on Thursday afternoons with its Sidewalk Studio, a free art activity... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2015 07:54am

  • Play time

    This month, New Haven public school students are bringing their music to venues like the Yale University Art Gallery (shown here), the Peabody... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2015 08:49am

  • Kahn-servation

    The Yale Center for British Art is in the middle of a year-long project to conserve and renovate its Louis Kahn–designed building. But for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2015 09:17am

  • Larger than life

    New this week in the modern design gallery at the Yale University Art Gallery: a reclining nude by ceramic artist Viola Frey. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 2 2015 11:07am

  • Setting the stage

    Workers are busy this morning on the New Haven Green putting the finishing touches on the stage for the 20th annual International Festival of Arts and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 12 2015 10:09am

  • Free installation

    For a first-year architecture class called Visualization, a team including Rob Cornelissen ’17MArch (left) and Caroline Acheatel ’17MArch... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2015 08:10am

  • Trial by jury

    E-mailing a final paper to your professor is one thing. Standing up and defending your semester’s work to a panel of prominent architects is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 30 2015 08:40am

  • Artistic Stiles

    A new addition to the Ezra Stiles College common room—a mural called Rise—was unveiled yesterday at a reception with the artist, Odili... Read on
    Eric Stern ’15 | April 22 2015 08:32am

  • Farm fresh pizza

    Another sure sign of spring: last Friday, the Yale Sustainable Food Program fired up the brick pizza oven at the Yale Farm on Edwards Street. Students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 15 2015 10:05am

  • Slide show

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library became the canvas for a student–curated installation this weekend that celebrated research across the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2015 08:39am