Blair Kamin

A view of a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence is seen on the banks of the Rio Bravo, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 11, 2017. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the Rio Bravo.

Designs for Trump’s border wall are here. They fall into 4 categories.

Arts

Initial design submissions for the proposed wall on the border of the US and Mexico were due this week. They ranged from the kooky to the forbidding to the grandiose.

Why China is turning to Chicago for advice on its new skyscrapers

Environment

The ugliest building on Harvard’s campus just might be its most beautiful

Arts, Culture & Media