Light, bright and definitely pricey — the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago is a triumph for Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. In a single stroke, the 264,000-square-foot wing, which opens Saturday, turns Chicago's art museum into the nation's second-largest and opens ...

A recession and credit crisis are shutting down U.S. automobile plants, but Ferrari remains confident it can still find 6,000 people a year willing to shell out $200,000 for one of its iconic sports cars. So it's continuing to turn its factory complex in Maranello, Italy, into something the New York Times calls a "museum of ...

Environmental protection, far from being a constraint, should be a source of inspiration, in the view of celebrated Italian architect Renzo Piano. "Ecology can be a lovely source of inspiration and an enormous opportunity," the 71-year-old architect said in an interview at his workshop in Genoa, northwest Italy. "Environmental constraints should not be seen as an assault on freedom. You ...