The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.

It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.

The historic ranch house of Will Rogers and an important residence by Ray Kappe were destroyed by the fires, which threaten L.A.’s spectacular design legacy.

Martha Schwartz Partners works around the globe to take on pollution and warming of the planet.