Officials have pursued these highly visible projects to impress their superiors and showcase their achievements, but in doing so they often take away resources from less glamorous but more effective ...

It's called the edifice complex, and it carries a curse: A high-flying company builds a beautiful new headquarters, then heartbreakingly loses altitude. Some wonder if Apple (AAPL), which is ...

President-elect Barack Obama recently put forward a plan for the largest government infrastructure project in a half-century. The idea is to revive the economy and create jobs for America’s unemployed ...

Ever hear of the so-called "edifice complex"? It's adapted from the more famous Oedipus complex, in which sons fall in love with their mothers. In an edifice complex, a person falls in love with a ...

Hello everybody out there in newspaper land. It’s time to play”Edifice Complex.” Now, here is your host, Mr. NimbyNatcatcher. Thank you, and welcome to “Edifice Complex,” the game where somebusiness ...

Back in 2000, the University of North Carolina system wanted a huge bond package ($3.1 billion as I recall) to finance a gigantic building spree. I closely examined the list of proposals and found ...