Once an ‘Out-of-Fad’ Style, Atriums Again See the Light of Day These open-air and skylight spaces aren’t just for office buildings and commercial hotels. Robert Stevens. By Lia Picard.

When the weather turns, New Yorkers of all stripes—office workers, book worms, homeless folks, tutors, chess players, retirees, freelancers, knitting squads—stampede from the parks to the ...

Most of the atriums had lush tropical foliage, fountains and acres of brick and stone pavers. At the Hyatt Regency atrium downtown, planter boxes once lined all the balconies, with vines hanging down.