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Giant steel balls are being added to skyscrapers for an important reason
Normally you'd never notice it, but all tall buildings sway a little in the wind.Scarcity of land is forcing us to build skyscrapers taller and build them on smaller bases. But the taller and skinnier...
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6 hidden reasons New York City looks like it does
When you first arrive in New York, it's all honking chaos and indifferent skyscrapers.But the city is actually a deeply planned urban environment — even if those plans remain hidden to the untrained...
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A massive luxury condo building will rise at the former site of the 'Ground...
Developer Sharif El-Gamal inspired a national controversy when in 2010 he proposed plans to build a 15-story Islamic center just blocks away from Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan. Protesters dubbed...
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Haunting images of the Jersey Shore's disappearing retro motels
Wildwood, New Jersey, holds a special place in photographer Mark Havens' heart. His family has a long-standing tradition of visiting the resort town during the hot summers. The Wildwood area is best...
View ArticleThese are the best new skyscrapers on the planet
Emporis, a top architecture research firm, has released its list of the top-10 buildings worldwide.In order to qualify, buildings must have a minimum height of 100 meters and have been completed during...
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China just opened the world's longest glass-bottom suspension bridge — and it...
If the height and swinging cables don't get to you, the transparent bottom almost certainly will.At 984 feet long, the Haohan Bridge — better known as the "Brave Men's Bridge"— is the longest...
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Take a look at the best new skyscraper in the world
For the first time ever, China has won the Emporis Skyscraper Award, the highest honor given to new buildings. Designed by a team of architects led by Zaha Hadid, Beijing's Wanjing SOHO building earned...
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North Korea's architecture is surprisingly impressive and expectedly weird
As a tour guide for Koryo Tours, Nick Bonner has made weeklong trips to North Korea — one of the world's most secretive and least understood countries — once a year for the last 22 years.He does it to...
View ArticleChina is building a $39 million bridge inspired by 'Avatar'
China is cementing its role as the most superlative-creating nation by dropping a whopping $39 million on the world's longest and tallest glass-bottom bridge, which they say is inspired by James...
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Israel is building its own High Line on top of a busy highway
Tel Aviv is so tired of its noise, traffic congestion, and pollution, it's literally putting a lid on it all.Over the next few years, the city will install a 93-square-mile rooftop park on top of the...
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The coolest apartment in New York City is locked inside a warehouse in Brooklyn
Apartments in New York City are notorious for being cramped and not exactly aesthetically pleasing. But this 20th century apartment, designed by famed architect Michael Graves, is totally spacious and...
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14 of the greatest buildings by America's most famous architect
If you've ever roamed down the eggshell spiral ramp of the spherical Guggenheim Museum in New York City, you've had the pleasure of experiencing a Frank Lloyd Wright original.When it comes to American...
View ArticleThis insane new high-rise is going to be one of the most gorgeous buildings...
An incredible new residential high-rise is being built in Manhattan right now near 57th Street and 11th Avenue. You have to see it to believe it.Produced By Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of...
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14 crazy facts about the Brooklyn Bridge, one of New York City's most iconic...
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most famous pieces of architecture in New York City, perhaps only second to the Empire State Building. We recently took a tour around the bridge during Archtober, a...
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This 180-floor 'vertical city' could be the future of skyscrapers
Imagine if you could visit friends, shop at the grocery store, exercise at the gym — all in the same skyscraper. Or if you could commute to work by elevator.That's one of many benefits behind the...
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A bunch of students designed this beautiful hurricane-resistant house
Three years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the Jersey Shore, some areas are still rebuilding.Stevens Institute of Technology, from Hoboken, New Jersey, has a plan to make future storms far...
View ArticleChina's knockoff version of Venice cost $8 billion to build
This development project in the city of Dalian in China looks exactly like Venice. It has canals, Italian architecture, and even frescoes that look like Italy’s. The city even recently started offering...
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This visionary mega-tower was modeled after African termite mounds — but San...
Back in 1991, architect Eugene Tssui designed a tower that would put all other modern skyscrapers to shame. At a mile wide and two miles tall, plans for the Ultima far surpassed the height of any...
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These Soviet bus stops are oddly beautiful
Christopher Herwig didn't plan on taking 9,000 photographs of bus stops across Central Asia, but that's how the last 23 years have panned out.A small fraction of those photos — taken in places like...
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Singapore is building an entire forest in a high-rise apartment atrium
It's a "green space" on steroids.A massive 376,000-square-foot landscaping project known as the Green Heart, in Singapore's Marina One, will include a multi-level public garden, calming waterfalls,...
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