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China's knock-off landmarks from around the world are almost as stunning as...
They say everything's made in China these days. Surprisingly, that includes the world's most famous landmarks.China is home to full-scale replicas of some very iconic structures, including the Eiffel...
View ArticleThis amazing prefabricated floating home can be shipped anywhere in the world
The typical boxy houseboat is getting a sleek modern makeover. The Floatwing looks like an Ikea home on the water. The 20 ft wide residence is designed by Nautical Design and Engineering firm, Friday....
View ArticleThis Swedish house was designed by 2 million people — and it is surprisingly...
Swedish Housing website, Hemnet.se collected user preferences from 20% of Sweden's population. Using this information, architects Tham Videgård Arkitekter designed The Hemnet House, or 'House of...
View ArticleThis futuristic apartment transforms five rooms into one
YO! Home is a modern convertible apartment, designed to compact a luxury apartment into a 40-square-meter space.It's the newest venture from YOTEL founder Simon Woodroffe and features a bed that...
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The new tallest building in the world is set to rise in Iraq
If the plan for a brand-new tower known as "The Bride" is completed as proposed by AMBS Architects, it will be the new tallest building in the world. Set to rise in Iraq's oil-rich Basra Province, the...
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The tallest building in the world will be an Iraqi skyscraper named 'The Bride'
Ten years from now, Basra, Iraq could be home to the tallest building in the world, a 3,779-foot structure known simply as The Bride.If the architects manage to move The Bride beyond the planning...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia is building the world’s tallest building – nearly twice the...
Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower will be the world's tallest building. It will be 1 km (3,280 feet) tall. Produced by Jacqui Frank. Special thanks to Emmanuel Ocbazghi.Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the...
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RANKED: The tallest buildings in the world right now
For nearly half a century, from 1931 through the early 1970s, the 1,454-foot Empire State Building held the title for being the tallest building in the world. The world has come a long way since then —...
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21 astonishing places of worship from around the world
Religion involves some pretty grandiose ideas.It should only make sense the structures that house those beliefs are equally magnificent.Let's step inside.Beautiful places of worship don't have to be...
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The world's first transparent 'sky pool' is coming to London — and it looks...
If you've ever wanted to swim 10 stories above London's streets, you're in luck.Londoners who live in Embassy Gardens - a luxury 2,000-home complex -will soon swim laps in the world's first...
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Kids run on the roof and climb trees at 'the world's best kindergarten'
San Francisco, California may have Brightworks School— the fire-filled experiment zone where kids sometimes learn the hard way — but Tachikawa, Japan has Fuji Kindergarten.The giant open-air building,...
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This crazy UFO house from the 1960s is now a gathering place for futurists
Big ideas can be traded anywhere, from coffee shops to college lecture halls.British artist Craig Barnes offers a slightly more unique option: a retro-chic orb — one of 100 made in the 1960s— that...
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Stunning photos of the 20 tallest buildings in the world
The Saudi government recently announced plans to build what could be the world's tallest building (unless Iraq succeeds in building an even taller one). The so-called Kingdom Tower will loom 3,280 feet...
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Hitler's 3-mile-long abandoned Nazi resort is transforming into a luxury getaway
Three years before Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of the world's largest tourist resort, located on a beachfront property on the island of Rügen.The Nazis called...
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15 stunning photos that show how Dubai has become the 'Manhattan of the...
Just 15 years ago, Dubai was a sparse desert outpost. Today, it's home to the 2,716-foot Burj Khalifa — the tallest building in the world — the 1,358-foot Princess Tower, and more than 150 other...
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Australia is creating stunning buildings that adapt to their environments
When researching the most interesting sustainable buildings and regions for my book Hyperlocalization of Architecture, I kept ending up in Australia.From the largest office building in the southern...
View ArticleThe Netherlands is building entire neighborhoods that float on water
More than half the people living in the Netherlands live below sea level.As sea levels rise, things are getting more and more complicated: there's less land to build on, and plumbing becomes...
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This ornate concept skyscraper was inspired by 'Game of Thrones'
Mark Foster Gage is tired of boring and boxy skyscrapers. He wants gargoyles.Gage, principal and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects, recently released his plans for a mammoth 102-story building at...
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This light-filled Swedish university has almost no permanent walls
For a building to survive in the 21st century, it has to be flexible. People need to move from open-concept designs to quiet places of solitude to accommodate the work they're doing. If a building...
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An architect wants to turn New York's busiest avenue into an enormous park
An architecture firm has a bold plan to turn 40 blocks of New York City's busiest avenue into a giant park.If the Perkins Eastman Architects plan goes through, Broadway would transform into a street...
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