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We Can't Wait To See These Crazy Geometric Sandcastles On Jones Beach This...
New York City resident Calvin Seibert's geometric sandcastles have exploded onto the internet, thanks to a Reddit post.Soon after, his pictures began popping up at The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail,...
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Legendary Architect Oscar Niemeyer Has Died
Oscar Niemeyer, the architect, who has died aged 104, was best known as the designer of Brasilia, the daringly futuristic capital city of Brazil completed in 1960.Niemeyer’s buildings in Brasilia are a...
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The Incredible Modernist Architecture Of Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian architect who is considered by many to be the father of modern architecture, died today.After 76 years of continuous work, Niemeyer died at the age of 104. Niemeyer was a...
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A French Artist Could Be Onto Something With This Portable Balcony
Sometimes an artist's concept design is a little ahead of its time. But now that a man can live in an 89-square-foot "tiny home" and US cities are planning to build experimental "micro apartments,"...
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Architect Scales Back Design For The 'Death Spire' Above MoMA
The latest concept designs for the proposed tower above New York's Museum of Modern Art, called Torre Verre, have just been released.Originally designed to be 85 stories tall, the new version from...
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15 Of New York City's Coolest Unexplored Places
Untapped New York is a proud to be a partner of Let’s Go, with our shared vision for off-the-beaten path exploration in your own city and while traveling.See the best "untapped" places in NYC >To...
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Two Inmates Broke Out Of Chicago's Highrise Prison Using A Rope Made Of...
Two convicted bank robbers broke out of their cell on the 17th floor of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago using a rope made of bedsheets, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.Joseph...
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This Classic Frank Lloyd Wright House Has Been Spared From Demolition
Back in August, conservationists were fighting to declare this David and Gladys Wright House in Arizona a landmark before it was destroyed by developer 8081 Meridian.The Phoenix residence was bought in...
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Chinese Pirates Are Building A Knock-Off Version Of Zaha Hadid's New Beijing...
Zaha Hadid's wild architecture became extremely popular in China two years ago after she designed the Guangzhou Opera House in the Guangdong Province.Now her newest building in Beijing, one of 11 being...
View ArticleThe Who's Who of Architecture In Under 2 Minutes
If you've ever wanted to seem like an architecture buff and don't have a lot of time to study, the ABC's of Architecture Vimeo vid is for you.The minute and half animated short from user fedelpeye...
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Here's What New York City's First 'Micro Apartments' For Singles Will Look Like
This morning, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winning design for the 300-square-foot "micro apartments" that are intended to create affordable housing for singles in New York City.The project is called...
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Dutch Architect Plans To Build A 12,000-Square-Foot 3D Printed House
Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has designed a 12,000-square-foot "house with no beginning or end," and he plans to build the entire thing using only a 3D printer.The conceptual two-story...
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So This Is What The Guggenheim Museum Would Look Like If It Were Tripled In Size
The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's — and America's — most classic buildings. But what if it had an extra 13 floors?That's what the architects at Athens- and New...
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This Could Be The First Drone-Proof City
Asher J. Kohn, a law student and conceptual artist, has come up with a novel idea. If we built communities designed to counter surveillance and targeted drone strikes, then all the new and upcoming,...
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See The View From The Tops Of The World's Tallest Skyscrapers
It seems like every year architects and engineers push boundaries and shatter records to erect the new tallest building.The Burj Khalifa was named the tallest building in the world in 2010 at 2,717...
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The 65 Best New Buildings In The World
The best architects push boundaries of design to create beautiful and functional buildings.Right now our friends at ArchDaily are identifying the best new buildings from around the world. After asking...
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ZAHA HADID: 'I'm Sure That As A Woman I Can Build A Very Good Skyscraper'
In a damning indictment of the prevailing culture of her own profession, Dame Zaha Hadid, the world's leading female architect, says she has faced "more misogynist behaviour" in London than anywhere...
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CHART OF THE DAY: An Obscure Real Estate Indicator Is Looking Like A 'Huge...
This morning, the Architecture Billings Index jumped to 54.2 from last month's 51.2 reading, the fastest rate of growth in more than five years.The index is a leading indicator for commercial real...
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A Skyscraper Covered In Trees And Shrubs Is Rising In Milan
Forget London's monolithic new Shard, all eyes will surely be on the Bosco Verticale when it opens in Milan at the end of this year.The new skyscraper promises to bring a hectare of forest into the...
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Legendary Architect Zaha Hadid Is A Terror To Work For
Zaha Hadid is one of the world's most respected architects, she was the first female winner of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest award, and has built dramatic and famous buildings around the...
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