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This Tokyo micro apartment tower looks like a stack of giant washing machines
In the 1960s, Japanese architect Kisho Kurosawa started thinking about how to design structures for cities of the future.A building, he argued, should be able to change in order to keep up with the...
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A developer wants to spend $637 million to build the world's largest...
Most New Yorkers would say it's crazy to think of Penn Station as a place for amusement, but one Brooklyn development company believes otherwise.Brooklyn Capital Partners is planning a 1,200-foot...
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This crazy tiny home is only 4 feet wide and costs $499,000 — take a look inside
Nearly a century before tiny homes were trendy, an ultra-slender duplex appeared in Seattle.From the front, the mustard-colored home looks like a relatively normal house — it's about 56 feet long. But...
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Meet the man who's transforming New York City's skyline
Architect Ismael Leyva has designed 65 buildings in New York City — enough to fill several city blocks — and he’s got 12 more on the way.After nearly 20 years of work in New York, Leyva is one of the...
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You haven’t experienced true relaxation until you’ve used a floating sauna
Two years ago, a small architecture firm called goCstudio launched a Kickstarter campaign to turn an odd-seeming design into a reality.It wanted to take the humble sauna and make it float on water so...
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The 'death ray hotel' burning Las Vegas visitors came up with a simple fix
In 2010, guests at the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas reported that the building gave them severe sunburns.The hotel's curved design reflects a "death ray" when the sun hits the glass at a certain angle,...
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The 17 most incredible new homes in the world
From a luxury home in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest to a museum hanging off a mountain in Italy, more than 340 architectural projects from around the world have been shortlisted for the 2016...
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8 shockingly expensive tiny homes around the US
Tiny homes are big these days. More people are choosing to live in small, posh pads — even if they're only the size of a one-car garage.Residents of these micro spaces often pay upwards of $2,000 per...
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The 13 most stylish new hotels in the world
On Monday, the World Architecture Festival announced the top 13 new "Hotels and Leisure" buildings from around the world.Every year, the world's architecture community gathers to celebrate and award...
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A new music video takes you inside China's bizarre, empty replica of Paris
It's been a little over a year since British musician Jamie xx dropped "In Colour," the widely lauded, catchy electronic album that rocked charts in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.So while the...
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This futuristic 'tree house' building looks like a giant Jenga game
Living in a treehouse sounds like a childhood fantasy.But architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' new apartment building design, called the "Tree House," captures that floating, playful...
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These Lego-style homes can withstand earthquakes and cost under $5,000 to build
When earthquakes hit, they can devastate entire cities. And rebuilding destroyed buildings costs a lot labor, time, and money.Renowned architect Anupama Kundoo may have a solution — for homeowners, at...
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50 stunning buildings you need to see in your lifetime
Humans are builders. We've created some truly impressive works of over the centuries, so we searched around the world for the 50 buildings that you need to see in your lifetime.We tried to collect a...
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This egg-like office pod can change your view to a beach or snowy forest on...
Cubicles are so 20th century. A growing number of people can now work remotely, and want the flexibility to do that wherever they want.That's the motivation behind the Greenpod, a futuristic office...
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The 13 most beautiful Art Deco buildings in Los Angeles
Few people realize that Los Angeles has an amazing collection of Art Deco towers and theaters.Perhaps you've seen some of these pop up in all of the movies that have filmed there over the years. Most...
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See how architects built those wildly popular floating piers in Italy
The Floating Piers is the latest and last work of artist duo Christo and Jean-Claude. The floating dock extends over the water of Italy's Lake Iseo.The work consists of a three-kilometer walkway...
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36 gorgeous train stations to see in your lifetime
If you travel a lot, you're probably going to be in a lot of train stations on the way to your destination. But train stations can be destinations themselves.The best ones have expansive, stunning...
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This shopping mall in Seoul is made entirely of shipping containers
If you ever find yourself in the South Korean capital, check out this blue set of metal boxes that's actually a huge shopping mall. Built in 2015, the Common Ground mall is made up of 200 modular...
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This crazy square tower could be the skyscraper of the future
Beijing's CCTV Tower rises 44 stories and houses thousands of employees. But it looks nothing like a normal skyscraper.Completed in 2012, architects Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren designed the glass...
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The designers of this phone-shaped skyscraper couldn't see past the '90s
Phone design evolves quickly. It's hard to imagine what the iPhones and Galaxies of the 2030s will look like.If you're having trouble remembering what cell phones used to look like, look no further...
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