The 36 most beautiful museums in the world
Museums are houses for beautiful and historically significant objects, so it's only fitting that the building itself be gorgeous.They can be fascinating design challenges. How do you design something...
View ArticleThis brick-laying robot can build a house in just two days
In the construction field, laying bricks has always been done through manual labor. Machine manufacturing company Fastbrick Robotics is aiming to change that. Hadrian X is a robot that can lay bricks...
View ArticleThe new tallest building in Thailand looks like a pixelated image in...
At 1,029 feet, the MahaNakhon is now the tallest building in Thailand. The 77-story tower beats the skyscraper that previously held the title, Baiyoke Tower II, by 33 feet.To celebrate its debut on...
View ArticleA world-famous architect is helping to rebuild Italian towns destroyed by an...
On August 24, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake devastated thousands of buildings in central Italy. An estimated 3,000 people lost their homes, 292 people were killed, and police and firefighters are still...
View ArticleAn architect found a brilliant way to make his family's home bigger by...
Architect and artist Adam Kalkin has an expansive imagination, and he wanted to extend this creativity when building his family home to make it feel bigger. After purchasing a historic 1880s farmhouse...
View Article10 iconic buildings from the architect behind America's most stunning...
Documentary filmmaker Peter Rosen studied architecture in college, but he says he wasn't taught anything about Eero Saarinen. The Finnish-American architect designed some of America’s most futuristic,...
View ArticleHitler'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...
View ArticleThe 21 coolest works of architecture in London
Many of the best-designed buildings in Europe and the world can be found in London.As well as obvious architectural landmarks like St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey, the city is home...
View ArticleThese buildings are up for an award for the ugliest structure in the UK
The UK is home to a plethora of impressively designed buildings.Sadly, it is also home to plenty of architectural failures — as demonstrated by the shortlist of buildings nominated for the Carbuncle...
View ArticleThe most beautiful library in every major US city
Everyone loves a library.They're one of the last remaining places where you can just sit and explore for hours on end. When done right, they're also beautiful spaces that fill visitors with...
View Article10 crazy temples built at Burning Man over the last 15 years
More than 65,000 people gather for Burning Man, the wild, weeklong festival in the middle of Nevada's Black Rock Desert each year. Since Burning Man began in 1986, its ever-growing number of...
View ArticleThis London tower block is officially the ugliest building in the UK
A high-rise residential tower block in London has just been named the ugliest building in the country.Lincoln Plaza, a complex comprised of two towers, a hotel, and a round building in South Quay, was...
View ArticleThe new World Trade Center could have been a 70-story interconnected ‘city in...
Nearly 15 years after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the area of downtown Manhattan that was destroyed is nearly rebuilt. The soaring Freedom Tower now stands taller than any other...
View ArticleThis tiny minimalist apartment has an 'origami wall' that creates different...
When you live in an apartment that measures less than 400 square feet, a multi-functional space is a necessity.A new, 312-square-foot pad, called the "Biocombastic," takes multi-purpose design to a new...
View ArticleA floating glass restaurant might hover above New York's Hudson River
New York City-based Big Foot Developers have a vision for a new kind of waterfront restaurant: a glass cube that hovers above the Hudson River.In early September, the developers unveiled designs for...
View ArticleThe 12 most beautiful new schools in America
On September 8, The American Institute of Architects, a national organization of 88,000 architects, announced the winners of the 2016 Education Facility Design Awards.The awards are for new and...
View ArticleWhy McMansions were doomed investments from the start
The term "McMansion" is not usually used as a compliment. Loosely defined as a cookie-cutter suburban home of between 3,000 and 5,000 square feet, the McMansion was considered the ultimate sign of...
View Article21 overlooked architectural masterpieces in the US
The United States is home to several iconic architectural landmarks — everyone knows the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty — but the country also has a great number of lesser championed...
View ArticleThis Lego-style home was built in a few weeks with just a screwdriver
If you've ever fantasized about living in a real-life Lego home, your dream could finally come true.In January, French architecture firm Multipod Studio unveiled a prototype for the PopUp House, a...
View Article11 of the most stunning twisted towers around the world
When famed architect Santiago Calatrava designed the building known as the Turning Torso, he ushered in a new era of twisted designs.The buildings seem to rotate the traditional rectangular tower...
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