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This funky Y-shaped house will have a rooftop pool nestled on top
Design firm MVRDV, working with co-architects KAI Architects, has designed a new Y-shaped residence in Northeast Tainan, Taiwan.Known appropriately as Y House, the 3,552-square-foot villa will become a...
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13 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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This giant tubular glass treehouse is a childhood dream come true
If you're craving nature and want to get back to your childhood roots, this tubular glass treehouse is for you.The treehouse was designed by Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov, who had no immediate plans...
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This 33-foot-long tiny home with a chandelier costs $150,000
Tiny houses are all the rage. It also turns out you can charge a lot for ones decked out with luxury amenities. One recently completed tiny house in Portland, Oregon, for example, features a...
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11 giant infrastructure projects that are reshaping Africa
Africa's population is exploding.By the United Nations' estimate, the continent will see its current population of 1.2 billion double by the year 2050. That's an expected growth of 42 million people —...
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17 of the world's most incredible abandoned sites
The planet is brimming with humanity’s creations, and while most of our buildings, cities, parks and subway stations still bustle with life, some have been abandoned or simply forgotten. By taking a...
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A former ad exec who sold his firm to Microsoft spent the last 20 years...
When Leonard Fenton first bought his home — a 13,000-square-foot architectural masterpiece called "Artemesia"— he had no idea just how much work he would end up putting into it. He was in his 20s, and...
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17 of the most beautiful schools around the world
Schools are meant to be places that stimulate, invigorate, and engage students. On rare occasion, they can be awe-inspiring, too.Beautiful schools can be found all around the world — from Australia to...
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The 22 most beautiful buildings in the world, according to architects
Like paintings and sculptures, buildings can be beautiful works of art.We asked architects to tell us the one building that's a game-changer for building design, inspired them to become architects, or...
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The 10 most innovative homes of 2016
From off-the-grid pods to tiny houses that can be taken apart move with their owners, innovative home design blossomed in 2016.Although there was no shortage of out-there ideas, a few trends took...
View ArticleLego's headquarters is about to get a huge renovation, and it looks amazing
Lego products have been loved by children and adults all around the world for decades. Their headquarters in Denmark is about to get a huge renovation.Video courtesy of The Lego GroupFollow TI: On...
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The 12 most expensive skyscrapers built in the last 20 years
Over the last few decades, skyscrapers' heights — and thus their costs — have continued to climb.Business Insider rounded up the most expensive towers built in the last 20 years, defining a skyscraper...
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These Lego-style classrooms were built in a few weeks with only a screwdriver
It's hard to grow a school without adding more space for students. It's a problem that Alfred de Vigny and Rollinat— two private high schools in Indre-et-Loire, France — ran into when they wanted to...
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The most beautiful library in every US state
Libraries are a timeless treasure.Even as ereaders make paper books less necessary, people still crave a physical space to surround ourselves with knowledge. When done right, those spaces can be works...
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Taiwan's smog-eating twisting tower will feature luxury apartments — take a...
A twisting, smog-eating tower is going up in Taipei, Taiwan.On the outside, 23,000 trees and shrubs — nearly the same amount found in New York's Central Park— will fill the skyscraper's facade, roof,...
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This three-mile-high skyscraper design is coated in self-cleaning material...
2017 only just arrived, but one manufacturing company is already looking 45 years into the future.Arconic, a materials science company, has envisioned a three-mile-high skyscraper built from materials...
View ArticleSouth Korea unveils a giant 'Tree of Life' Olympic monument lit up by 400,000...
South Korea unveiled the "Tree of Life" monument for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The wooden structure features 400,000 LEDs and is 108 feet tall, making it the largest wood structure in...
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China's new topsy-turvy bridge actually has three bridges woven into one
A bridge doesn't need to include the standard, gray concrete beams, cables, and deck. They can twist and turn and pop with color.That's the philosophy behind the Lucky Knot bridge in Changsha, China,...
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The 11 best new buildings designed by American architects
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) just declared the winners of the 2017 Honor Awards, which recognizes excellence in interior architecture, urban design, and overall architecture.The winning...
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