The richest 1% of New York City residents are living in multimillion-dollar...
When an apartment or penthouse isn't big enough for wealthy New Yorkers, they get creative.In recent years, a number of them have combined multiple townhouses or building floors to create supersized...
View ArticleThis square houseboat is a modern oasis on the water
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 ArticleManhattan’s first micro-apartments just won a prestigious design award —...
People often assume that New Yorkers live in shoe-box–sized apartments.But Manhattan's first (and only) official micro-apartment building at Caramel Place takes small to a new level. The units have...
View ArticleHere is the stunning $1.5 billion stadium being built for the Atlanta Falcons
The new home of the Atlanta Falcons, Mercedes-Benz Stadium cost $1.5 billion and is expected to be completed in June. The stadium features a retractable roof and a 360-degree HD "halo" video...
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...
View ArticleMore new multimillion-dollar skyscrapers rose in 2016 than any other year in...
In its annual report, the 2016 Tall Building Year in Review, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced that 2016 saw the completion of a record 128 buildings 655 feet or...
View ArticleA bunch of architects want to build a $26 billion underwater city in Tokyo —...
Earth as we know it might not last forever.If sea level rise triggers flooding in our cities, if climate change makes it impossible to grow food for billions of people, or if there's some other as-yet...
View ArticleHow a design competition changed the US approach to disaster response
Ten years ago, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg released a plan to create what he called “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city”.The blueprint, known as PlaNYC and released on...
View Article6 stunning pre-fab homes across North America
Many people are increasingly opting for houses that are pre-fabricated, in which the majority of the construction happens off-site. Some see pre-fab as the future of home-building, because the process...
View Article16 photos of beautiful American border control stations
For much of the early 20th century, the architecture of border control stations — where US customs agents process people traveling in and out of the country — mirrored America's strict stance on...
View ArticleThe 16 most beautiful new buildings around the world
With two weeks of nominations and voting now complete, we are happy to present the winners of the 2017 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. As a peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award, these...
View ArticleThese 'vertical forests' could transform a Brussels wasteland into luxury...
Tours and Taxis, a former industrial site in Brussels, sat abandoned for nearly a half-century. Within the last few years, the city has started renovating the existing buildings.If approved by...
View ArticleOprah's 'happiness guru' designed apartments to maximize joy — and they start...
Happiness guru and alternative health practitioner Deepak Chopra — who gained mainstream attention after his appearance on Oprah in 1993— is now venturing into home design.Chopra helped design the...
View ArticleArchitect Richard Landry shares 6 of his favorite Asian properties
Los Angeles–based architect Richard Landry (a five-time recipient of Robb Report’s Ultimate Home Award) has made a name for himself building high-end homes that display impeccable design and...
View ArticleArchitects sketched their favorite buildings on napkins — here are highlights
Architects and designers at HLW International recently competed in drawing their favorite buildings on cocktail napkins.Some of the entries are pretty impressive, from a wonderfully detailed look at...
View ArticleThis $10,000 tiny home can be built with a single tool in less than a day
Homes can be expensive in Beijing, so a woman known as Mrs. Fan ended up living in a small and dilapidated house in the courtyard of her parent's residence outside the city. She still wanted to live...
View ArticleAmazing images of the Eiffel Tower show its construction over two years
The Eiffel Tower, which sits along Paris' Champ de Mars, turns 128 years old this March.From 1889 to 1930, it reigned as the tallest structure in the world.Let's take a look back at the Iron Lady's...
View ArticleThe 13 most bizarre Soviet-era buildings that are still standing today
LONDON — Mid-20th century architecture is not remembered with much affection by most people.This is especially true in the former communist countries of Europe and Central Asia, where architects of the...
View Article12 of the most beautiful schools around the US
Schools aren't just places where students cram facts into their brains. At their best, they are awe-inspiring places that people love to spend time in.Around the US, beautiful schools from Seattle,...
View Article17 stunning photos that show how Dubai has become the 'Manhattan of the...
Just 16 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— as well as the 1,358-foot Princess Tower and more than 150...
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