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Architects Reveal Design For Mumbai's Tallest Tower
Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture have unveiled a competition-winning prototype in which they hope will become Mumbai’s tallest skyscraper. Standing 400-meters about the crowded city streets,...
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Dizzying GIF Of The World Trade Center Spire Being Lifted Into Place
The final piece of One World Trade Center was lifted into place earlier this month – making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at a symbolic 1,776 feet.One of the coolest things from...
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NYC's American Folk Art Museum Is An 'Ugly Brown Mediocrity' That Should Be...
The architectural cause célèbre of the past few weeks has surely been the fate of the former American Folk Art Museum, which opened in 2001 and was designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.Located at...
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Check Out The Futuristic New Metro Station Being Built In Saudi Arabia
Zaha Hadid is known for her groundbreaking architecture around the world.For her latest project, the architect will build a new subway station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The renderings were just made...
View ArticleThis Timelapse Will Spin You 360º Around The Empire State Building
While it is not the tallest building in New York, the Empire State Building is one of the most recognizable in the city's skyline, and its nightly light show can be spotted around the city and even in...
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The Most Spectacular Museums In The World
Museums house spectacular historical artifacts and works of art.But many museum buildings are pretty spectacular in their own right.A jury of experts from buildings database Emporis selected the...
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Architects Share Their Visions For A New Penn Station
Earlier this week, four architectural firms, invited by the Municipal Art Society(MAS), displayed how they would transform New York’s darkest & dingiest hub – Penn Station – into a space worthy of...
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Architecture Firms Need To Stop Referring To Junior Employees As 'Interns'
The title “intern” should be banished from the profession of architecture. It’s about time. It has run its course. It’s outmoded and contributes to a culture of exploitation in the guise of...
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China's Plan To Build The World's Tallest Skyscraper In 90 Days Is...
Editor's note: The architecture world has been abuzz over news that a Chinese construction company plans to build the world's tallest building — and do it in just 90 days using a proprietary...
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Spanish Architects Rail Against Proposal That Would Make Them Obsolete
As if architects in Spain weren’t struggling enough – what with the Crisis closing half the country’s studios and putting over 25% of Spanish architects out of work - a new law could now render Spanish...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAUDÍ: 10 Incredible Buildings By The Architect Who Shaped...
Today is the birthday of Antoni Gaudí, one of the most famous and recognizable architects in the world, often considered the father of the Catalan Modernista movement.If the revolutionary architect...
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The World's Biggest Building Just Opened In China
Chengdu's colossal New Century Global Center is big enough to accommodate the Sydney Opera House 20 times over.Seemingly locked in a battle for superlative supremacy, China and Dubai continue to...
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14 Gorgeous Structures In The Running For The 'Building Of The Year' Award
Each year more than 1,600 architects from 60 different countries gather to attend the World Architecture Festival, the largest annual festival and awards ceremony for the global architecture community....
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Kazakhstan Economy: Laying The Golden Egg
It's party-time on spaceship Nursultan.KAZAKHSTAN'S capital, Astana, celebrated its 15th anniversary on July 6th with a petrodollar-fuelled party. It happened also to be the 73rd birthday of the...
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Why Modernism Is The Worst Thing That Ever Happened To Architecture
Nikos Salingaros is unafraid of a controversial statement. A professor of Mathematics and Urban theory, he has been using his scientific approach to study architecture and urban environments for years,...
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Famed Architect Zaha Hadid Unveils Her First Building In New York City
Famed architect Zaha Hadid is known for her curvy, futuristic buildings from China to Belgrade. Now, for the first time, the Pritzker Prize winner has been commissioned to design a building in New York...
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The Otherworldly Architecture Of Zaha Hadid
Architect Zaha Hadid is known for her modern, curving designs, like the aquatics center she conceived for the 2012 London Olympic Games.Hadid, who became the first woman to win the Pritzker...
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The Best Looking Golf Clubhouses In The World
Time to tee off! AD rounds up the most significant structures around the world—from the United Kingdom's stately stone piles to cutting-edge designs in Sweden, New Zealand, and beyond.Click here to see...
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The 6 Most Impressive New Buildings In Great Britain
Out of 52 exemplars of UK architecture, RIBA has chosen the six buildings that will compete for this year's prestigious Sterling prize.RIBA awards its annual Sterling Prize to the building that has...
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This Electric Car-Charging Station Is A Work Of Art
Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA), the forward-thinking Los Angeles-based architecture firm led by architect and USC professor Alvin Huang has recently won an international competition to design a...
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