China Is Skeptical About Plans To Build The World's Tallest Building In Just...
It’s a plan so audacious many Chinese don’t even think it’s possible, but that didn’t stop Changsha-based construction company Broad Sustainable Building from breaking ground Saturday on the world’s...
View ArticleA Prize-Winning Architect Designed This Sleek 'Tiny House'
Renzo Piano is the brilliant mind behind some of the most visually arresting buildings of the past few decades — The New York Times Building in Manhattan, London's The Shard, and the Pompidou Museum in...
View Article11 Stunning European Soccer Stadiums That Put American Arenas To Shame
The European sports stadiums built in recent years have been much more adventurous than their American counterparts.Looking at some of the newest soccer arenas in Europe, you see bright colors, goofy...
View ArticleIt's Time To Rebuild Detroit As A City For Urban Living
There is an intimate connection between people, power, poverty and place and there is no better city in the world to see this than Detroit. With the impending bankruptcy we cannot lose sight of the...
View ArticleThe 10 Tallest Skyscrapers Being Built Right Now
At 2,722 feet, the Burj Khalifa is widely known as the world's tallest building, but it will see some fierce competition in years to come.Emporis, a company keeps statistics on construction projects...
View ArticleWhy Architect Le Corbusier Wanted To Demolish Downtown Paris
Walking through Le Corbusier's exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, I was surprised by how many of the great modernist architect's designs were never built. They were simply too radical, and none...
View ArticleWe're On The Brink Of A Fourth Era In Architecture
When New York City architect Curtis B. Wayne first started talking about “The Fourth Architecture,” it was clear he was not doing so to make friends. You do not write manifestos to make friends. You...
View ArticleAn Architecture Student Transformed A School Bus Into A Mobile Home And Is...
Hank Butitta transformed a defunct school bus into a mobile home, and he's currently driving it across the country on the road trip to end all road trips.The 27-year-old was a student at the University...
View ArticleStep Inside The Skinniest House In The World [PHOTOS]
The world's skinniest home is now open for tours, according to digital architecture and design magazine Design Boom.Designed by architect Jakub Szczesny the Keret House in Warsaw, Poland is the...
View ArticleThis Beautiful, Twisting Glass Building Could Be Google Australia's Next HQ
This stunning building proposed for Sydney’s Darling Harbour precinct is being flagged as a possible future home for Google Australia.The concept for “The Ribbon” takes advantage of cutting-edge...
View ArticleHow Architects Can Fix America's Terrible Prisons
We’ve recently covered the topic of prison design on a number of occasions – more specifically the work of Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, led by Raphael Sperry. ADPSR is...
View Article14 Gorgeous New York City Subway Stations That Belong In Another Era
While the majority of New York City’s subway entrances have the same mundane look, there are others that still have details from an earlier era. Some entrances contain flourishes from the buildings in...
View ArticleThe Architect Behind London's Car-Melting Skyscraper Has Had This Problem Before
Rafael Viñoly, the Uruguayan-born architect who designed the new London building that's now frying eggs across the street because of its intense reflection, is the same architect who designed another...
View ArticleThe World's Most Legendary Living Architect Once Designed A Building That...
It may seem like architect Rafael Viñoly, the man who designed the London skyscraper currently melting cars and cooking eggs across the street, has a monopoly on designing...
View Article10 Stunning Villas You Can Rent Along The Mediterranean
This post originally appeared on Architectural Digest. From a traditional whitewashed Greek villa to a modernist retreat in Corsica, France, find your dream destination in our roundup of extraordinary...
View ArticleArchitect Behind London's 'Fryscraper' Blames Outside Consultants For...
Rafael Viñoly, the architect who designed the skyscraper currently frying eggs and melting cars on a London street, says the building's glitch is not his fault.Architecture magazine BDOnline's Andrea...
View Article12 Years After 9/11, One World Trade Center Stands At A Symbolic 1,776 Feet
The final piece of One World Trade Center was lifted into place earlier this year, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at a symbolic 1,776 feet.It's the first time the skyscraper...
View ArticleLocals Are Questioning The Legality Of These Bizarre Chinese Houses In The Sky
China's rapid economic growth has yielded unsafe and often illegal practices that sometimes catch regulators flat-footed.That brings us to these bizarre images, which we first noticed when Reuters'...
View ArticleThe Designs For The 2016 Olympic Park In Rio De Janeiro Look Spectacular
Architecture firm AECOM released some artist renderings for the 2016 Olympic Park that its designing for the Rio de Janeiro games.The park will consist of seven sports venues and an open entertainment...
View ArticleAn Architecture Lover's Guide To Tel Aviv
This ArchDaily Architecture City Guide is dedicated to the vibrant city of Tel Aviv, originally established as a garden-city on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean in 1909. Although widely known as...
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