Love it or hate it, work is what we do during the day most of the days of the week, but it sure is nicer working in something like one of these stunning offices, stores, hotels, restaurants and bars from around the world. From cozy artist alcoves to lofty open offices, here are some of the most amazing places you could hope to get the job done.
Inspired office buildings may be few and far between, but these 12 unusual buildings take office architecture to new heights with treehouse offices and more.
These 10 notable British buildings are winners and nominees for the Carbuncle Cup, an award given to the "ugliest building in the UK" each year since 2006.
Blob Architecture's profoundly soft, rounded and organically curved dimensions define some of the world's most distinctive and memorable modern buildings.
These 20 tall thin buildings from Japan show what happens when builders shoot stories upwards to get the most bang for their yen.
Don't know jack about construction? Neither did they. These 14 fabulous DIY castles were self built by people who didn't know jack about building castles.
Architecture shouldn't send you on a one-way-trip to snooze-ville. These designs prove that there are infinite ways to pack buildings with extra personality!
The dining experience can be made infinitely better when enterprising designers take a space from practical to lip-smacking-good with wildly entertaining risks.
From iconic architecture like the fish-inspired Guggenheim Bilbao to obscure shell-shaped houses in Mexico, these 15 buildings are truly strange.
Outhouses... before the advent of indoor plumbing, these permanent porta-potties were a necessary evil. Here are 10 of the most outstanding survivors.
Not all military fortresses were boring boxes. Around the time cannons became popular, so did star-shaped forts designed to withstand the powerful weapons.
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