France is known for a lot of things – not the least of which are chic fashion, refined culture and some of the world's best cuisine. But a well-deserved reputation for elegance and luxury tends ...
Southern China's largest city, Guangzhou, is seeing its status as a cultural hub cemented with the opening of the breathtaking Guangzhou Opera House by famed architect Zaha Hadid. Shaped to ...
Twenty-one years ago, Dubai was a desert. It sprang up seemingly from nothing into the lively and technologically advanced world-class city that it is today. This is just one example of the ...
Homes, apartments, offices, emergency shelters – cargo containers are a quick, low-cost, environmentally friendly building block for all of these architectural purposes and more, including ...
Ever had a hankering to sleep in a wine cask, or swim in an underground pool with a medieval vaulted ceiling? Hotel experiences in the Netherlands run from the royally posh to the painfully hip, ...
Armadillos, buzzards, anteaters and ragged fighting roosters stand ten or even twenty feet tall, rendered in stark monochromatic tones, lending a sense of wild nature to the streets. Belgian ...
In summer 2012, when the Olympic Games come to London, lucky travelers will experience the bustle of the city from a boat-like temporary hotel perched atop the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the ...
We all juggle multiple tasks throughout our daily lives, rushing to get one thing done before tackling another. Wouldn't it be nice to sit down, relax and have a cup of coffee? At these 12 ...
A tiny paper village blooms with a thick, cobwebby coating of multi-colored mold, left to decay just as every structure ever built by man would eventually do if humans were to disappear. Italian ...
Origami artists transform a single flat sheet of paper into graceful figures like swans, butterflies and flowers. Who knew the same could be done with a sheet of steel? Furniture designers ...
