In Plane Sight: The Fort Worth Alliance Airport ATC Tower
The Fort Worth Alliance Airport air traffic control tower is an FAA-certified Level 5 facility whose design showcases the best features of Modernism. Designed by architectural firm ...
Category: Architecture
Architecture is the art we live in, from individual houses, apartments and condos to the broader urban context, skyscrapers and parks of the cities around us. From unique historical homes to stunning conceptual towers, here are some of the most amazing, creative and inspiring structures and spires of our times.
Deco Rated: The Sears Crosstown Building In Memphis
The former Sears Crosstown Building in Memphis, TN was a high rise, Art Deco retail showcase designed to meet the needs of a car-driving America on the move. Things were looking up back in ...
Contain Us: Apartment Made Of 140 Shipping Containers
Drivelines Studios is a low-rise residential apartment building in Johannesburg, SA, constructed from 140 re-purposed metal shipping containers. Drivelines Studios is a residential ...
Boats + Yards: Dutch Architects Convert Cargo Ships into Waterfront Homes
Lifting cargo ships out of boat yards in the water up onto adjacent land, a Dutch design firm is creating a series of creatively recycled estates using maritime vessels that are no longer ...
Designed for Disassembly: Architecture Built with its Own End in Mind
Few of us make plans for our lives with our own deaths in mind, so perhaps it's not surprising that architects don't usually spend much of the design process thinking about the virtually ...
True Colors: Photographer Captures Urban Spectrum of Modern Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey, conjures to mind far-off days of Constantinople and historic works of architecture, from stone masonry homes ot ornate mosques, but there is a colorful variety to the city's ...
Cough-y House: Abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium
The abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium once housed TB patients seeking relief and recuperation amidst Pennsylvania's rugged Allegheny Mountains. Sanatoriums (not to be confused with ...
Zaha Hadid Architects to Design a Swirling New Smart City in Moscow
A whole new smart city is set to begin construction west of Moscow, Russia, and Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to help design it. The firm’s proposal is a phased development ...
Redesigners Pack Derelict Bridge Framework with New Condos & Rooftop Park
A Swedish design studio aims to bring new functionality to a century-old bridge in Stockholm, fitting 50 residential units into the framework below while creating a pedestrian path and linear ...
Sliced and Folded: Modern White House Tumbles Down a Hill in Los Angeles
Looking a bit like an architectural Transformer in the middle of taking on a new form, this Highland Park home by the firm Urban Operations takes a highly structured, geometric approach to ...
