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.
Apparently, Miami is hellbent on being home to all of the world's coolest parking garages. It’s already famous for 1111 Lincoln Road, a landmark gem by Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron that hosts ...
It is hard to walk through Venice, Italy without wondering how the place was built, its architecture rising inexplicably out of the dark water below, or how water, power and internet traverse its ...
Legendary Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill may be most widely known for his dystopian-looking postmodern housing estate Le Palacio d'Abraxas as well as his own reclaimed cement factory home, but ...
These dozen closed and abandoned pawn shops refute the myth of a robust economy where tax cuts and less regulation trickle down to those in the greatest need. Pawn shops are the canaries ...
A new building has sprouted up in Macau that innovates in three dimensions on a form often found across the delta in Hong Kong: rectilinear boxes with central linear voids, a classic feng shui ...
Half-sunken into the sea along the Norwegian coastline, Snøhetta's submerged restaurant project looks like yet another cool rendering that will never actually be built - but a new series of ...
Pluck these structures out of their environments and photoshop them onto a Martian landscape and you’d never know they're real, physical buildings interplaying with ordinary scenery in cities ...
Driving into Motor City, the beautiful and towering 18-story Michigan Central Station is hard to miss -- it is both a Beaux-Arts Classical landmark (standing out even in a city rich with ...
Based in Singapore, Wallflower Architecture + Design creates ultimate tropical dream homes for a steamy rainforest climate, each one laid out for optimal air flow, natural cooling and views of ...
Key cutting shops may be circling the retail store drain but their doom isn't quite locked in, as these 15 classic key cutting shops and signs illustrate. Key cutters occupy a cluttered ...
