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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.

Dome Dining Disaster: When Reclaiming Public Space Goes Wrong

When the city of Toronto forcibly cleared a homeless encampment beneath a downtown section of Gardiner Expressway only to turn it over to a luxury outdoor restaurant pop-up, people paying $545 ...

Garden Room: Transforming an Urban Mumbai Apartment into a Lush Oasis

Just looking at the photos of these interiors, where would you guess this unusual verdant living space is located? The English countryside, maybe, or a rural land project full of experimental ...

Redesigning Notre Dame for a New Era with a Greenhouse Roof

It seems like proposals to restore the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris came pouring in before the blaze that destroyed its spire and roof was even extinguished. Grappling with devastating damage to ...

Footloose: Canada’s Abandoned Bata Shoe Factory

The former Bata shoe factory in "Batawa" – a company town located in southern Ontario – forged fine footwear for footloose Canucks from 1939 to the year 2000. Kickoff The Bata Shoe ...

Mondrian Lives On: The Artist’s Influence on Architecture & Design

How is it that a simple, abstract composition of black and white grids and primary colors has touched our collective psyche so deeply? Dutch-born artist Piet Mondrian created some of the most ...

Green Spaceship: Vegetated Library to Land in Madrid’s Villaverde

Using a constantly changing screen of ivy as a passive solar device, a new library planned for Madrid takes on a shape that’s out of this world. Architecture firm 3GATTI calls the unusual ...

Class Inaction: Eerie Abandoned Virginia High School

Central High School in Painter, Virginia was abandoned in 2005 but the 88-year-old red brick building still exudes plenty of Art Deco style and class. Hollowed Halls The Eastern Shore of ...

Rail Impressive: Former Industrial Train Shed Becomes a Modern Library

Without sacrificing any of its industrial charm, Dutch architects transformed an old train shed into a gorgeous library and community event space. “LocHal” is Tilburg’s “new public city ...

Stairway to Nowhere: Behind the Hate for NYC’s New Hudson Yards “Vessel”

People really hate Thomas Heatherwick's new Escher-esque "Vessel," a climbable sculpture in New York City's billionaire playground of Hudson Yards, and they're not afraid to wax poetic about it. ...

Members Lonely: 10 Closed & Abandoned Social Clubs

These closed & abandoned social clubs recall the pre-internet age when people seeking the company of others did so in person, not via keyboards and webcams. Scotch Scratched Even after ...

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