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Art of the Chinese Courtyard: Respectful Renovations Keep Hutongs Alive

Building booms around the world can render entire neighborhoods unrecognizable in a matter of days, demolishing historic structures to make way for new developments. In cities like Beijing, where ...

Best of the Year: 10 Projects Honored at World Architecture Festival 2018

When you’re judging thousands of architectural projects from all around the world, even the process of narrowing down the shortlist to 535 has got to be hard. This year, the World Architectural ...

Come Hell or High Water: Cities Must Evolve in the Face of Climate Change

The time to talk about climate change as if it's merely a hazy possibility that won't occur in our lifetime anyway has long passed. Multiple recent reports have made it clear that it’s already ...

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 ...

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 ...

Architect Ordered to Demolish New Award-Winning Apartment Building in London

Normally, a new structure is safe from the wrecking ball so long as it is structurally sound, but not so with 15 Clerkenwell Close, a housing block that is at issue for reasons of appearance ...

Domino Effect: Sweet Playground At Old NYC Sugar Refinery

Sweetwater playground at the former Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, New York is a colorful children's fun park that's dandy as old-fashioned candy. A park with good taste? It's more ...

Topographical Architecture Brings the Printed Contours of Maps to Life

When artificial structures mimic the contours of topographic maps, which are almost sculptural in their own right, they become an extension of the land itself. The lines on the map that indicate ...

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