From classic ideas of city construction to suburban sprawl and urban renewal, these articles cover everything from landscape and new urbanism to forms not yet fully defined – click through to see the cities of our past, present and future.
Japanese culture is commonly thought of as being centered around quiet politeness and public respect. If so, this may be a physical representation of that interpretation - a remarkably subtle and ...
Copper's fiery glow, relative abundance and famed durability have served civilization well for countless centuries. The metal's many attributes have also endeared it to architects of all ages, from ...
If you liked Animal House the movie, you'll love Animal House the, er, house. This unlucky group of 13 zoomorphic buildings make being sent to the doghouse (or cathouse, as the case may be) a ...
New York City is one of America's greatest man-made achievements, but how can we protect and preserve it for future generations with inevitably rising seas and increasingly frequent weather ...
Giant receptacles for trash have been transformed into the most unexpected things - swimming pools, bars, giant pinhole cameras, and now tiny 'living containers' on wheels. German designer ...
It would be a mistake to characterize Burning Man as merely a festival in the desert. For one week a year, an entire built environment (dubbed Black Rock City) for tens of thousands of residents ...
With space increasingly at a premium in cities around the world, bodies of water - and the structures that span them - are becoming host to all sorts of unexpected functions. This concept by ...
A six-armed, snowflake-shaped ski dome stretching across the river Gudenåen in Denmark would be the world's largest if constructed, besting the current record holder, Ski Dubai, by at least ...
The privatization of public spaces is a contentious issue - suburban malls have turned many main streets into ghost towns. At the same time, there are legitimate difficulties when it comes to ...
Architects are all dreamers. While their special projects and grand ideas often aren't considered practical enough to be created, looking at their concepts is a great way to see the potential ...
