Architecture Icon: Steven Holl’s Award-Winning Designs
For nearly 35 years, Steven Holl has been one of America's most iconic and innovative architects, designing dozens of attention-grabbing structures all over the world including the recently ...
For nearly 35 years, Steven Holl has been one of America's most iconic and innovative architects, designing dozens of attention-grabbing structures all over the world including the recently ...
As the global recession has put a stop to all manner of construction projects around the world, perhaps no place has been hit quite so hard as Dubai. Long known for its outrageous architecture ...
(image via: howieluvzus) When Banksy visited New Orleans in 2008, the renowned graffiti artist wasn't just leaving behind his particular brand of social and political commentary on Hurricane ...
Graffiti is often a disappointing eyesore, the bane of storefronts, and signposts for gang activity, but there are also those who have turned it into an art form that delights urban populations ...
The Carbuncle Cup is an annual award bestowed by Building Design magazine upon the ugliest building in the UK over the past 12 months. Since 2006 the dubious distinction of winning the Carbuncle ...
The Star Wars franchise was a phenomenon that rocked the world, and spawned an entire industry of offshoots, from television shows, to cereals. What's most amazing about the Star Wars universe is ...
After over 30 years, perhaps the Star Wars empire has already tapped out opportunities for profit among all but the newest generations of wannabe Jedis and Sith Lords – but probably not. ...
As the last continent on Earth to be explored – and still the least developed – Antarctica may yet fall prey to the onward march of human civilization, but its lack of resources beyond ice ...
The roaring twenties were a time of great prosperity, as the economy boomed after World War I. The nation was intent on having fun; a jazz obsession swept the nation, and prohibition did little ...
When Francois Robert unexpectedly acquired a human skeleton in the 1990s, he knew he had to do something wonderful with it. Several years later when the economy collapsed and he found himself ...