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 recent world financial crisis has shone the spotlight on the world's central banks, those Keepers of the Keys to the money machine with their mental accounting and less-than-best inflation ...
Bridges might not get the respect the world's tallest skyscrapers get but these horizontal architectural wonders push the engineering envelope just as hard. From "Galloping Gertie" to the Golden ...
Evoking images of flying saucers, interplanetary space pods and science fiction futurism, the Futuro house offered homeowners a chance to live in the future without ever leaving their front yards. ...
Dollhouses have a long history, beginning in the 17th century. They were originally used to display interior designs, but eventually came to be used as children's playthings. Today, they're still ...
Once soaring symbols of the Industrial Revolution and material progress, smokestacks later became the poster kids of environmental degradation. Today, legions of artists, urban planners and ...
Ready to hob nob with some high class doorknobs? These dozen daring twists on a traditionally utilitarian theme will unlock your perceptions of what room decor could and should be. ...
The clubhouse is a quintessential symbol of childhood: Children love to imagine a house, play pretend they're guarding a fort, or even just hold secret club meetings. The clubhouse is a child's ...
World War II caused death and destruction on a scale unknown in human history. While the human cost of the war is of course paramount, the loss of property and with it, the cultural heritage of ...
The world's worst skyscraper disaster is still fresh in our minds, and every year sees a new calamity in our global obsession with building storey after storey, higher and higher. You would think ...
