High cost of travel getting you down? Well, things are looking up... WAY up! Check in to any one of the world's 10 tallest hotels and you'll enjoy heavenly views not seen since Mary and Joseph were ...
A concrete rectangle hovers in the air, implausibly balanced feet above the ground on just four stilts. And as if the curiously gravity-defying qualities of the exterior aren't enough, the ...
Plywood and other manufactured wood building materials are like the undergarments of architecture – foundational elements that are then covered with a more stylish, finished layer. But their ...
The ultimate in portability, inflatable structures have long been used as temporary housing for all sorts of functions – but did you know there are inflatable pubs, tea houses and research ...
Sometimes standing out can be less than outstanding, while blending in can compliment and enhance any distinctive community. These 12 supremely stealthy structures speak softly of the need to ...
Blob Architecture - sometimes referred to as Blobitecture, Blobism or even Blobismus is a exceedingly organic type of architecture that exhibits profoundly soft, rounded and curved dimensions. ...
When land is expensive or in short supply - or both, as is the case in Japan's major metropolises - smart real estate developers don't get down, they look up. These 20 tall thin Japanese ...
Already aural masterpieces, the world’s top opera houses and concert halls hardly need to be concerned with appearances – but when you’re reaching for perfection in performance, some ...
Reflecting their creators’ desire to step far, far away from the sheepish architectural clones that our culture has grown to accept as “normal”, these outstanding structures are among the ...
Towers that seem alive, twisting and dancing with each other. An alien-like blob that looks like a UFO after dark. A building that’s literally a blur. All of these and more are homes, hotels, ...
