Combining harrowing first-hand experiences, vivid images and historical context, urban explorer and photographer Bradly L. Garrett takes his readers on a stunning in-depth tour through the hidden ...
Housing over 2,500 squatters on 28 of its 45 floors, the Tower of David is a half-finished structure in Caracas, Venezuela, populated with displaced people. Like the now-vanished Kowloon Walled ...
Twin towers raising up the existing skyline and joined at the top - these were supposed to be a sign of recovery in a city and country ravaged by the global financial collapse. Instead, ...
If accepted and completed, this design would be the tallest wood-frame structure in the world. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, sustainable timber framing can be more eco-friendly than ...
Skyscrapers are the traditional small-footprint solution for growing square footage in big cities, but what are developers to do in growing places like Mexico City where new building construction ...
The first skyscrapers were impossible drawings at the times they were imagined, yet today glass towers that scale to the skies are everyday structures. On land, by sea, in the air (or in one ...
Concept designs from far-fetched futurists have toyed with the idea for years, but one firm has finally made the vision a reality: towers extensively populated with intensive (meaning: large and ...
Rather than turning toward far-flung science-fiction, these designers have extrapolated current engineering techniques and evolving technologies. This skyscraper thus fuses passive power ...
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 ...
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 ...
