So Over It: Japan’s Abandoned Hotel La Rainbow
Somewhere over the sea lies the abandoned Hotel La Rainbow, a cracked jewel of Japan's Bubble Era that failed to attract its target market of bridge geeks. A Bridge, Too Far The “Hotel La ...
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3D Dragon Gates: New Twist on Coastal Feng Shui by Zaha Hadid Architects
A new building has sprouted up in Macau that innovates in three dimensions on a form often found across the delta in Hong Kong: rectilinear boxes with central linear voids, a classic feng shui ...
Final Estate: Beloved Architect Zaha Hadid’s Only House Design is Complete
Known for designing dynamically curved structures in cities, Zaha Hadid's only single-family residential project is certainly aligned with her signature style but also reacts to a very different ...
We Live Here: Light Art Helps Sydney Tower Residents Protest Gentrification
Residents of Waterloo Estate towers in Sydney, Australia, were given a uniquely visible voice this year amidst city plans to change the neighborhood. The #WeLiveHere2017 project gave 500 ...
Prefab Plyscraper: World’s Tallest Timber Building Tops Out at 173 Feet
On the University of British Columbia's campus in Vancouver, a new record-setting wood structures highlights the many advantages of a growing trend: vertical timber construction. Brock Commons ...
World’s Largest “Car Vending Machine” Dispenses Real Bentleys & Ferraris
Combining architecture, advertising and technology, this car dealership lets users punch in numbers to bring their vehicle of choice down a 15-story showroom looming above in full view. The tall ...
Pillars of Green: 85,000 Plants on World’s Largest Vertical Garden Facade
An extensive living facade system in Bogota, Columbia, represents growth in the right direction, away from unrealistic tree-covered skyscrapers toward more sustainable and useful vertical ...
Waste Not: The Trash Can that Inspired the World’s Tallest Condo Tower
432 Park Avenue in Manhattan has taken criticism for various reasons since well before it was completed, but its source of inspiration makes it almost too easy: the skyscraper was inspired by a ...
1/4 World Trade Center: Tulsa’s Half-Sized, Untwinned Tower
The BOK Tower in Tulsa, Oklahoma, looks uncannily like the vanished Twin Towers of the New York City skyline and this is neither accidental nor coincidental. This skyscraper was constructed just ...
World’s Tallest Wood-Framed Skyscraper Proposed for London
An angular affair of wood and glass, this proposed skyscraper is designed to reach nearly 1,000 feet in the air and, if it goes forward, will be the first timber-framed tower in London and ...
