Error of Omission: 50-Floor Skyscraper Lacking an Elevator
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, ...
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 ...
Rather than turning toward far-flung science-fiction, these designers have extrapolated current engineering techniques and evolving technologies. This skyscraper thus fuses passive power ...
Take abandoned office towers without occupants, on the one hand, while people all around sleeping on the streets, on the other. One deserted structure in downtown Caracas provides a fascinating ...
In the early 20th Century, urban design was under siege by Modernists who thought they had it figured out, but made a critical mistake: setting their ideas in stone (or: glass and concrete) ...
Vegas is a strange and sometimes-seedy speck of civilization with virtually nothing nearby of note ... save perhaps the massive Hoover Dam and its associated geology, that is. ...
Look out! These 14 tall and narrow houses rise up above the landscape to enable incredible panoramic views of rustic nature preserves, lakes and city skylines. Some are converted from old fire ...
The Germans have a dark joke about their low-water-consumption, eco-friendly toilets and cultural history, which goes something like this: you have to look at your garbage before you get to flush ...
This is a conceptual project with a breathtaking scope: to create a perimeter of citadels surrounding Japan, protecting the island nation above, on and below the ground. ...
This is what creative design is all about: taking a familiar typology and turning (or twisting) it around ... not merely to show off something new and unique, but to critically respond and adapt ...