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A walk around Chicago is an epic journey through the city’s flamboyant eras. You’ll be equally delighted by the Loop’s Art Deco skyscrapers, the exciting
Stéphane Malka has unveiled a novel project that involves renovating an aging Paris apartment building by attaching wooden boxes to the facade. The "guerrilla architect" says that the boxes will increase living space for the residents and improve energy-efficiency.
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Old abandoned houses tell a story. Even if the story is not documented in history, each abandoned home gives us a glimpse into a life once lived.
Every now and then, we hear about funny architectural fails where lack of taste meets poor aesthetics and greets atrocious execution. Check out our previous features with such examples here, here, and here.
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Image 3 of 5 from gallery of ZHA Wins Competition to Build Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base. Tower C . Image © Brick Visual, courtesy of ZHA
Photographer Leland Kent returned to former hospitals, nursing homes and high schools to show the devastating impact of the Category 5 hurricane which killed more than 1,800 people in 2005.
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Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
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Completed in 2001 in Groningen, The Netherlands. With a history unlike any other, Wall House 2 redefines the limits of architectural design as a function of context in both time and culture. 28...
I've always been fascinated by London architecture history, and today I want to share my favorite highlights of London architecture through the centuries.
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From Santiago Calatrava's Oculus to the Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel, these structures go above and beyond their vertical height in redefining the ever-changing world of architecture
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
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Many things can shape a city—its culture, history, social life, or food scene. But perhaps the most distinctive feature would be architecture. Some buildings can completely fascinate you with their astonishing design and pure aesthetics. Through careful urban planning and understanding of the cultural background, the structure of a city can carry you through time while still leaving you in a very particular place.
Completed in 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Images by Chaovarith Poonphol. In rethinking a 7-storey office building for a leading agricultural trading company, we envision a new workplace experience by approaching the design...
Here’s the fascinating history of Art Deco, how to tell if a structure has Art Deco elements, and where to see the most iconic Deco buildings of all time.
Old abandoned houses tell a story. Even if the story is not documented in history, each abandoned home gives us a glimpse into a life once lived.
Architecture got bolder but — heaven forfend — not too bold. It is D.C.
Every now and then, we hear about funny architectural fails where lack of taste meets poor aesthetics and greets atrocious execution. Check out our previous features with such examples here, here, and here.
See stunning examples of the extravagant aesthetic, from Paris to Prague
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The tower will eventually rise to 1,115 feet and come with 206 condos.
UPDATE: New renderings of the project have been released as the building approaches completion. They can be viewed here. The design for the new...
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