Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
With no mirrors, no clocks, and no obvious way out of most Vegas casinos, you could be forgiven for forgetting where on earth you are whilst vacationing in Sin City. However, French-American photographer Vincent LaForet does not suffer from such problems: He has captured this city — a burgeoning urban anomaly in the Nevada desert…
Breaking Presidents’ Day news: Government surveyors have determined that, as of this morning, the Washington Monument’s official height is now 554 feet, 7 and 11/32 inches — almost 10 inches shorter than the height recorded upon its completion in 1884, 555 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches, when it held the world record for tallest structure…
Over a dozen starchitect-designed structures sit complete along the High Line right now, and even mo re are under construction, including a 14-story luxury apartment complex by Zaha Hadid and the new Whitney Museum by Renzo Piano (among the projects in progress pictured below). Now, Rem Koolhaas is the latest world-renowned architect to join the list…
Image via Arch Daily Until March 8, any pedestrian passing through Times Square can drum up a beat f or the heart-shaped, Mini-Cooper-sized sculpture in the crossroads of the world. Brooklyn-based Stereotank designed “HeartBeat” to glow to the rhythm of strong, deep, low-frequency heartbeat sound that would inspire visitors to play the various percussion instruments built…
Architectural photography has become very sophisticated lately, thanks to several innovations. Hyper lapse technology has made moving time lapses easier for everyday photographers. Professionals have access to very high-end cameras and editing equipment that can make surreal videos, while drone pilots have given us new views of old favorites, and exposed some unseen places. But the…
M.C. Escher used to do it with his drawings — leaving us bewildered about where those staircases rea lly led, and how those drawings didn’t disrupt the space-time continuum. His drawings are particularly impressive because they were made by hand; these days, architectural optical illusions are far easier to pull off with the aid of computers.…
While art and architecture often find themselves at odds (see: MoMA v. Tod Williams Billie Tsien or Frank Lloyd Wright v. art), Ellsworth Kelly has always been an architect’s artist. “Architects are usually the first people who understand my work,” the abstract artist — and TWBT and Peter Zellner collaborator / well-known Frank Gehry pal…
The house from Pixar’s classic animated movie Up may soon by listed in a property auction, giving yo u the chance to own a little Disney magic… but you may be a little taken aback by its current condition, which is rather worse for the wear compared to to the vibrantly colored, weatherboard-clad gem seen in…
A stay at the forthcoming Henn-na Hotel of Japan’s Huis Ten Bosch amusement park is going to feel li ke a stroll down the aisles of the Consumer Electronics Show. Charming, multi-lingual robots called Actroids (presumably a portmanteau of “actress” and “android” — not to be confused with an irritating medical condition) will check you in…