Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
After four years of delays, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally unveiled a set of rules for “Unmanned Aerial Systems,” popularly known as drones — and, considering it has taken them this long, the regulations are surprisingly lenient. Key restrictions included a maximum altitude of 500 feet, a maximum weight of 55 lbs, and a…
From chocolate to fire engines and energy, these museums are devoted to the strange and unexpected s ubjects.
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…
“To cross a bridge, a river or a border is to leave behind the familiar, personal and comfortable an d enter the unknown, a different and strange world where, faced with another reality, we may well find ourselves bereft of home and identity.” —Jean-Pierre Vernant You cannot think of land without thinking of water. A bridge…
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…
Wanna see the most amazing purveyor of architecture on eBay? His name is ansky98, and he sells scale buildings for model train sets. These hobbyist replicas can be arranged into a village or town, and resemble the parts of an architectural model. Why are ansky98’s models the best? They are not just firehouses or schools,…
Today is President’s Day, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln’s annual posthumous joint birthday b ash. Anticipating an excess of free time on this grand federal holiday, Lego recently launched a timely, patriotic solution: Brick-lovers can celebrate by building a tiny plastic replica of the Lincoln Memorial, the latest monument to join the brand’s Landmark Architecture kit…
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…
Ice architecture is so hot right now. Its the dead of winter, and the River Torne in northern Sweden is producing some of the world’s finest architecture- and kid-friendly ice. The latest work of frozen art to emerge from the quiet white of the Scandinavian frost is PinPin Studio’s snow maze and playground for the…