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“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…
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…
I am a sucker for well-designed theme parks, the best of which are surreal utopian worlds that combi ne the gloriously kitschy architectural style of Las Vegas with the airy innocence of a gargantuan candy store. They also put pedestrians ahead of vehicles, are planned with vast stretches of public open space, and include swathes of…