There are only two finalists in the competition to redevelop the over 20 hectares of the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) district, Bjarke Ingels and Rem Koolhaas, whose firms, BIG and OMA, have presented...

The result of research carried out at the University of Hong Kong under the Hong Kong-based Taiwanese John Lin, the prototype for a ‘house for all seasons’ is conceived with the intention of...

Waves in the walls and roof define Zaha Hadid’s competition-winning design for the new station of Riyadh’s KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District). This interchange of the Saudi Arabian capital connects three...

If you were an ambitious young architecture student, would you risk sacrificing your summer to attend a course taught by someone described as a “substitute for a...

A design by an internationally known architect and artist featuring a yellow Star of David was chosen yesterday for a $2 million Statehouse Holocaust memorial...

Diamonds Are Forever and The Big Lebowski are some of the films with scenes shot in famous houses designed by John Lautner.

Astley Castle in Nuneaton – in Warwickshire County, England – was destroyed by fire and abandoned for three decades. It now reemerges from the state of ruin it was in, thanks to a reconstruction carried...

Hoping to give new meaning to the term “natural light,” a small group of biotechnology hobbyists and entrepreneurs has started a project to develop plants that glow...

Herzog & de Meuron have obtained the go-ahead to build the new Blavatnik School of Government and Public Policy at Oxford University, a project that arose in 2010 on the initiative of the American philanthropist of Ukrainian roots, Leonard Blavatnik, who decided...

One reason I’ve never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what the things I’m reading about look like...

Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas have won the bid to refurbish and redevelop the area immediately surrounding the main railway station of Bari, in southern Italy. On 78 hectares divided into seven segments, the proposal drawn up in collaboration with...

After visiting the remote village of Wae Rebo on Flores Island, in Indonesia, the collective Rumah Asuh – founded by Jakarta architect Yori Antar – set about to reconstruct two of four remaining huts, cone-shaped...

Watch the world change over the course of nearly three decades of satellite photography in timelapse via Google Earth Engine. The Landsat program, a series of satellites that...

After impassioned protests from prominent architects, preservationists and design critics, the Museum of Modern Art said on Thursday that it would reconsider..

The Lenbechhaus Museum in Munich – the old house and studio of the German painter Franz von Lenbach (1836-1904) – reopened its doors after a renovation of its historic buildings and the construction of a new wing by the office of Norman Foster...

Matter is today very spiritual. In a world swamped with digital images, the return to the physical, tactile humility of primary materials becomes a pilgrimage...

Construction workers have hoisted the final spire piece to the top of the 1,776 feet tall One World Trade Center in New York's financial district. The spire itself weighs...

Halfway between Montmeló and Montornès del Vallès, on the peak of Els Turons de las Tres Creus, is the Can Tacó Archaeology and Nature Park, a work of the Barcelona studio of Toni Gironès. It addressed three objectives: to inform about the heritage value...

The Prado, the Thyssen and the Reina Sofía make up Madrid's very own "museum mile," an internationally renowned part of the capital that draws long lines of both...

Curved lines and bright colors striking a contrast with the surrounding blocks characterize Loop, the new preschool center built in Tianjin – a city of northern China which is one of the country’s most populated...

LACMA draws up ambitious plans for a $650-million new look. Director Michael Govan turns to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor for a dramatic new building that would involve...

The Swiss firm Vitra continues entrusting the design of its buildings to prominent international architects. Along this line, to replace an old factory building Vitra commissioned the new building to the Japanese architects SANAA...

The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced at the Palacio das Necessidades (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)...

The Carré d’Art in Nîmes, built by Norman Foster, celebrates its 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, on 3 May 2013 the French museum inaugurates Moving. Norman Foster on Art, the first contemporary...

The objective of recovering buildings in disuse is a good starting point for public interventions, and the guideline for this specific project, which is minimal but still manages to produce a powerful and unitary image. Reusing as much of the existing as...

In Why Nations Fail, the MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and the Harvard political scientist James Robinson explore the origins of power, prosperity and poverty...

For those frustrated with air travel in the United States, arriving at this city’s domestic airport can be a treat. New arrivals are whisked on electronic walkways through...

The Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson and with the local studio Batteríið Architects, is the winner of the Mies Award 2013...