Much before humans constructed their first permanent shelters, they discovered the protective power of animal hides as a barrier against harsh environmental conditions. This fundamental principle of ...

Stella Nair When you look at the Burj Khalifa or the breathtaking new Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, you might understandably ...

Out with the old, in with the new — Irving R. Newhouse Building, that is. The former 25,084-square-foot Newhouse building that housed offices for state senators and staff, built in 1934, was supposed ...

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A key aspect of such a project for Herdeg is the materials, which needed to be “authentic, real, and natural,” he says. Toward that end, behind its darkly tinted glass exterior, the six-story, 116,000 ...

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If you’ve passed the former Thompson Center during its current phase of remodeling and seen its red skeletal structure, you probably know that new glass will be installed around the building. But 60 ...

It is time to restore a word that is almost completely absent from schools of architecture today. That word, surprisingly, is “building.” If spoken at all in schools, it is in the spirit of apology or ...

Three Tennessee public buildings emerged among the most beautiful in the country: ...

These sites capture the city’s practical, restrained style — but aren’t without whimsy. In central Stockholm, on the island of Södermalm, sunlight spills onto the facades of buildings representative ...

The future of the Chrysler Building, a unique monument to art deco architecture on the Manhattan skyline, remains in limbo as ...