architecture

A Posh Resort With a Wicked Wicker Playroom

A children's center at a resort in Thailand that was inspired by a mantra ray, and built using woven rattan.READ»

Beyond the High Line: Five Bridges You'll Want to Stroll Across

Five upcoming projects that will remake bridges into houses, shops, and parks.READ»

AMD Tries to End the Gigahertz Wars

AMD recently announced that it would cease to market its chips based on technical specs like speed ratings and cache, effectively withdrawing it from the arms race that has been dominated by Intel since time immemorial. AMD will opt ...READ»

A Rube Goldberg Amusement Park for Sustainable Living

Tjep, a Dutch design firm, has released a creaky, funhouse vision for a sustainable community that feeds 1000.READ»

Glenn Beck, Art Critic

The tearful, reality-challenged Fox News host decries NBC's 30 Rock headquarters for its Facist design inspirations--which he also happens to have completely made up.READ»

What if the Bering Strait Were Walkable, Once Again?

A fanciful architectural proposal, for a massive bridge between Alaska and Russia--in which you'd see whales swimming overhead.READ»

Extreme Upcycling: Shanghai Corporate Pavilion Is Made Out of Used CD Cases

Upcycling plastic bottles into t-shirts and billboards into backpacks is innovative, to be sure. But Shanghai's Corporate Pavilion takes the upcycling trend to extremes: The entire exterior of the 4,949 square meter structure is ...READ»

A Teepee for Suburban Design Geeks

One of the beats we stay on top of is temporary architecture--also known as hobo design. So it's with great enthusiasm that we bring you John Paananen's suburban teepee. // Granted, it's not hobo design at its purest. But ...READ»

Is OMA's Chinese Masterpiece Pornographic?

Chinese media is ablaze with rumors that the CCTV annex and headquarters were meant to look like a penis, next to a bent-over woman--and that exposes some truths about Chinese culture.READ»

Dictator Chic: BIG Wins Competition to Build National Library of Kazakhstan

BIG beat out Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid in a competition to architect the National Library of Kazakhstan--which happens to be a notoriously corrupt regime. Should we care?READ»

Ziba Design's New HQ Is a Sustainable Pillar of the Community

The Portland-based strategic innovation and design consultancy builds a new office that also builds their neighborhood.READ»

• Designers Accord Case Studies

Palm Pre Goes Pre-Fab

To promote its smart phone, Palm deploys a well-known prefab house in L.A. shopping malls.READ»

First Look: Heathrow's $1.6 Billion Terminal 2 Will Be Brighter, Greener, Less Ugly

London's Heathrow is the world's third-busiest airport, a hub for some 67 million passengers every year. (Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson and Chicago's O'Hare are tops, with 90 million and 69 million, respectively.) To help ease ...READ»

The World's Hippest Seminary

Tasked with renovating a 15th century monastery, these architects broke out the fluorescent paint and neon crosses.READ»

High Culture, Hamptons Style

Swiss geniuses Herzog & De Mueron unveil designs for a contemplative museum in the backyard of some of the country's fanciest real estate.READ»

Off the Deep End: A Look at the Decline of Dubai

Deserts have a way of reclaiming whatever is built upon them. In the case of Dubai, the global financial implosion has sent that process into overdrive. After six years of frenzied expansion, during which the population grew at 7% annually and nearly $600 billion went into construction, reality has come rushing into view.READ»

The Cutty Sark's Bold Stand-In

The Cutty Sark Pavilion in London was designed to grab attention while the big museum underwent repairs.READ»

Architectural Hottie Coming to World's Sexiest Beach

Diller Scofidio + Renfro wins a high-profile competition to design a museum on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.READ»

JWT's Offices: Designed for Telling Tales (and BS-ing with Friends)

Behind the scenes at the recently completed New York headquarters of the agency formerly known as J. Walter Thompson.READ»

Architecture's Very Own Beauty Pageant

The 2010 World Expo, in Shanghai, is shaping up to be the architecture world's version of Miss Universe.READ»

Move Over, High Line: Hudson River's Pier 57 Looks Amazing

Officials announce a winning proposal to create a cultural center on Pier 57, adjacent to the city's newest jewel.READ»

Architecture Firm Specializes in Bespoke Treehouses

For prices starting around $13,000, Amazon Treehouses will design you a getaway in the boughs of your favorite tree.READ»

The Art, Fashion, and Architecture of Louis Vuitton

Under the artistic direction of designer Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton has evolved into a luxury empire that not only encompasses lavish fashion, but experiments in art, and architecture. In "Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, and Architecture," the history of Vuitton's world is examined by fashion and art historians, scholars, and journalists via essays and hundreds of color photos of LV products, ads, and other sweet monogrammed goodness. Here is a taste from this vibrant anthology.READ»

Architecture That Boosts the Bottomline

How REX designs buildings that bring the developers cash.READ»

Grow Your Own: Buildings Made From Living Trees

Three young German architects have created an entirely new sort of architecture, bending trees to their will.READ»