It's a fitness center but also a theater, a health spa, an exhibition space, a study hall, a place to eat, and a Zen center.

From MVRDV to Shigeru Ban, our picks for the top companies in architecture.

Ole Scheeren--the man behind CCTV and OMA's other Asian projects--says zaijian to Koolhaas, leaving the firm to start his own studio.

Pitt's foundation, Make it Right, eventually hopes to build 150 houses in the Ninth Ward--completely remaking the blighted neighborhood.

Living Architecture wants anyone with enough cash for a vacation to be able to rent a wild-eyed masterpiece, from a house that looks like a uncut gemstone, to a barn whose back half hangs over a hill.