architecture

Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door”

Yewande Omotoso on apartheid, architecture, and her novel "The Woman Next Door"

Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door”
Daniel Libeskind

The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.

The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.
New York City's skyline

These authors provide a glimpse of the buildings that were never built in New York City

These authors provide a glimpse of the buildings that were never built in New York City
Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.

Syria's concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

Syria's concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

This Insane House Is Like a Submarine On Land

This Insane House Is Like a Submarine On Land

These Dizzying Photos of Church Ceilings Will Make Your Head Spin

The photographer Richard Silver trains his camera on church ceilings, so you can stare up without getting a sore neck.

These Dizzying Photos of Church Ceilings Will Make Your Head Spin
Pantheon

What modern builders could learn from the Pantheon — and grass bridges in Peru

Professor John Ochsendorf says most buildings today only last about 50 years, and that we could do better by taking a few pointers from the ancients.

What modern builders could learn from the Pantheon — and grass bridges in Peru

What Would David Lynch Look Like as a House?

An Italian architect dreams up homes based on the films of famous directors.

What Would David Lynch Look Like as a House?
The elevator at Washington DC's historic Old Post Office Pavilion.

Elevators are kind of a big deal

Tom Sybert, host of the Elevator Radio Show Podcast, believes elevators are one of the most important inventions of the modern world. Here are three reasons why.

Elevators are kind of a big deal
The architecture at the University of Texas at El Paso owes a lot to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It all dates back to a National Geographic article in 1914.

Tourists spend thousands of dollars to schlep to Bhutan when they can just go to El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso is close to the Mexico border, but the buildings look like they belong in Bhutan

Tourists spend thousands of dollars to schlep to Bhutan when they can just go to El Paso

Let Sleeping Giants Lie (on the Sides of Buildings)

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but there are giants slumbering on the buildings thanks to the art collective Dawn of Man. 

Let Sleeping Giants Lie (on the Sides of Buildings)

The Pantheon: A Lesson in Designing With Light

Steven Holl is one of America’s most respected architects. When he first went to Rome as a student, he discovered the building that would shape his career.

The Pantheon: A Lesson in Designing With Light

It’s a Giant Dirt Igloo – Want to Buy It?

An architect designing a lunar colony for NASA discovered that the dome-shaped buildings could work as inexpensive housing here on Earth.

It’s a Giant Dirt Igloo – Want to Buy It?
The US Capitol building is shown under construction in 1860. President Abraham Lincoln directed that work continue through the Civil War.

Washington was once quite literally a 'cesspool'

The history of Washington features plenty of mudslinging, fighting and division, and that's without even going inside Congress. Here's how the capital developed from the small, dirty, disorganized town it was in the 19th century into today's capital — and how that history still shapes the city.

Washington was once quite literally a 'cesspool'
Mosque in Turkey

This architect says the most important feature of a mosque is its sustainability

Mosques have huge variations in their designs and decorations. But when it comes to designing new mosques in the US, one architect wants to focus on sustainability instead of ornate designs and big chandeliers.

This architect says the most important feature of a mosque is its sustainability