Architecture
“It looks like something Shrek would throw up,” sniffed one online commentator, unflatteringly comparing Rotterdam ROCKS! — the recently unveiled…
After Germany’s Ruhr region—the third-largest urban area in Western Europe—was heavily bombed during World War II, planners came up with…
The Egyptians had their pyramids. The Anglo-Saxons had their burial mounds. And Americans have their presidential libraries—the main difference being…
Amid the slender needles and elegant spires of the Manhattan skyline, a mountainous lump has risen into view. It climbs…
No matter what happens, Jean Nouvel will always have Paris. Since the early 1980s, the City of Light has been…
Sir Terry Farrell, the innovative architect and planner known for his bold “hi-tech” designs such as London’s MI6 headquarters, has…
A massive cliff of green-tinted glass runs alongside a railway track, resembling a mint-colored glacier welcoming incoming trains. The glass…
