We love collisions of culture as much as the next guy, but we have to admit to having a soft spot for those involving provocative hip-hop artists and ...
Posted 01.05.2012
When you think of an introduction sequence from the '80s, a few things probably come to mind: a cheesy, saxophone-infused theme-song, italicized fonts...
Jacob Slevin | Posted 02.19.2012
I'm pleased to say that 2011 was an exciting entry into a new decade of architecture, especially given the prologue put forward by the close of the pr...
www.cnngo.com | Posted 11.14.2011
Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry's first building in Hong Kong is almost complete. Dubbed OPUS HONG KONG, the 12-story r...
Tom Mallory | Posted 09.26.2011
A couple of weeks ago, I came across a most galvanizing article by Niklas Maak - a writer and arts editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The ...
Tom Mallory | Posted 07.25.2011
As I set about writing on "interactive architecture" this week, I was struck by the semantic challenges and numerous connotations of "interactivity." ...
Tom Mallory | Posted 07.03.2011
Architecture of truly green buildings must incorporate a range of professionals including economists, biologists, chemists, and a range of social-science experts such as demographers, anthropologists and geographers.
Adel Zakout | Posted 02.27.2012
The advent of the industrial revolution, mass production and large-scale manufacturing industries during the last two centuries has had a revolutionar...
ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the seven decades of his long career, Frank Lloyd Wright created some of the most innovative buildings of the 20th century. But advances in build...
J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011
Pity the architects who've tried for almost 200 years to follow the genius of Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia.
Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011
90 buildings, scattered around 14 ex-soviet states, without trend, without a common 'school.' Is this evidence...
Adel Zakout | Posted 05.25.2011
We begin the year with a new addition to the Huffington Post Design Thursdays. The last Thursday of each month will bring a selection of buildings aro...
Jacob Slevin | Posted 05.25.2011
I contend that architecture of the decade is best described by the following thesis: Bull, Bubble, and Bear.
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Posted 05.25.2011
While LA's downtown lacks the kind of in-your-face skyscraping architectural monuments you'll find in towns like Chicago or NYC, a bit of urban spelun...
The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011
From the record-breaking spires of Dubai's Burj Khalifa to the unusual shape of Spain's Torre Agbar, the world's skyscrapers are not only wonders of d...
Andy McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011
The debate over the mosque near Ground Zero adds to the ever increasing history of humanity's fear of buildings. How long has this fear endured? Well, I'm glad I pretended you asked that.
Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011
Space is an asset that does not depreciate with use. Rather, turning it to alternative relevance will assure return in reputation and brand recognition, if not outright rents.
Colin Summers | Posted 05.25.2011
When I was younger, just a boy, I would draw all the time. Constantly. It was how I made sense of the world. What made a cow so like a cow? I drew one. What made cars look like they were moving? I drew one.
Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011
We at HuffPost Green love finding a creative use for recycled materials, as we highlighted in our junk art and turning trash into crafts slideshows. N...
Ben Holland | Posted 05.25.2011
Smart growth. Sustainable cities. These terms get tossed around a lot, typically used in reference to new buildings and new communities. But what about existing buildings and our aging cities?
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011
LONDON — A man's home is his castle – but not if British authorities say it has to be destroyed. That's the situation faced by Robert Fid...
Posted 05.25.2011
This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...
Doree Lewak | Posted 05.25.2011
The fourth NYC Apple retail store is launching this weekend, this time on the UWS, raising the unavoidable question: has anyone actually gotten laid from the launch of an Apple store?
Posted 05.25.2011
Every decade brings with it new buildings that stir the imagination and push the limits of what was sought possible in terms of design. In the slidesh...
Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011
This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...
flavorwire.com | Posted 04.09.2012