Architecture

Tokyo has announced plans for a futuristic high end city by the bay by 2050! The project will be located at the Tokyo Waterfront City neighborhood and will have zero…

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1200 year old luxury estate in the Negrev desert in the 8th century Bedouin town of Rahat in Southern Isreal! Even in times past, the wealthy…

A floating city in the Maldives that can house 20000 people has been revealed by their government. With ocean water levels rising, the new city is designed to “float” with…

Archaeologist have uncovered what were previously invisible paintings at the 900 year old Angor Wat temple in Cambodia, the journal Antiquity reported. Using the same technology employed on the NASA…

A building at the Milan Expo will feature a first of its kind, smog eating photocatalytic cement! When in contact with ultraviolet light, the titanium oxide in the mix reacts…

It’s time for the annual Skyscraper Award from Emporis, and this year’s winner was The Shard in London, England! Congrats to them, and to facinating buildings around the world. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/19/travel/skyscraper-award/

We’ve recently heard of the 1 km high Kingdom Tower that’s begun construction in Saudi Arabia, but the landscape for future skyscrapers and architecture is happening today in China. Enjoy…

Even older than the Nazca lines (and culture), a new set of ancient geoglyphs have been discovered in Peru. What is interesting is that these lines are attributed to the…

We’ve all at one point or another, admired the sheer grandness of the world’s tallest buildings like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. Now, Hitachi has announced the world’s fastest…