The Best Articles in Architecture

Hidden in the architecture of some of the world’s most famous buildings is a cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East.

Tradition in the building arts explained the long way around, in three easy to remember rules.

«Beauty is objective and its effects are broadly similar and consistent across cultures and across millennia. For proof I only ask you to study a rose.»

The Empire State Building was completed in 1931. At a height of 1250 feet [0], it was the world's tallest building, exceeding the recently completed Chrysler building by 202 feet. It would hold that…

A false association with drugs that banned 'hempcrete' from the US residential building code has been lifted, paving the way for widespread use.

Major cities across the US are introducing smart streetlights with the promise they'll provide safer and more sustainable public spaces. But behind th...

Solar panels are a cornerstone of the clean energy revolution, yet they have one great flaw: on cloudy days their productivity dives.

In the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Bridge was built with no power tools, no heavy machinery, and only a basic, evolving understanding of how to make steel. It's not these facts, but the stories…

A new generation of increasingly sophisticated AI – such as Midjourney – unveils new possibilities for design: we have tried to figure out whether and how they will replace humans and their work.

On a summer's day a trip in a hot tube train is a dreadful experience, but how did we end up with such hot tube trains, and what's being done about it?

The late sculptor Robert Bruno's unfinished home—a Lubbock-area landmark—is becoming a vacation rental. His friends are distressed.

Environmental review laws have become a favorite scapegoat among those who lament our inability to build ambitious infrastructure, but the problem runs much deeper.

The height of skyscrapers is limited by physical, economic and regulatory barriers, but we should want to overcome them and build taller. Here's how we can do it.

How the suburbs are “retrofitting” obsolete malls, box stores, office parks, parking lots, motels, and more.

Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder of Third Wave, a strategy consultancy based in Berlin that works with small-scale industrial manufacturers. The company’s clients range across Europe, the...