The musician Moby bought a home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles last September. Just steps from Griffith Park, where he hikes in the evenings, he planted his own pine […]
‘Cycle-in office’ with ramp unveiled in London
A new building is opening in central London which the architect claims is a first for the capital: A cycle-in office.
“Tadao Ando: Ichigoni 152” by Pundersons Gardens
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando on his concrete-and-glass Manhattan masterpiece.
Architecture photography on Instagram
Architecture is among the most popular genres on Instagram. Some users such as Sebastian Weiss have hundreds of thousands of followers, reaching wider audiences than specialized print magazines. Even art galleries are […]
The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world’s cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he […]
52 year old French ‘Spiderman’ climbs world’s tallest twisted skyscraper in Dubai
French climber Alain Robert, a.k.a. ‘Spiderman’, scales Dubai’s Cayan tower.
Environmentally-conscious architect Renzo Piano unveils his latest work
He designed London’s The Shard, was an integral part of the team working on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and in 2006 Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential […]
The story of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles

On this date in 1956, the Capitol Records Building, also known as the Capitol Records Tower completed construction and was open for business. The building design was based upon the graduate school […]
“In Residence: Joseph Dirand” by Matthew Donaldson
Inside architect and Balmain store outfitter, Joseph Dirand’s minimalist Parisian apartment.
Peeback time in Hamburg
Residents of Hamburg’s nightclub district of St. Pauli were getting tired of having drunken revelers urinating al fresco. They found an unusual solution: walls that pee back. The walls were recently covered […]