Shigeru Ban, the 57-year-old winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize — arguably the world’s most prestigious architecture award — is the Rumpelstiltskin of building design. For more than two decades he has […]
In densely populated cities, finding a patch of green can be a challenge. But in Milan, all residents will have to do is look up. Way up. The Vertical Forest, two towers […]
Today, the area is mostly known for beggars, pushers and trashy bars. Placed in the shadows of the controversial Galleri Oslo it faces west with evening sun and floating water. The areas […]
During the early 1990’s Bogotá was the capital city of Colombia and by far the “worst city in the world”. Doomed by corruption, chaos, poverty and violence, Bogotá was at urban decay. […]
NATO refused to say Tuesday whether or not it would bomb ancient Roman ruins in Libya if it knew Moammar Gadhafi was hiding military equipment there. “We will strike military vehicles, military […]
Just as the Chinese government is trying to rein in soaring house prices a real estate developer in Beijing has unveiled what Chinese media report is by far the most expensive apartment […]
BIG has been keeping busy with more than designing mountainous green-roofed buildings and drafting comic books. They’ve also been laying out plans for a driverless world, where compact electric cars navigate on […]
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