architecture
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The Best Solution To Stop Skyscrapers From Casting Shadows?
Upper Manhattan-dwelling New Yorkers have been complaining for years that supertalls are going to ruin the views from their beloved Central Park. Here’s a very good solution: lower the elevation of the park.
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That Amazing House-In-A-Cliff Concept? They’re Actually Going To Build It
We see insane architectural concepts all the time, but they’re almost never given life, destined to remain as sketches in a designer’s portfolio. Not so in the case of “Casa Brutale”, the cliff-embedded dwelling we saw last year. Turns out someone is really going to build the thing.
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Look Inside The Most Expensive Train Station Ever Built With This 360-Degree Video
The steel ribs arching over New York City’s newest transit station have already become a familiar sight for the city’s residents and tourists. Now, after seven years of delays, the striking new World Trade Center Transportation Hub will finally open this month in Lower Manhattan.
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The Porn House From The Big Lebowski Has Been Donated To A Museum
For design nerds, the Sheats-Goldstein residence is well-known as one of the most triumphant works of renowned architect John Lautner. For hard-core basketball fans, it’s the home of James Goldstein, the flamboyant courtside fixture at Laker games. And for everybody else, it’s known as Jackie Treehorn’s house.