German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was...  ...ago today. He was influential in shifting modern architecture away from the ornate to the simple. Whether that...

The seemingly radical idea of building a skyscraper out of wood is not so strange after all, as architect Michael Green is quick to point out, because of two main advantages wood has over concrete and steel-it's eco-frie...

If you love IKEA so much that you want to live in one, your dream is about to come true. Soon you can buy an IKEA house: The Swedish company hasn’t begun renting out its showrooms...

American Bandstand host Dick Clark owns a house in Malibu, California, that looks as if it came straight from the TV show The Flintstones. It has only one bedroom and two bathrooms, but it sits on 22 acres and featur...

You've seen how abandoned buildings are taken over by vines and spiderwebs and can look really creepy? Daniele Del Nero recreates that feeling in miniature with his buildings covered in natural mold. Grown over several...

Parasites are rarely adorable, but this tiny little cabin in San Francisco certainly is. The structure, which measures approximately W7 x D8 x H11 feet, takes on a 19th-century architectural style. Constructed from vint...

(YouTube link) The Chinese construction company Broad Group built a 30-story hotel in just 15 days (360 hours) in December. This time-lapse video shows the process. See another, longer video showing more details at Ge...

How would an architect design houses from...  ...from fairy tales, as seen through the lens of architecture . Take Rapunzel's tower, for inst...

Can you guess which iconic buildings are recreated using books and other everyday objects in this clever video by Luis Urculo? Hit play or go to Link [vimeo] - via Fas...

The following is an article from the newest volume of the Bathroom Reader series, Uncle John's 24-Karat Bathroom Reader. Think the old woman who lived in a shoe had weird taste in housing? It turns out she was just ah...