The City Hall subway station in New York City was built to be beautiful, as a showcase for the entire train system. But it was closed in 1945. However, passengers on the 6 train can see it if they don't disembark on the...

This building which houses the health department in BilBao, Spain is described as "origami-like". I can see that, but my first impression was that some special-effects giant monster is trying to burst out of it! The uniq...

A San Francisco architect who developed sudden blindness has carved out a successful career as a consultant to architectural firms. Shortly before he was laid off, Downey had found a blind computer scientist who had dev...

Faulders Studio has designed a building called GEOtube that, if built in Dubai, would develop its own outer surface from salt! The building plans include a lattice of pipes on the outside, which would grow solid from sal...

Lionel Scoccimaro's Sucre series is constructed from sugar cubes, not bricks and mortar. Some of these are dainty enough to be at home in the window of a Parisian candy shop. I wonder if they draw ants? Marseille-born...

Leaning Tower of Pisa Building Blocks - $44.95 Coliseum Building Blocks...

The personal home, a project that began in 2003 is a 900 square foot, 3 story livable home inspired by the Bug, by builder Markus Voglreiter . The 36 year old master builder spent £750,000 to create the 3 story struct...

When I was a kid my vision of my own adulthood was based on The Jetsons. I imagined myself whizzing around futuristic buildings in my own little air car and landing on my home's helipad just in time for my evening pro...

Today the architectural world remains divided. Should the cathedral be completed in a less ambitious contemporary style? Or should it be left, unfinished, as an original creation? One exhibit in the Paris Exhibition of...

Many of us are familiar with American artist Edward Hopper's evocative painting of folks hanging out at a diner in New York City. It has been speculated that the location of this cafe is Multry Square. Jeremiah Moss seek...