ARCHITECTURE
What Is an Adobe House?
First misconception: It’s not an architectural style, but a building material and construction technique
Architecture + Design
The Anderton Court Shops, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Final LA Building, Gets a Unique New Tenant
A new tenant has moved in and is making great strides to retain Wright’s vision for the space
Architecture + Design
Eiffel Tower: Everything You Need to Know
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel, a great-great-great-grandson of Gustave Eiffel, chats with AD about the history, design, and legacy of the Parisian icon
News
Philippe Petit, Famous High-Wire Artist, Will Reprise His 1974 World Trade Center Walk in a Manhattan Cathedral
The event is in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the death-defying stunt
7 Staggering Villages to Avoid if You’re Afraid of Heights
These picturesque cliffside settlements seem to defy nature
Architecture + Design
Inside the Very Big World of Really Tiny Things
Miniatures are taking over the world—and reshaping how we think about it in the process
Architecture + Design
See 5 Insane Homes With Trees Growing Through Them
The budding trend brings the outside world in
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Architecture
The Unknown History of Cape Cod’s Modernist Movement
Famed Bauhaus collaborators Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and others found refuge in Cape Cod, while also designing homes in the area
Architecture + Design
Olympic Stadiums: The Best Architecture From the Olympic Games
Like the Games themselves, the most memorable buildings created for the international sporting stage celebrate human achievement
20 slides
Architecture + Design
Working With Frank Lloyd Wright: The Architect’s Last Living Client Shares His Experience With the Visionary
Roland Reisley talks about hiring the starchitect at 26, asking for design adjustments, and his evolving relationship with the 73-year-old Usonian home
Set Design
9 Real Sex and the City Locations You Can Actually Visit in NYC
These iconic locales are as fashionable as Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe
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Architecture + Design
Buckingham Palace Just Received a Major Makeover—See Inside
The newly restored East Wing is open to the public for the first time ever
Innovative Design
This Off-Grid House in Lebanon Is Straight Out of Lord of the Rings
This project is low-cost, sustainably built, and utilized ancestral techniques in its construction
Architecture + Design
The Great Pyramid of Giza: Everything You Need to Know About the Ancient Wonder
It is the only structure of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still intact, and it still has a lot to teach us
Architecture
Affordable Housing Is in Crisis—Can Design Help Solve It?
A new book, Housing the Nation, addresses the problem from all angles—and calls for multidisciplinary collaboration to fix it
Architecture + Design
Burj Khalifa: Everything You Need to Know About the Tallest Building in the World
Adrian Smith, the architect behind Burj Khalifa, talks with AD about the history, design, and impact of the 2,722-foot-tall tower
Architecture + Design
25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Add to Your Architecture Bucket List
Consider this your cheat sheet to the UNESCO World Heritage List
25 slides
Architecture + Design
These 9 Abandoned Theme Parks Are Hauntingly Beautiful
Photographer Seph Lawless captures intimate images of the world’s most striking deserted amusement parks
13 slides
Architecture + Design
These 7 Homes Had Fascinating Former Lives
These unique residences were once planes, churches, windmills, and even baseball stadiums
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Architecture
Can the New Adidas Arena Revitalize a Paris Neighborhood in Flux?
A long-disadvantaged district is the permanent site of a new arena for the 2024 Summer Olympics, but will the socioeconomic effects last?
Architecture + Design
The 17 Most Beautiful Skylines in the World
Did your hometown make the list?
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