Tokyo grew fast in the 1960s, and personal space was at a premium. Architect Kisho Kurokawa designed a unique building as a vision of the future- capsule apartments. It's called Nakagin Capsule Tower.From the outside, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/10/24/Pictures-Reveal-Life-Inside-Tiny-Futuristic-Cubes/It's not easy to swing a real estate deal when a particular piece of property is considered a work of art. There are a couple of dozen houses in far-flung places across the U.S. that stand out from their neighbors becaus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/26/How-to-Sell-a-Frank-Lloyd-Wright-House/The many wrought iron and cast iron balconies, fen... ...n and cast iron balconies, fences, and decorative architecture of New Orleans hide fascinating details in plain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/25/The-Storytelling-Ironwork-of-New-Orleans/An 11-bedroom mansion in Indianapolis is on the market with an asking price of $1.75 million. It's more than just a posh house, as the A.V. Club describes.Selling for $1.75 million, the house was apparently owned by an &...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/21/An-Architecturally-Baffling-Indiana-Mansion/On crowded city streets, builders have long taken advantage of the idea of shared walls. Why build four walls when you can build two and appropriate the brick walls of the buildings on either side? That eventually leads...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/18/The-Haunting-Magic-of-Ghost-Buildings/Architectural critic and curator John Margolies (1... ...pictures of roadside amenities, attractions, and architecture from 1969 to 2008, compiling a unique archive of... ...buildings is on Margolies’ film, as tourist architecture was endangered by the expansion of the interstate... ...travel took the j...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/07/07/The-John-Margolies-Roadside-America-Photograph-Archive/The skyscraper was in decline. Then Fazlur Khan ha... ...ine. Then Fazlur Khan had an idea that would turn architecture on its head.(Image credit: Antoine Taveneaux)In D... ...s & Merrill (SOM) for just a decade. For the architecture world, he was remarkably young. But if he was we... ...squo;s daughter...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/07/07/Reclaiming-the-Sky/If you love buildings from a time where craftsmanship and beauty went into every inch, in which form was as important as function, then you will appreciate seeing the most beautiful ceilings in the world. Each gives us a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/08/The-10-Most-Beautiful-Ceilings-in-the-World/[https://youtu.be/33hFLYHgRPM] (YouTube link)All o... ...even when doled out in tidbits of trivia. Unique architecture
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/05/24/41-Facts-about-Unique-Architecture/Modern materials and building techniques have allo... ...times come with unforeseen consequences. Who knew architecture could be so dangerous?In February of 1988, Chicag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/05/16/Dangerous-Skyscrapers/