Experimental housing is usually pretty minimalist, exemplifies interesting design ideas, and fits into a compact space. Roll It, a new design by the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, is a great example of this. The hou...

Robert Ripley traveled the world in search for the odd and unique. He broke the mold in worldwide travel, venturing out of America during the 19th century. His rare collections and interesting letters are still available...

The Waldspirale ("Forest Spiral") in Darmstadt, Germany, is not your typical apartment complex. For one thing, its designer Friedensreich Hundertwasser abhored straight lines, so the building is U-shaped, with rounded c...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak][YouTube - Link]How do you fit 24 rooms into an apartment of only 330 square feet? Architect Gary Chang, designer of the "Domestic Transformer," showcases the...

BUILD takes a serious look at dozen of structures built from couch cushions in a two-part post. Each are carefully graded. For the above fort: The crisp, clean, white planes, drawing clear influences from Richard Meier,...

Photographer Victor Borisov presents the abandoned churches of the Tula region of Russia. In the sad remains, you can see how magnificent these buildings were at one time.LinkFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by rappin....

The 'whale' is actually a project from Vincent Callebaut Architects called Physalia Physalis or 'Water Bubble', and it has a very serious point. One billion people don't have access to clean drinking water. This vessel i...

Most gingerbread houses are humble homes with simple cookie walls and roofs and candy decor. Some gingerbread architects are far more inspired and artistic though, like the designers of the amazing gingerbread artwor...

Hey, it's hard to keep a tower on the straight and narrow! The Leaning Tower of Pisa may be the most famous, but there are towers that lean all over the world. Web Urbanist looks at thirteen of them, including the Ro...

[caption id="attachment_27079" align="alignleft" w...  ...up at Times Online about the continuing shift in architecture towards biological and chemical ideologies.  "Li...