Alvar Aalto’s buildings have never been overshadowed by dogmatism. While following modernist traditions, Aalto’s buildings remain highly idiosyncratic and site-specific. This singular quality was achieved by designing the building for…
Being crowned as the Queen of Curves for her fluid, bold and dynamic buildings, Zaha Hadid was the first female British-Iraqi Architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture prize in 2004,…
Organic. Integrated. Harmonious. Almost mythical. These are words and phrases that could be used to describe the Jain Bungalow, one of many works by the late architect Nari Gandhi. Born…
Pritzker Prize Laureate, Tadao Ando had once said that “You cannot simply put something into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land,…
A Pritzker Prize-winning Italian architect Renzo Piano is known for utilizing modern solutions in his designs, but he never limited himself in expanding his views that are seen in the…
18, planes, 36 points, and 54 lines—the perfect words to describe this exquisite home designed by Daniel Libeskind. This 18.36.54 house is located on an enormous 54-acre meadow surrounded by…
Fagus Factory is one of the remarkable creations of architecture that thrashed down the idea of a standard office building during the times back then. Walter Gropius, one of the…
In a world where technology is advancing, the buildings are getting heights and bridges getting longer. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is beyond words. It is the world’s longest, tallest, and…
Al-Hamra Firdous Tower is a sculptural icon standing proudly in the center of Kuwait city. It has the title of the best invention of 2011 by TIMES magazine and several…
2,400 meters from the peak of Jinping Mountain lies the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, the deepest underground laboratory in the world with horizontal access. Located in Sichuan, China, this exquisite…
Louisiana’s Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lake Borgne Surge Barrier is the central feature of the world’s largest Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRSS). Hurricane Katrina changed the…
There is something about bridges that make them one of engineering’s most iconic feats. The power to create something over the ocean, to connect two places, to open up new…