Embedded in the breath-taking landscape of the Catskill Mountains, the Emerson Resort and Spa is a hidden treasure located just two hours away from the city of Manhattan, USA. With
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This pristine and stylish custom home impressions a piece of old Europe right within Florida. The bright white exterior and courtyard design can fit flawlessly in any Spanish neighbourhood. Featuring
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Nature is often synonymous with calmness and serenity so what better way to incorporate this feeling of tranquility into a space than through indoor landscaping. The Habitat Horticulture design team
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In 1921 the Grain Silo Complex was constructed. For half a century, it was the tallest building in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, grain would be collected, graded, and then distributed. Ideally,
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Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, Perot museum consists of a magnificent cube that sits on a landscaped plinth. Actually, it is a rock
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The 2010 Pritzker Prize laureates, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the architects behind SANAA, have been praised for designing buildings that seem deceptively simple. At the core of their work is an
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The discussion of “architecture of place” is a topic widely focused on in an attempt to promote regionalism and a sense of individuality. Architects that have achieved the level of
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Where does one start when looking to put up a cultural building next to Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles? Like Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad of
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Via 57 West is set to be BIG’s inaugural project in New York. As a hybrid between the European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan high-rise, the development has a unique shape
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At Lincoln Road, Robert Wennett, a private real estate developer and art collector, had the desire to solve a critical urban problem in Miami Beach – parking. Having 20 years worth of
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The World Trade Centre Transportation Hub may as well be the most important architectural project by Spanish starchitect Santiago Calatrava. The design that was unveiled in January of 2004 brought with
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In a world where properties close to the sea have skyrocketed in price, it has become more important that incredible views, deep architectural sense and world-class materials converge with opulence
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The Getty Center is a modern design by Richard Meier in a picturesque hilly site in Santa Monica Mountains in California. It is a composition of buildings brought together in
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Rooted in the foothills of Tucson City, Arizona, is an interplay of boxes seating deep in the desert; and majestically so. Architect Kevin Howard’s creation is an expression of what
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New York’s NoLita (or North of Little Italy) will soon be receiving a new landmark by Pritzker Prize laureate, Tadao Ando. The electric and diverse atmosphere of Lower Manhattan with its vibrant
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Some people have called it “Really Really Bad.” Others have called it “hideous.” It’s “too Vegas” others have ranted; it’s the “Edsel of architecture,” some have proclaimed. Yet there are
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There was a time when books were high up the ranks insofar as pastime favourites were concerned. Long before the invention of the television and radio, people would turn to
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Admittedly, my opinions of the Northwest Corner building at first were not exactly the best; this is not what I would expect from Rafael Moneo who is well known for
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Marketing a museum has got to be one of the most difficult things to do. However, Libeskind’s designs and Gehry’s audaciousness coupled with Calatrava’s willingness to push architectural technology to
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Looking at the MIT Simmons Hall, it reminds me of how every city’s skyline around the world looks almost magical at night. It’s a wicked view depicting the shades of
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520 Park Avenue is a 52-story tower coming up in New York City expected to feature the Indiana Limestone cladding all through its facades. The high-rise building designed by Robert
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In 2009, the real estate market in North America was at the home stretch of crumbling from a financial crisis. A small private equity firm known as CIM and based
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Every country around the world has development goals that are set to be achieved over a certain period of time, mostly very long-term. Tulsa County in Oklahoma, United States has
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University has a commanding figure in the rather quiet parts of the Cornell Campus in Ithaca, New York. Morphosis Architects were commissioned
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All the way from the 1800s the city of Chicago has spearheaded the skyscraper movement in architecture and the tower forms get more interesting as they evolve. The Aqua Tower is a
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When you want to expand an iconic building from the past, whom do you call? The case of Kimbell Art Museum was a long one emphasized by the fact that
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Where do people organising a protest meet? In a forlorn church basement? In a student’s hall in the wee hours of the night? Around an aggravated member’s kitchen island? From the days of
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Santiago Calatrava is one architect who seems to breathe and ooze controversy with everything he designs. A structural engineer as well, he has been criticized of designing projects that are almost
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Herzog & de Meuron is one of the world’s most respected architectural firms. The practice has over the years developed a reputation for conjuring up some of the planet’s most original
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Not so far from Dallas City‘s concrete jungle, shimmering lights and labyrinthine expressways is the Trinity River Audubon Centre, located in the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States.
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