Art
Designer Tiles Recreate the Façades of Soviet-Style Apartment Blocks
Lined up and stacked, these tiles in a restaurant bathroom make the wall look just like the façade of a Soviet-style panel building.
Architecture
News
Designers Float Fantastical Visions of New York’s Park Avenue
What would you do to make the medians on Park Avenue more interesting? 150 entries imagined the possibilities, and 17 finalists were selected.
Art
Guarding Treasure in Louis Sullivan's Banks
With their winged lions, tapestry brick, interior murals, and stained glass windows, Sullivan’s banks instantly draw the eye.
Art
The Curving Concrete Poetry of a Daring Experimental Architect
In Mexico, the architecture of Félix Candela punctuates landscapes like giant flowers, folded umbrellas, and cresting waves.
Art
In East New York, Historic Preservation Empowers a Community
Preserving East New York was founded by Zulmilena Then to advocate for historic preservation in one of New York City's most vulnerable neighborhoods.
Books
A Colossal Compendium of Brutalist Architecture Argues for Saving 'Concrete Monsters'
SOS Brutalism is the first global survey of Brutalist architecture from the 1950s to '70s, and is a rallying cry for preserving these concrete structures.
Art
Architectural Wonder at 14 Hotels Made of Ice and Snow
The Game of Thrones hotel in Finland is just one in a long history of ice hotels.
News
This Artist Will Build You a Lego Model of Your House
Shari Austrian uses photographs and architectural plans to create Lego houses based on customers' homes.
Art
Explore Over 30,000 NYC Historic Sites Newly Uploaded to the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Map
Complied from 50 years of documents, the map allows you to discover facts about structures you may walk by every day.
Art
Can You Identify the Famous Buildings In This 3D-Printed Model?
The model, designed by architect Fumio Matsumoto, seamlessly collages elements from over 30 iconic buildings.
Books
The Geodesic Dome Dreams of Quebec
In the 1950s, architect Jeffrey Lindsay led a little-known era of geodesic dome design in Québec, which is explored in the new book Montréal's Geodesic Dreams.
News
John Portman, the Architect Who Made Modernist Atriums Sci-fi, Dies at 93
With their enormous atria, elaborate fountains, and glass elevators, John Portman's hotels are straight out of a science fiction movie.