Architecture

While the fate of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics hangs in the balance due to the coronavirus pandemic, here's a look at other cities that have succeeded in creating structures that have stood the test of time and continue to be as awe-inspiring and groundbreaking as the games themselves.

From a camel library service in Kenya to book-carrying-robots in Sydney, these unique libraries keep the magic of reading alive.

From space-age designs to murals, artists and architects have transformed subways, metros and tube stations into contemplative and artistic spaces. These 10 underground stations around the world will have you thinking you're riding through an art museum.

Renzo Piano, Bjarke Ingels, and Rem Koolhaas have taken over Miami, reinvigorating and in one case creating neighborhoods - and we love it.

The architecture, paintings and monuments that have shaped American art throughout the ages.

Los Angeles is a canvas of great 20th and 21st-century architecture if you know where to look.

From discovering the authentic flavors of Spain to experiencing how the royals once lived, here's how to experience Spain like a local.

The swimming pool has become an integral part of a home, extending the usable space into a garden - and the pools of the rich and famous are astoundingly beautiful.

For more than a half-century, postmodernist architect Ricardo Bofill has brought his surreal visions to life. See some of his most breathtaking creations.

The "Bauhaus style" was also known as the "International style."

From one of Charles Gwathemy's first projects to a home inspired by the Hampton's farming roots, you could stay at an iconic piece of architecture this summer.

New Delhi has the worst air quality in the world.

Twenty-five cultural heritage sites we are in danger of losing—or have lost forever.

"Betsy's house is, in general, a mess," Wagner wrote.

Rok Kobe and his team at the Lego Group are responsible for one of the company's most ambitious projects, combining the Lego building system with some of the world's finest architectural marvels.

More than 5,000 miles from Paris a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower sits on a former luxury housing estate.

The economic boom in China in the 1990s led to "duplitecture" or copycat versions of everything from the Eiffel Tower and London Bridge to the canals of Venice and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Dubai and China have overtaken Manhattan as the home of the supertall tower.

Police have confirmed 17 died in the blaze, but say the number will rise. Locals who knew people inside struggle to comprehend how this happened in one of London's richest areas.

The state allocates €2 million ($2.2 million) a year for restoration works, but the repairs needed would cost 50 times as much.

One year since her death, the Iraqi-born architect's success only highlights the long way still to go in achieving gender equality in architecture.

Named 'Analemma,' the building would move around the world, slowing down over New York.

The horseshoe building would surpass the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest-building, in length.

A year after winning the Turner Prize, is Britain's controversial architecture and design collective still making a difference?

Two stars of world architecture have designed off-plan homes on a rural estate with a prehistoric history.

The prestigious architecture award was given for a design featuring three Victorian and two new buildings.

A first peek at the new Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, through the eyes of its architect.

This year's RIBA architectural design nominees include Damien Hirst's free gallery in London.

A hundred years and $540 million in the making, the museum opens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in September.

The brilliant architect, dead at 65, wanted immunity from the political implications of her work.