Living in a round house isn’t for everyone. Though an abode without angles can create incredible sweeping interiors, subdividing its plan into conventional rooms might render them small, narrow, or otherwise awkward. However, for an architecturally-minded couple, becoming the live-in stewards of one of the...
If artificial intelligence is going to become the world’s new default tool for automation and information, the computers that run it are going to need power—and a lot of it. According to the International Energy Agency, “Search tools like Google could see a tenfold increase...
When one thinks of epicenters of American modernist movement in the immediate post-WWII era, Southern California, with its Los Angeles Case Study homes and Palm Springs vacation pads, is top of mind. But in that same era, another influential enclave was being developed in a...
There is currently an affordable housing shortage in the United States. According to the nonprofit National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation lacks more than seven million homes for its more than 10.8 million extremely low-income families. And while in the past, this crisis may...
The 2024 Summer Olympics comes to Paris in July. But long before the games begin, in February, the Paris Basketball Club played its first game at the Adidas Arena, its new home in the French city’s northernmost neighborhood, Porte de la Chapelle. Come July, the...
The stepped form of 111 West 57th Street echoes iconic 20th-century NYC structures like the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and Steinway Hall itself. Even with its distinctly contemporary height and ratio, this element adds a sense of nostalgia to the building’s profile. Each...
The New York skyline is certainly one of the world’s most recognizable. The Big Apple is known for its many impressive architectural firsts and—in the opinion of critic Eric P. Nash, author of forthcoming book Sky-High: A Critique of NYC’s Supertall Towers from Top to Bottom...
Before it became among the world’s most infamous prisons, Alcatraz Island was just that, an island. But since the time the federal penitentiary opened in 1934, the location quickly turned into one of the world’s most infamous prisons. As a result, Alcatraz has long been...