Architecture

The viewing pod slides up and down the tower, which has been acknowledged as world's most slender by Guinness World Records.

New Observation Tower Is World's Thinnest

Brighton's West Pier comes back to life...as a crazy vertical viewing tower

The cave is supported by six pillars hewn from the same rock.

Archaeologists Are Trying to Digitally Preserve an Ancient Cave Before It's Demolished

The 5th-century cave is in the way of an airport expansion

The World’s Largest Picnic Basket Faces an Uncertain Future

The fast decline of a kitschy landmark

A courtyard in front of a mosque adjacent to the al-Qarawiyyin Library, pre-restoration.

The World’s Oldest Working Library Will Soon Open Its Doors to the Public

After renovations wrap up in September, the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University will debut an exhibition section for non-scholars

A fireplace at Melford Hall.

These Beatrix Potter Illustrations Were Found Tucked Inside a Mansion’s Books

The children’s book author found inspiration on vacation

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History holds this patent model for a Gorrie ice machine, the first mechanical refrigeration or ice-making machine the U.S. Patent Office patented.

Six of History's Smartest, Weirdest and Most Interesting Inventions for Beating the Heat

From a bicycle mister to ice energy, here are a few innovative ways for cooling down

Cupid Fountain

The Heiress to a Gun Empire Built a Mansion Forever Haunted by the Blood Money That Built It

Sarah Winchester inherited a fortune and used it to construct a mysterious mansion in northern California

Photograph of the megalithic cluster of Carregal do Sal, one of the passage graves in Portugal that may have doubled as an ancient telescope.

These Ancient Tombs May Have Been Both Grave and Observatory

The best view of the heavens could be from within the tomb

One of the most stunning features of Taiwan's Lukang Longshan Temple is its extravagant wood caisson ceiling.

Experience the Secrets of a Threatened Taiwanese Temple

New 3D reconstructions make it possible to look inside Lukang Longshan

Residents of Makoko look on its floating school at night in December. Today, the school is nothing more than an empty, broken platform.

This Floating School Was a Design Nerd’s Dream

…until it sank

Some architects are in a timber state of mind.

Will Skyscrapers of the Future Be Built From Wood?

Why cross-laminated timber might become the newest trend in urban architecture

Imagine a meta-memorial of the National Parks that projects high-definition video and recordings in metro stations, examining the role of wilderness in times of social inequality and ecological change.

What Will Future Monuments in the Nation's Capital Look Like?

Changing times and tastes leave little room for monolithic marble on the Mall

Architects Reimagine Detroit

A new exhibition in Venice showcases how 12 teams would reinvent four sites in Detroit badly in need of facelifts

Eltz Castle

Visit Seven Storybook Castles in Germany

These magnificent structures are straight out of a fairy tale

A classic Parisian newsstand on Rue St. Germain.

Parisians Are in an Uproar Over Their New Newstands

Paris’ iconic kiosks are being updated and replaced

Researchers in Singapore have been able to print the polymer components of a "personalized" pill.

Scientists May Be Able To Pack All Your Medications Into One "Personalized" Pill

And nine other things you never thought could be made on a 3D printer

Five Landmarks Threatened by Climate Change

Will a warming planet destroy humankinds' most precious cultural treasures?

Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome, 1967 World Exposition, Montreal

A Photographic Tour of the Wonders That World's Fairs Leave Behind

Jade Doskow goes to old World's Fair sites and photographs the remnants of once glorious visions

A ceiling sculpted by Isamu Noguchi has been restored and is open to public viewing.

A Modernist Sculpted Ceiling Was Uncovered in a U-Haul Showroom

The Isamu Noguchi work is being shown once again

The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava after it was decimated by a fire on Orthodox Easter.

A Historic Cathedral in New York City Goes up in Flames

The Cathedral of St. Sava caught fire just hours after the Orthodox congregation celebrated Easter

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