Architecture
Innovative designs for communal living
By Allyssia Alleyne, CNN
The rise in designer apartments has been a boon for top-earners, but affordable options with the same quality and creativity remain scarce.
The real costs of fictional houses
by Paula Erizanu, CNN
From Great Gatsby's luxury estate to Count Dracula's Transylvanian lair and Amelie Poulain's tiny Parisian pad, the houses in which our favorite fictional characters reside are often inspired by real-life properties.
Radical hotel designs for 21st century travelers
By Elizabeth Stamp, CNN
Commissions, with their long lists of client requirements, don't always let architects experiment. Competitions, on the other hand, allow them to throw away the client briefs and create something game-changing.
Does the Dubai Frame show an ugly picture?
By Bianca Britton, CNN
The United Arab Emirates is an architectural playground.
Epic homes architects build for themselves
By Bethany Patch
The home is a built form that allows the architect to explore and convert ideas into reality. The opportunities and potential for expression to expand the boundaries of building form and building space are endless.
New Lotte World Tower smashes records
By Kate Springer, Jenni Marsh and Jane Sit, CNN.
After six years of construction, the 555-meter-tall (1,820 ft) Lotte World Tower opened in April, setting world three records and redefining the Seoul skyline.
World's oldest library meets 21st century
Natasha Maguder and Tom Page, CNN
"A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools."
How tech revolutionizes architecture
By Jonathan Glancey, CNN
The quest throughout history to build bigger, better and more unbelievable buildings has been limited only by the technology at our fingertips.
How Stalin rebuilt Moscow in his image
By Deyan Sudjic
Since 1917, Moscow was the subject of a concerted effort to make it the capital not just of Russia or of the Soviet Union, but of a new world order.
The rise of the urban jungle
By Georgia McCafferty, CNN
What do an avenue of grand oaks, a community park and a rooftop vegetable patch have in common?
Behind Japan's 'scrap and build' culture
By Tom Morris, CNN
A close harmony with nature combined with acute awareness of its dangers has cultivated a special approach to building in Japan.
2017's best minimalist architecture photos
By Emma Tucker, The Spaces
Clean lines of buildings across the globe have been papped for a photography competition celebrating minimalist architecture.
World's highest art space in Shanghai
By Andrea Lo, CNN
Ever since its completion last year, the Shanghai Tower has been the second tallest building on earth -- just behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
