The Empire State building stands approximately 15 inches tall, whereas the Statue of Liberty measures at just under two inches without its base. At this scale, even ants would be too big to represent ...

The design for Northwesterly House in rural Napa County emerged from a series of models that set up a rhythm of monoliths. (Courtesy Sidell Pakravan) Given the rising cost of construction, the need to ...

Rather than criticizing design itself, the report examines the structural flaw in the traditional architect-first model.

Before ground is broken or bricks are laid on any building, architects get to work on a smaller scale, creating models of what buildings and sometimes whole landscapes could look like. City of ...

In the 1956 competition to design the city of Brasilia, Lucio Costa's proposal differed significantly from his competitors'. In contrast with the detailed plans and well-designed perspectives of the ...

Aurora, Oregon—a rural community in the Willamette Valley—has approved a new city hall building, designed by New York–based No Architecture. The proposed structure consists of four volumes surrounding ...