They are set to restore New York’s lost gem – Penn Station
The demolition of Penn Station in New York in 1963 was the direct cause of the creation of...
Szymon Biedronka
Neo-Art Deco? The Parkview Square skyscraper in Singapore
The owner of Parkview Square in Singapore wanted his skyscraper to stand out from the usual glass towers....
Once the most densely populated place in the world – Kowloon Walled City
To this day, it is not even known exactly how many people lived in Kowloon Walled City in...
Straight out of a Wes Anderson film — the Amalienbad swimming pool in Vienna
The Amalienbad swimming pool in Vienna was built at a time when most homes did not have private...
A gem of Hungarian Art Nouveau in Romania – the Palace of Culture in Târgu Mureș
The Palace of Culture in Târgu Mureș is one of the most outstanding examples of the unique Hungarian...
The worst skyscraper in NYC’s history – the Gillender Building has been demolished
A mere 13 years passed between the construction of the Gillender Building in 1897 and its demolition. The...
London’s strangest house – postmodernism at Cosmic House
The Cosmic House is undoubtedly one of the strangest houses in London. Every room in the building tells...
The forgotten British Art Nouveau – the Royal Arcade in Norwich
Although British artists and architects laid the foundations for the Art Nouveau style, the fame of Art Nouveau...
The largest house in America – Biltmore Estate
Set amidst the picturesque mountains of North Carolina, the Biltmore Estate is the largest house in the USA....
The Germans’ Nordic sanctuary. The mysterious Kunststätte Bossard
Tucked away somewhere in the forests of Lower Saxony, the Kunststätte Bossard studio tells the little-known story of...
The largest building clad in marble – the Fisher Building
The Fisher Building in Detroit is the largest commercial building with walls and floors clad in marble. In...
They want to demolish the ‘father of skyscrapers’’s’ greatest masterpiece in Chicago
The owners of the building housing one of Louis Sullivan’s most magnificent halls are increasingly vocal about their...
It was Hungary’s first skyscraper, but it was shortened. OTI headquarters
Although today this inconspicuous building does not dominate the panorama of Budapest, until the end of the 1960s...
Monumental brick town hall in Germany – Oberhausen Rathaus
Completed in 1930, Oberhausen Town Hall is a gem of brick expressionism in the industrial Ruhr Valley. Oberhausen...
This is one of the most unusual hotels in Europe — the Fuchspalast Hotel.
This palace of eccentricity and bright colours is a hotel designed by Viennese painter Ernst Fuchs. The small...
It’s a story straight out of a fairy tale! — Egyptian Art Nouveau at Château Laurens
The colourful walls of Château Laurens in Agde tell a surprising story that sounds like a ready-made film...
A great pearl inside a Dubai skyscraper. Inaura by MVRDV
Almost every month, world-renowned architects announce a new super-tall skyscraper in Dubai. However, the Dutch studio MVRDV has...
The concrete fortress of “democracy” – the Bangladesh Parliament in Dhaka
This concrete fortress on an artificial lake is Bangladesh’s modernist parliament building in Dhaka. During its construction, Bangladesh...
Poland has a hall in the last neo-Gothic building! Here is the Cathedral of Science.
Measuring 163 metres, Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning was the first skyscraper built for educational purposes. Architect Charles Klauder...
Like a starry sky under the roof – Sanctuary of St. John Bosco
Although the box-like structure of the Sanctuary of St. John Bosco (Santuário Dom Bosco) looks inconspicuous from the...
‘Symbolic shell’ ingrained in the old church of St James in Thal
Not far from the Austrian city of Graz, the small town of Thal is home to the spectacularly...
A psychedelic chapel in an old church – Revelation E. Fuchs
The late baroque St. Egid church in Klagenfurt, Austria, may seem to many like just another church from...
Sky canyon in Shenzhen – Yidan Center from Zaha Hadid
A sky-high canyon of concrete and glass is the skyscraper Yidan Center, which recently reached its target height....
The stadium with the big chimneys – Birmingham City F.C.’s new stadium.
Huge chimneys will surround Birmingham City F.C.’s new stadium. Heatherwick Studio is behind the unusual design, teaming up...