Architecture

All that and a claw-foot tub.

Inventive and ready to order, these designs range from stylish backyard dwellings to a sleek floating home.

While 2019 saw the completion of great works of architecture, it has also been a busy year for unbuilt designs.

The Pingtang Bridge in China has a staggering height of 1,089 ft and is the tallest concrete bridge of the world (and the second-tallest bridge overall).

If you're going to spend $38 million on a house, getting a dinosaur skeleton is a real perk.

As the mall declines, American Dream — a "destination" at the height of capitalism — rises. Welcome to the era of the post-shopping mall.

Roundabouts have been demonstrated many safety and environmental benefits — but Americans are not fans. What's the beef with them?

Step inside a Brutalist villa just outside Monte Carlo, a castle in southern Tuscany — and more.

A design journalist reflects on the decor trends that defined the last decade.

The Newby-McMahon Building was supposed to be 480 feet tall. It ended up 480 inches tall.

A missile silo converted into a 15-story luxury subterranean apartment complex could be a taste of what lies in store in cities around the world.

A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house.

Americans visiting Île aux Cygnes in Paris might be surprised to see a Statue of Liberty replica. Why is it there?

Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Ayn Rand, and Rita Moreno were part of a sorority of stars at what amounted to a safe haven for aspiring celebrities.

Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds smash into the city's buildings every year. The city council just passed a bill to cut back on the carnage.

Get another glimpse of 10 of the historic New York City buildings and cultural institutions lost to demolition in the past decade.

While the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is a marvel from below, heading to the top is an exhausting, overhyped and frankly boring experience.

Single-family homes are partly to blame for our housing mess, but they can also be a tool to solve our problems.

The director's singular artistic vision has given rise to a cottage industry of goods and experiences

Recycling buildings isn't just good for the environment. It's good business.

Three designers, two journalists and an interiors photographer gathered at The New York Times to make a list of history's most enduring and significant spaces. Here are the results.

With Plant Prefab, entrepreneur Steve Glenn has pull together star-powered designers like Yves Behar and tech investors like Amazon's Alexa Fund to build the modular house startup for the masses.

While the sound might be a bit unnerving to hear while you're slowly ascending up the hill of the roller coaster, it's actually part of a system that's designed to ensure the safety of passengers.

Size isn't everything when it comes to obtaining the megachurch aesthetic. You also need the flashy lights, the kitschy decor, that evangelical je ne sais quoi.

At a new State Department training center, survival lessons include fleeing ambushes, escaping burning buildings and handling bomb threats.

These guys' lofty invention is both incredibly nerve-wracking and satisfying to watch.

Municipalities and developers nationwide have come up with unique ways to give dying shopping centers new life.

How to choose the least oppressive phone booth for your workplace.

The problem with the High Line and all its imitators.

After losing tenants to revitalized downtowns over the last decade, developers are adding modern amenities to secluded campuses.

Everything old is new again — and it's hard not to think of some of today's most compelling home-building trends when looking at photographs of turf houses.

In cities around the world, advertising is everywhere. We may try to shut it out — but it reflects who we are.

33 Thomas Street in Lower Manhattan has fascinated New Yorkers for decades — here's what we know about it.

In the crypt of Venice's Basilica, sarcophagi are almost submerged. And it's not the first time.

Pieces of the Berlin Wall have been scattered across the globe. How did they migrate to their new homes?

London blogger The Gentle Author's photographs of the growing trend to leave only the facade of a building while constructing a new one behind.

"Mini House Flip" on Instagram is dedicated to documenting efforts to remodel a childhood dollhouse. And yes, it is the cutest thing you've ever seen.

It takes a special kind of person to build out a home in a rock — equal parts gusto and patience.

A photographer set out to document single-story buildings — the anti-skyscrapers.

The "smart city" makes infrastructure and surveillance indistinguishable.

Y'know, the one with a dramatic double staircase made for cape swooshing, cinematic lamp posts and marble for days?

While little known outside of France, architect and city planner Tony Garnier is as closely associated with Lyon as Antoni Gaudí is with Barcelona.

Towering glass structures are an environmental nightmare. And there's a growing consensus that we should stop building them

The Solent Forts, a series of perfectly odd 19th-century forts, are now on the market for an undisclosed amount. Sandwiched between the coast of England and the Isle of Wight, the circular forts were commissioned by prime minister Lord Palmerston in the mid-19th century to defend England's ports against enemy attacks.

Those who dismiss it as flyover country don't know what they're missing.

Live like a king and the captain of your own boat on this one-of-a-kind floating mansion.

The new mixed-use mega-project on the Lower East Side heals a civic wound.

Despite urban dwellers using more cleaning products and antifungals, their homes foster more microbes than rural houses do.

On October 20th, the Big Basket opened its doors, and people wept.

In western China, the demolition of mosques and bulldozing of cemeteries is a continuing, relentless process.

It takes a "very special buyer" to want to live inside a century-old former church.

This mini-documentary explores a part of London known as "Billionaires' Row," in all its dilapidated glory.

The best way to preserve a church in a shrinking city? Convert it to a mosque or temple.

At look at Paris's weirdest and most inventive monument and museum.

How has the agency built such a big online following? Because it offers escapism at a time of towering property prices.

These illustrations by Benjamin Sack are unreal to behold.

The 1,428-foot tower on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row is 24 times taller than it is wide and has only one residence per floor.

Selling a haunted house is a complex negotiation, a mash-up of local laws, local culture, and local lore. Good luck!

Cityscape: Does the Future of Public Housing Lie in Peter Barber's Ideas for Small-Scale London Projects?

In a hole in the ground, there lived…you!