Topic: Architecture
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The Big Fix
Fighting Domestic Violence With Architecture and Design
A new generation of shelters is changing the way women and children recover from abusive environments.
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A Super-Luxe Pad for Retired Popes
Can you imagine Pope Benedict XVI sorting through his wine cellar in this halo-shaped retirement home?
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Archives
The Istanbul That Might Have Been, and Might Still Be
A book of unbuilt Ottoman-era architectural and engineering plans sheds surprising light on the current building boom in Turkey’s largest city.
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Would More People Use the Public Library If It Had a Water Slide?
More than half of Poland doesn't seem to be reading anything. Would a more festive library design help them pick up a book?
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Photos
Turning a Persian Rug Into a City
Babak Golkar makes architectural designs out of carpet patterns.
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Why We Just Might Want to Build Skyscrapers Out of Wood
Vancouver-based architect Michael Green is trying to convince the world to construct tall wood buildings.
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The (Failed) Idea That Links St. Petersburg and Mumbai
Even in cities laid out to micro-manage and shape its residents, the people who use public space can't be controlled.
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Phoenix Just Might Be Serious About Building 'The Pin'
A honey dipper-shaped observation tower inches one step closer to reality.
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Photos
Can Floating Architecture Save This Nigerian Slum?
Architects NLE are putting the finishing touches on a three-story, 2,300-square-foot floating school for 100 students in Lagos.
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These Minimalist Illustrations of Modern Museums Are Strangely Hypnotic
Artist André Chiote's simple geometric lines and bold colors reduce modern architecture to a few building details or formal snapshots.
