Topic: Architecture
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Charts
Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get?
"We could do at least a mile and probably quite a bit more."
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For Buffalo's Grain Elevators, an Experimental Second Act
The formerly empty icons have become a space for art, ping pong balls, and eerie trombone concerts.
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Photos
Data-Mining a City's Visual Identity
Researchers train an algorithm to tell us why Paris looks like Paris.
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The Emotional Impact of New Skyscrapers
When you love a city, every change in its skyline is a sign of how it has aged with you.
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Photos
Translating D.C.'s Architectural Future Into Mini Golf
A course in the National Building Museum echoes architects' visions for our nation's capital.
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The Volcano as Museum
An architect designs a modern art museum that's a giant mass of granite lit from within by the orange glow of primordial fire.
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A Restaurant With Diners On Display
Designers create a "place to be seen" in Toronto.
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Olympics 2012
A Roof That Looks Like Water
The roof of the London Aquatic Center is an undulating wave of aluminum supported by Red Lauro timber and more than 3,000 tons of steel.
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Behold, the World's Tallest Concept Building (That Of Course Was Never Built)
There are skyscrapers. And then there are skypenetrators, like the X-Seed 4000.
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Olympics 2012
How Regulations Are Stifling Olympic Architects
Rules meant to protect sponsors prevent architects from winning awards for their Olympic facilities.
