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Composite materials are rising high in today's architectural world. What are they? On an advanced level, they're an engineered chemical mixture. Composites turn an ordinary substance into a stronger and more ...

Choosing a home builder is a big and important task. Choose right and you’ll have a perfect builder—one who’ll make your dream home a reality.  Settle for less than the right fit and you could end up wi...

Are you planning on building your own home in the future? Building your dream home from scratch is a rewarding experience but it can be stressful. You might be wondering where to start or how to build a house ...

Are you building a new house? Congratulations! Maybe you're inspired by the uptick in home-building activity this year or you feel the time is finally right to build your dream home. Once you get over the i...

Structural steel has evolved over the decades to be the building material choice for the major structures, thanks to its distinctive qualities. The overwhelming benefits of stainless steel had made this materia...

Located within Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects for Omniyat will house the first ‘ME by Melia’ hotel in the Middle East. Standing at 84,345 square meters, the structure is c...

Lisbon-based architecture firm Plano Humano Arquitectos has recently converted an old service edifice in Lisbon, Portugal, into a new housing building that features a dynamic facade with automated wooden shutte...

OMA's design for the International Conference and Exchange Center (IFEC) in Shenzhen has been chosen as the winner of a design competition. The building combines large scale conference facilities with a 400-roo...

The traditional design approach for building projects has been sequential. The building architecture is designed first, and MEP installations are specified based on the layout and available spaces. However, col...

The world is evolving into a more environmentally-friendly community and with good reason. Choosing materials for any task in life is an important one in regards to the sustainability for anything we use. You ...

The hottest high-rise skyscrapers to visit Over the years, architecture and our needs are more and more demanding. We want the best, the nicest and the tallest buildings to be located in our city, so we can ta...

Located in the Indian Silicon Valley, UNStudio has designed the new Karle Town Centre (KTC) as a hub for the rapid technological growth which is currently taking place within the city of Bangalore. Karle Town...

International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has won the “Reinventing Cities” competition with a project for a new office building and center for scientific research in Milan, Italy....

Architecture is forever evolving, and popular designs have always been influenced by the industry and what technological advances are available. In the 1950s, we saw a surge in mid-century modern design because...

Construction has begun on OMA’s pyramid-shaped mixed-use building – Xinhu Hangzhou Prism – which forms the heart of Hangzhou’s Future Tech City in the new Technology Central Business District (CBD). Han...

The future of agricultural and industrial equipment was birthed in Japan in 1890, by Gonshiro Kubota. Starting out as a metal casing business, the humble Japanese company expanded and was a well unrecognizable ...

MVRDV and COBE have completed the Roskilde Festival Folk High School in the creative district Musicon in the city of Roskilde, Denmark. The new Folk High School was designed by the same partnership that cr...

Casinos always have been exciting looking buildings. Since the dawn of the first legal casino, the architecture always has been amazing. The most important aspect of casinos is the architecture. There goes an i...

Dutch firm Mecanoo has completed the Longgang Cultural Centre, a sculptural red building in Shenzhen that measures 400 meters in length (1,312 feet). Shenzhen has been growing rapidly since being named a ‘sp...

MVRDV has won the competition to renovate and extend the historic Palais du Commerce in Rennes, France. Developed alongside co-architects Bernard Desmoulin for developers Frey and Engie Avenue, the 18,000-squar...

Wutopia Lab has transformed the concierge room of tourism company Aranya in Qinhuangdao, China, into a “striped” tourism information center. By replacing its original skin with semi-transparent glass, Wutop...