Architecture

A profile of a couple who built a prefabricated home wonders if prefabricated really is more affordable.

55 | April 19, 2012 7:34pm | By Sun Joo Kim

A recent survey found the majority of Americans would go solar -- that is, if cost weren't a factor. Turns out, their perception of upfront costs might not align with reality.

68 | April 26, 2012 9:18am | By Kirsten Korosec

And you thought your apartment was small.

11 | May 22, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

MEXICO CITY -- A public hospital adds a facade that devours smog in a city adding 600 new cars a day.

5 | June 5, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

BARCELONA -- And why the Spanish youth aren't either. After all, 60 percent of those 30 and under are unemployed. Maybe it's just not in the Spanish blood.

82 | February 18, 2013 3:04am | By Jennifer Riggins

Princeton University scientists have successfully combined organic tissue with electronics, potentially extending the boundaries of human hearing beyond natural limits.

2 | May 14, 2013 6:55pm | By David Worthington

A biodiversity scientist on how the microbial ecosystems in our offices and bathrooms can impact human health.

3 | June 3, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

In the battle against a loved local monument, the tech giant's proposed glass box is facing public outrage.

6 | June 4, 2013 4:05am | By Charlie Osborne

A new study has architecture students worrying about their career choice. But their starting salaries, and prospects for graduate degree holders, may be more promising than expected.

1 | January 7, 2012 9:28am | By Reena Jana

A new windmill design has no moving parts. Here's how it works.

30 | April 2, 2013 1:28pm | By Tyler Falk

While high-profile, low-rise public housing has failed in Brooklyn, C.C. Sullivan sees a successful model in Boston for adapting old buildings to create livable low-income homes.

16 | June 5, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

The Take's C.C. Sullivan wonders why designers, architects and artists think that recycling is automatically an aesthetic success. It takes a bit more than just reusing old stuff to create good...

3 | May 22, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

With just 100 recycled shipping pallets, a displaced family can have a safer, sturdier place to live.

8 | December 21, 2011 10:00am | By Beth Carter

Penn station is trampled upon by millions of passengers a day, and is sorely in need of a makeover -- one that SOM plans to provide.

June 1, 2013 1:39pm | By Charlie Osborne

Graham Hill's "One Size Fits All" apartment can quickly convert into a dining hall, multi-bedroom sleeping quarters, home theater and much, much more.

4 | July 12, 2012 5:15am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

As more architects and builders embrace the benefits of building information modeling, the days of old-fashioned CAD and marked-up drawings are numbered.

6 | February 13, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

The trend of companies and institutions making bold architectural statements with their buildings withered with the recession. Now, starchitecture has re-emerged in the tech industry.

May 29, 2013 12:43pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Penn Station is in need of some love and attention -- and one architecture firm has proposed ways to make it an iconic gateway once more.

June 4, 2013 3:14pm

Consider San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge -- built on a vision, not just for utility.

1 | June 8, 2013 4:50pm | By Joe McKendrick

International lighting designers gathered in trendy Milan, where they were incandescent over the banning of traditional bulbs

21 | May 2, 2011 9:54am | By Mark Halper