Hard to believe but many college students are packing their bags and heading to school. Architectural Digest recently published their picks for the ten colleges with the best architecture.The magazine noted that the colleges and universities ranged from the die hard traditionalist such as The University of Virginia to schools that embraced adding modern architecture... [Read more...]

There are some famous homes—both in real life and on TV or the big screen—that you recognize right off the bat—you know, like the White House or the colorful home from the movie “Up.” But did you know many of these recognizable homes have inspired what CNBC is referring to as imitation homes, homes that look precisely like their original templates? We... [Read more...]

After sharing about a floating building aiming for Gold LEED certification just last week, we’ve come across another noteworthy architecture project situated on water—this time in the form of a “botel,” a clever combination of a boat and a hotel. Arch Daily covered Ivan Filipovic’s idea for a navigable hotel on the Adriatic Sea, and we must admit the... [Read more...]

Architecture sites and other news sources have been buzzing since yesterday, when news broke that Michael Kimmelman will be taking on the role of chief architecture critic at The New York Times in the fall of this year. Striving to write a book, architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussof will be moving on from the position, according to Media Bistro, and Kimmelman... [Read more...]

We loved this year’s concept for Barbie I Can Be, since 2011’s career-oriented doll is all set to become an architect. But who would Architect Barbie be without her dream house? Looks like Mattel and The American Institute of Architects were wondering the same thing, because there’s actually an official design competition to create a home for Architect... [Read more...]

Next Page »