The world's most astonishing building turns 50

Belgium on Thursday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Atomium, an oddity of modern architecture touted as the "most astonishing building in the world."

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Decorated Architect Still Going at 100

Three women lie naked on a beach, their bodies a succession of curves and planes framed by foaming surf. The poster hangs over the desk of architect Oscar Niemeyer and is a tribute to his inspiration: the beauty of women and nature.

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German Museum Wins UK Architecture Prize

Britain's most prestigious architecture prize was awarded Saturday to Germany's Museum of Modern Literature, a classically influenced building of concrete, stone and wood.

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Gehry Unveils Design for Medical Center

Architect Frank Gehry presented his design for a new Alzheimer's research center in Las Vegas over the weekend, unveiling an uneven stack of blocks anchoring a swooping trellis made of Gehry's signature contorted steel.

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Amanda Baillieu has laid bare her utter contempt for environmentalism but failed to construct a solid argument.

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A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers. The construction would include 120m- (400ft-) tall mesh towers and a series of interconnected plastic bubbles that can be used to di …

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An English countryside church is proving to be a popular place for couples to marry - in Japan.

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After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward will never be the same again – and Brad Pitt is determined to make that a good thing.

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Ecorestorative Practices in Land Use

As to the design of an eco-restorative settlement of your own or of like-minded beings, it is key to remove all the concepts of boundaries that you come with.

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He vowed to crack down on tall buildings and protect London's 'precious' skyline in his mayoral manifesto. But when it comes to sealing his legacy, it seems Boris Johnson is prepared to make an exception.

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Preventing Free Architecture Syndrome

The question comes up more than you might imagine. "Would you be able to perform free design services (for our very worthwhile organization)?"

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Creating a sense of Sanctuary: Using universal techniques from Feng Shui, Vasstu, and Intuition to create space you will love to live in

In architecture school we studied the creation of space. It was a balancing act between the loud cries of structural engineers, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineerss, contractors and owners to bring something beautiful together that met everyone's needs.

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Wed, Oct 21, 2009 Featured Environmental Graffiti Will be Changing Dramatically Soon. Get a Sneak Preview By Signing Up Here. Digg Fark Mixx Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Slashdot Popa_Taungkalat_temple,_Myanmar Photo: exfordy

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A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought — a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year.

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Preparing for eminent nuclear fallout with Russia, the US government spent hundreds of millions of dollars building extensive underground missile bases during the 1950s and early 60s.

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David Byrne has published a piece in the WSJ describing his perfect urban mashups.

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For years, designers have used old shipping containers to construct new single- and multi-family housing.

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David Owen, a staff writer for The New Yorker whose interests include global ecology, has examined numerous communities across America and discovered one that strikes him as a model of environmental efficiency.

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They say people in glass homes shouldn't throw stones. Well, this is one glass home you're not likely to find a squabbling pair in. In 1984, Buddhist monks in Thailand began gathering bottles to decorate their shelters.

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The winners of the Paris 2009: Dance School for Moulin Rouge competition have been announced.

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visit Russia, North Korea, the US and Poland on our quest for the rustiest ... towers and buildings

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A glance at the World Trade Center site from Greenwich Street tells a lot about progress there: Eight years after the Twin Towers fell, a 10-foot-tall, barbed-wire fence still surrounds the 16-acre void in the heart of Lower Manhattan.

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""I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. " This quote by Michelangelo describes his attitude toward art extremely well. Unlike one of his contemporaries, Leonardo Da Vinci, he did not draw on nature, but did his best to do away with it.

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For almost 2600 years from 1280 BCE to the 12 and 13th century CE, rock-cut architecture was all the rage from the Far East and Orient, to Africa and the Middle East. It is the practice of creating buildings by carving solid rock, preferably from the top down.

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At this point, it's hard to imagine life without the Internet, at least in the developed world. But buried underneath the breathtaking Web applications and streaming media that we use on a daily basis, the actual software that makes the Internet work is starting to show its age.

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NASA has planted its flag on planet Earth (for a change) with the groundbreaking of their "Sustainability Base" this week.

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America is a country in need of solutions. Here are some ideas for our future that are practical and doable. We are responsible for our environment.

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Here is a site I dug up just for my friends at Newsvine. This site contains literally hundreds of pictures of unusual homes from around the world. Prepare to be amazed. The more you click around on this site, the more you will enjoy this article.

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In order to make a rubber tree's roots grow in the right direction - say, over a river - the Khasis use betel nut trunks, sliced down the middle and hollowed out, to create root-guidance systems. The thin, tender roots of the rubber tree, prevented from fanning out by the betel  …

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