Illustrations from Vaught's Practical Character Reader, a book on phrenology by L. A. Vaught published in 1902.

A colossus of industrial heritage becomes public library The architecture of the LocHal in Tilburg Visitors to Tilburg’s newly modernized station district will notice an exciting addition to the city: the new public library which was officially opened in January 2019. A former locomotive...

A speech with compassion and forthrightness — imagine that.

Image 5 of 31 from gallery of Savonnerie Heymans / MDW Architecture. Photograph by Filip Dujardin

Malta's famous hypogeum dates back to 4000 B.C.

The complex of excavated cave chambers includes a temple, cemetery and funeral hall

Seattle Central Public Library, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) [Rem Koolhaas/Joshua Prince-Ramus] Seattle, Washington. All rights reserved. No use & distribution without express written permission. Strictly enforced.

Our picks for the most highly anticipated projects set to complete this year.

Alberta's vibrant capital city has a lot of surprises in store. Head on up and #ExploreEdmonton.

Completed in 2016 in Le Vaud, Switzerland. Images by Matthieu Gafsou. INTRODUCTION For 48 years La Garenne zoo had occupied a site below the village of Le Vaud .In 2013 a project took shape to move the entire...

Searching for dead horses and giant guns through the streets of Prague.

These will turn people off in an instant.

Découvrez l'ensemble des gammes produits de miroir tendu, Like Mirror, pour vos projets d'aménagement d'intérieur, de design, de scénographie.

A look at the legacy of John Hinde

A selection on Augustus Sherman's photographs of immgrants passing through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the United States.

Built between 1883 and 1885, Casa Vicens is the very first home designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. During most of the Barcelona home’s 130-year-old history it served as a private residence, but thanks to a 2014 purchase by MoraBanc and a massive two-year renovation, the 19th-century building will be repurposed as a cultural center opening this October. Casa Vicens was originally commissioned by the tile manufacturer Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer home, but sold in 1899 to the Jover family who owned the house for more than a century. More

New images from HOUSE VISION Tokyo 2016 have been released as the event opened to the public this past weekend. This year’s theme, “Co-Dividual:...

kengo kuma translates the fairytales of hans christian andersen into architectural space with this newly opened museum in denmark.

Cette magnifique réalisation imaginée et créée par le studio d'architecture Norvégien RRA, ressemble à une rivière sinueuse qui conduit les visiteurs et

Get the Complete works of Plato - a complete and precise compilation of the corpus platonicum available in PDF ebook format. Free Public Domain download here.

Mao’s last public appearance—and the last known photograph of him alive—was on May 27, 1976, when he met the visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto during the latter’s one-day…

See photos of Poland (including Krakow, the Baltic Coast, the Tatra Mountains, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

The mixed use structure by JAJA Architects features a massive green facade and two large public stairs that bring visitors to a playground on the rooftop.

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa was unveiled ahead of its public opening on 22 September 2017 at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront. Designed by...

Inspired by local churches, architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh designed a surrealist public folly for the city of Borgloon, Belgium

Austrian artist Klaus Pinter explores the potential of the space around us with his fantastical floating installations. Usually suspended in mid air, his giant artworks are at once light, fluid, soft, and mechanical. They are also incredibly bizarre, created using a combination of different textures and inflatable materials like plastic and nylon. Many who see his works describe them as curious flying machines and angelic cocoons, speaking to the artist's ability to alter our perceptions, even the way we see famous landmarks from the Pantheon in Rome to the Seine waterway in Paris.

Image 17 of 29 from gallery of Vincent Callebaut’s Hyperions Eco-Neighborhood Produces Energy in India. Photograph by Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Tapis Rouge is one of several public spaces in Carrefour-Feuilles, Haiti, built under program LAMIKA, whose acronym stands for “A better life in my..

sant pau hospital, one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites since 1997, has been completely renovated and made accessible to the general public.

A selection on Augustus Sherman's photographs of immgrants passing through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the United States.

Modernist architecture has the best public relations managers since the name itself evokes notions like “contemporary” or “current,” while brutalism sounds like a metal band struggling to create an adjective. While quite recent, modernism isn’t defined by being “new,” rather, it’s a design philosophy that celebrates experimentation and rejects rules.

Here's a 1979 shopping carrier bag from W. Smith, a leading newsagent, stationers and music shop. When Winston Smith retired from the Records Department at the Ministry of Truth, he decided to open his own high-street Records Department in Scarfolk. Daily newspapers were updated every 3 minutes and anyone possessing an out-of-date edition was arrested, prosecuted for dissent, and declared a "Scarfnot" (An "unperson" in Scarfolk). Books were also constantly rewritten and "unbook" tokens were available. These tokens could be exchanged for any given book's amended pages. Indeed, some books were corrected so frequently that maintaining a single book could run into hundreds if not thousands of pounds. A book's contents could change drastically. For example, by 1979, the erotic sci-fi thriller, "Affordable Brothel of the 9th Moon of Jupiter," bore little resemblance to its first edition, which was originally titled the "New Testament," a story about a Galilean carpenter who opens a budget furniture store in Sweden. Most people found it easier not to buy or read books. Items for sale week of 06/11/1979: All magazines/comics - 65p: Women Weakly (Highlighting the disruptive and damaging role of women in society). Telescreen Fun (A weekly cartoon strip singling out individual children and deriding them for personal indiscretions). Rats 'n' Laughs (Hilarious images of people's expressions when hungry rats in cages are attached to their faces. Plus prisoners' letters). Music dept: "It's Inner Party Time!" and other public confession LPs & tapes - £3.99.

Image 7 of 28 from gallery of The Cloudscape of Haikou / MAD Architects. Photograph by Arch-Exist

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