It’s been almost three decades since Mumbai’s airport saw a renovation—a long time, for a city that’s seen some of the fastest growth in the world. But on Friday, officials unveiled an $890 million terminal, filled with Indian art and high-tech architectural acrobatics. Outside, it’s bordered on all sides by poverty-stricken slums.
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This week, MoMA confirmed its plans to raze a neighboring museum, creating a continuous connection to the luxury supertall going up next door.
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A few years ago, a documentary came out that introduced longtime New York legend Bill Cunningham to the world at large. The film was fantastic—now streaming on Netflix!—and made it pretty much impossible not to fall in love with the octogenarian photographer who, for decades, has biked boldly through the Big Apple’s crowded avenues capturing people with style. Turns, out, he damn good at capturing buildings with style, too.
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The only thing cooler than gawking at record-breaking architecture is watching record-breaking architecture get built. The tallest hotel in North America
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For architecture nerds, the best part about Star Trek: Into Darkness
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From the wall of apartments in Rear Window to the Golden Gate Bridge in Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock was nothing short of obsessed with architecture and space. Hitchcock exploited both to create incredible psychological tension in his films—our friends at Architizer take a look at his architectural legacy, below.
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A few weeks ago, we showed you a terrifying Alpine tourist attraction called "Step Into the Void
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Hey there, thrill-seeker. Do you like altitude? Do you like views? Well, why not book a night in one of the tallest hotels on Earth? The tallest hotel in the U.S. opened up in Times Square this week, spurring us to take a peek at the tallest rentable rooms in the world.
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As the polar vortex puts an unprecedented deep freeze on America, it’s business as usual at Sweden’s Icehotel, where people have been paying to experience a night in the cold for 24 seasons. This year, French architects Les Ateliers des Germains carved out a Parisian skyline in one suite—the perfect setting for visitors to act out any sub-zero Amélie fantasies. [Design Taxi]
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There have been plenty of civil cases against architects over the years, for all manner of negligence. But, today, an extremely rare criminal case was decided: An architect was sentenced to a year in LA county jail after pleading no contest to the manslaughter of a firefighter who died while trying to contain a fire in a home the architect had designed for himself.
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