Coop Himmelb(l)au design an energy-producing tower that treads lightly on planet Earth, and invisibly on radar screens. The building, which is meant to anchor a new development in the fringe ...

These are buildings whose reflective surfaces make them appear to blend into the landscape. They’re like the architectural equivalent of the scramble suits from Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Architects behind the world’s first ...

Physicists propose shielding buildings to re-direct vibrations around them. July 19, 2009— -- WASHINGTON (ISNS) -- Engineers have been developing earthquake-resistant buildings for years, but a ...

GDS Architects' Tower Infinity is an observation tower that, through the use of LED technology and HD cameras, is able to appear invisible. Construction on the tower is currently expected to break ...

An inventive mathematician has a new idea for protecting buildings from earthquake damage: hide them. William Parnell, of the University of Manchester in England, suggests wrapping a building’s base, ...

The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles. Courtesy of Avery Trufelman Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot ...

We're in something of a golden age for skyscrapers. The boxy, stark modernism of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has long since given way to curves and twists, and the race to create the tallest building is ...