The Woolworth Building in New York City was once the tallest building in the world. It was commissioned by the five-and-dime store entrepreneur Frank W. Woolworth, who funded...
Wood-structured buildings are here to stay. While timber was once brushed off as an architectural fad, wood-structured buildings are now expanding into the world of commercial...
William Pereira's Transamerica Pyramid Center broke with tradition and ushered in a new architectural perspective on the San Francisco scene. Check out this iconic building's...
We continue our Skyline Evolution series with a look at the rise of Lower Manhattan, mapping the skyline as it grew ever taller from the 1900s to today....
Located at the very heart of Miami’s bustling Brickell Financial District and South Florida’s international trade and finance corridor, the Brickell City Centre is one...
This week we check out one of NYC's most iconic skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building. With its decorative elements reminiscent of chrome-accented automobiles from the 1920s, a...
Maria Pellot, Toshiko Mori, Sheila Kennedy, their creations manage to both blend in with their urban setting and catch your eye when you are in their presence. Here are 10...
This week we look at the Seagram Building, one of New York City's masterpieces of functional design, which shifted office tower architecture toward the minimalist function-as-form...
By developing and refining the skyscraper concept, the Chicago School of Architecture made a huge impact on our metropolitan skylines, it has allowed us to expand upward, rather...
