The French Architect Le Corbusier revived traditions of human proportions in architecture in a radically new way.

Using smart materials to design active and multifunctional building skins that react to the environment



With support from NSF, a multidisciplinary team of material scientists, engineers and architects is using...

The theatre of Assos in Asia Minor in Turkey, It was discovered that the theatre which had been set up on the south slope of the ancient city across Lesbos was destroyed during an earthquake. The theatre with 2500 people capacity had...

Among the passes on the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass is also known by the name the "First and Greatest Pass Under Heaven", which is not to be confused with the "First Pass Under...

Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 is one of his most well known pieces, but did you know that Rachmaninoff struggled with depression and writer's block before being able to write this lovely piece of music? We look at the history...

The loss of Gaza's cultural heritage and history in Israel's devastating war. Palestinians race to preserve what's left of it.

Among his many masterpieces were the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.

Renowned architect, Frank Gehry, has died. Gehry was born in Toronto and went on to design some of the world's most iconic buildings. He also left an indelible mark on the Art Gallery of Ontario. CBC's J.P. Gallardo has more on his legacy.

Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.

Just an hour away from Warsaw, along the River Bug, stands a wooden house, hiding layers of history, complexity and architectural innovation. The creation and residence of renowned Polish architects Oskar and Sofia Hansen is both a ...

The touring exhbition opened in Ahmed Bey Palace in La Marsa last week, before moving to Tunis.

At 625 metres above the Beipan River, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is more than two times taller than the Shard in London.

EU foreign ministers hold emergency meeting as Europe tries to steer US and Iran back to nuclear diplomacy.

"We jokingly call ourselves 'black restorers' because what we do no one else wants to do," Alexander Saprykin told Euronews.



Pointing at the dilapidated logs of the "drums" — the...

Chinese projects are shortlisted in virtually every one of the 39 categories of prizes at this week’s awards.

Sixteen saints have taken to the skies from the spires of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral.



The copper statues were removed from its roof by a 100-metre crane for restoration work, as part of a €6 million project to...

A 45-metre hour-glass observation tower has opened in a Danish forest.



The Camp Adventures Forest Tower — built in the Gisselfeld Castle Forest, about a 50-minute drive from Copenhagen — is now the highest point...

Europe's first underwater restaurant opened on Wednesday, with more than 7,000 diners already booked in to eat among the fishes – at a cost of €380 per head.



The restaurant, sitting at the tip of Norway's southern...

The imaginary city made of gingerbread and designed by some of the most innovative UK practices invites visitors to experience contemporary architecture and design at London's Victoria and Albert Museum .



The...

Taiwan is now home to the sprawling National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, which is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world.



Also known as Weiwuying, it houses four theatres — a concert hall, opera...

Chemical engineers, materials scientists and environmental experts are hard at work attempting to develop cement not only with better insulating properties, but also more cheaply, efficiently, and environmentally...

Locals and historians alike are hoping that this century-old wooden building in Turkey can be salvaged.



The building, which is the largest wooden structure in Europe, has decayed

to ruins....

The UNESCO list of world heritage sites has a new addition. After Spain's medieval city of Medina Azahara was added on Sunday.



The site had remained buried for a thousand years until its discovery at the beginning of...

French Impressionist painter Claude Monet is perhaps best known for his landscapes in his native France. Now, a new exhibition at London's National Gallery is exploring another of his favoured subjects - architecture. It...