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Architecture

Designed by architect Peter Bahouth.

Photos of the World's Most Interesting Cabins, Shacks and Hideaways

The classy way to go into hiding.

Anika Burgess October 5, 2016

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ladybug Building

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

The beige interior of a luxury home.

How Beige Took Over American Homes

In the early 2000s, the mortgage crisis and HGTV gave us a new use for our houses: flipping them.

Kate Wagner September 26, 2016

Mortar Man

Charleston, West Virginia

Mortar Man

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Doullut Steamboat Houses

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Keret House

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

Spiral Tower Krásno

Krásno, Czechia

Spiral Tower of Krásno

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

A Recreated Arch of Palmyra Unveiled in New York City

The original was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2015.

Cara Giaimo September 20, 2016

The Revolutionary Concept of Standard Sizes Only Dates to the 1920s

Nearly everything in your home is a certain size, thanks to German architect Ernst Neufert.

Daniel Richards September 19, 2016

Futuro House Pensacola

Pensacola Beach, Florida

Pensacola Futuro House

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The Evoluon glowing at night.

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Evoluon

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Habitat 67

Montreal, Québec

Habitat 67

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Heyri Art Valley

Paju, South Korea

Heyri Art Valley

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Some call this the rose. It shelters the Lipchitz sculpture.

New Harmony, Indiana

The Roofless Church

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

How Utopian Living Looked to Modernist Architects

Bold visions—from the past—of how we would live in the future.

Anika Burgess September 14, 2016

Watch These Buildings Ripple Gently in the Wind

Artist Ned Kahn built these beautiful metallic installations that flutter with the breeze.

Lauren Young September 14, 2016

Historic Pullman Center.

Chicago, Illinois

Pullman Historic District

First planned industrial community in the United States.