Since 1958, 472 billion Lego bricks have been made. And even though most of those bricks are hardly bigger than your finger, 472 billion of anything is a ridiculous number. So what could you build with all the Lego bricks in the world? Surprisingly a lot. Like 200 Buckingham Palaces a lot. Read More >>
Featured comment by zerobob:
"I'm in the process of building a Lego Millennium Falcon at the moment, because I'm a big child. Not the Collectors Edition though unfortunately.
I'..." More »
Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper is a lot of things: a testament to humankind's love of building humungous stuff for the hell of it. It's very shiny! And in a bad storm, it sounds like it's about to fall apart. Read More >>
The Nord LB Building is freaking crazy. Located in Hanover, Germany, it's home to one of the country's largest banks and is far too absurd to be home to a financial institution. Read More >>
When buildings grow past their prime, they usually reach their demolition fate — a cobbled, dusty mess — through dynamite explosion. It's a crashing spectacle of destruction; loud, angry and ruthless. But maybe it doesn't have to be like that. Maybe it can be subtle, quiet, and peaceful. Maybe it can be a strategic floor-by-floor demolition like the skyscraper in the video above. Read More >>
Normally you might consider a smokestack to be something of an eye-sore, but this "Sky Stack" Is very much the opposite. With parts of it seemingly missing, the whole thing turns into an awesome fixture. Read More >>
It's always fun wondering what if. What if Apple used a different design on the iPhone? What if the iconic structures and famous buildings we know so well now were replaced by alternative versions? It could've happened! In the image above, you see the current Sydney Opera House on the left and a possible structure that was under consideration on the right. Weird, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by carlostwin:
"Good point, no that would be cool to see again. There must be an architect out there who wants to design this!" More »
Frank Gehry, the genius architect who designed the Wall Disney Concert Hall or the curve perverted one-trick pony who litters beautiful cities with Toontown buildings because he can't draw a straight line anymore (depending on your perspective), is going to be designing Facebook's new engineering office building. You don't even need to know architecture to know Gehry, he's an icon. This is a good thing because it proves Facebook has taste. But a horrible thing because its taste is so generically terrible. Read More >>
Featured comment by indy88:
"Gehry’s designs are far too shiny, a waste of resources, and have unpractical designs, often with very little scrutiny for place and lacking core su..." More »
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"It's like everything - the only limiting factor is economics. As long as the total cost divided by total floor space is less than the equivalent value..." More »
Though not nearly as ostentatious as the buildings from the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the stadiums and arenas for the London 2012 Olympics are still quite lovely. Here are the best buildings you'll probably see over and over again for the next few weeks. Read More >>
Featured comment by Bhenn:
"That wimbledon picture is a bit out of date! There's a roof (made in Sheffield ;) ) on centre and a new court number 2 missing from it." More »
Though the building looks like bloody shards of broken glass jumbled together, there's more to it than its crystalline structure—it can be played like a musical instrument. Built by Coca Cola for the Olympics, anyone who visits the pavilion can remix songs by moving and touching. Read More >>
If you want to know how to protect a data centre in 2012, you don't have to look further than the QTS Richmond Data Centre. With what seems like a fortress surrounding it, the data centre meets all the Department of Defense anti-terrorism force protection physical requirements. Read More >>
This amazing video shows the risks of what can happen when you're cleaning windows, particularly when the windows in question are around 300 metres above the streets of London. Read More >>
This proposal for the Guangzhou Daily Group Culture Centre, designed by IAPA Design Consultants, one of the best Australian practitioners in architectural design, is the recent winner of the excellence award in the International Architecture Design Competition. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"That is going to get absolutely filthy. If a car parked outside for one week collects a layer of dust that obscures almost everything, this is going t..." More »
Engineers design structures to withstand the maximum possible stress loads. But building with the worst-case-scenario in mind can be expensive. So researchers at the University of Stuttgart created the SmartShell which is designed to be a more affordable building technique that doesn't sacrifice safety. Read More >>
That rather grim lump of concrete is one of the country's newest Grade II listed buildings. It's the Block C group of buildings at Bletchley Park, where the Nazi codes were crunched. Read More >>
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