Conceptual architecture can be a lot of things. It can be a realistic, yet novel, skyscraper or it can be an extremely unreal imagining seemingly straight out of a science fiction movie. We've seen a ...

He envisioned underground cities, floating buildings and an eternal space tomb for Albert Einstein worthy of the great physicist's expansive intellect. With such grand designs, perhaps it's not too ...

With few exceptions, the buildings we occupy are rigid and stationary. This is generally a good thing. After all, no one wants an office tower toppling over with a big gust of wind. But what we gain ...

LOS ANGELES — “Yeah, yeah, Lebbeus Woods: conceptual architecture … ” said a friend and recent architecture school grad just before I dodged beach traffic and made my way downtown for a new exhibit at ...

In 2022, the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism announced an international Competition for the conceptual urban-architectural design of the Center for the reception of animals from the ...

During a recent Beijing event focused on the future of housing, OPEN Architecture, in collaboration with Chinese electronics firm Xiaomi, unveiled a tiny shelter for Mars. It's very conceptual and ...

The center will feature more than 240,000 square feet of retail, grocery, and healthcare tenants and includes a contemporary design incorporating a variety of complementary brick, natural stone, ...

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"City planning" is an easily understood metaphor that architects can employ to communicate more effectively the nature and value of architecture by relating the "unseen" enterprise architecture to ...