The World’s First Skyscraper
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2019
The word “skyscraper” was used to describe a tall building for the first time during the construction boom that rippled across many America ...
Showing posts with the label Architecture
Monadnock Building: The Last Brick Skyscraper
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2019
In a city full of high-rises, a sixteen story skyscraper might not seem like much, but the Monadnock Building standing in the south Loop are...
Pretty in Pink: The Muralla Roja
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2019
This innovative pastel-colored postmodern apartment complex is a popular landmark in the coastal town of Calpe, Spain. It is called Muralla...
Ugly Belgian Houses
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2019
There is a near universal appeal among Belgians to build their own house, which is reflected in the popular saying—“every Belgian is born wi...
Buchette Del Vino: The Wine Windows of Florence
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2019
A unique architectural curiosity found only in the Italian city of Florence are tiny decorated openings on the outside walls of many sumptuo...
Witch Windows of Vermont
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2019
Photo credit: Larry Lamsa/Flickr An architectural oddity found only in the US state of Vermont is the so-called “witch window”. These are ...
A Modern Mosque That’s Angering Iranian Muslims
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2018
The fate of a beautiful, avant-garde mosque in the Iranian capital Tehran hangs in balance as the city decides what to do with the partially...
The Churches of Chiloé Island
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2018
Off the coast of Chile, a group of about thirty islands belonging to the Chiloé Archipelago make up a fiercely independent community with it...
The World’s Longest Portico
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2018
Portico di San Luca : Photo credit: Stefano Carnevali/Shutterstock.com Atop a forested hill, some 300 meters above the city of Bologna, st...
Frankfurt’s Old Quarter Reconstructed 70 Years After The War
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2018
The DomRömer Quarter in the heart of the old town of Frankfurt, Germany, has received a new breath of life after the controversial Technical...
China’s Waterfall Skyscraper
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2018
In a country where new buildings rise up every single day, it’s a challenge for architects to come up with original designs that stand out a...
How Bermuda’s Chronic Water Shortage Shaped The Islands’ Iconic White Roof
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2018
Bermuda’s brilliantly white rooftop houses are iconic of the islands, but they aren’t just for show—they serve an important purpose. Without...
Fermont’s Inhabitable Wind Break
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2018
The town of Fermont, situated near the Quebec-Labrador border, is a Canadian mining town. It was founded in the early 1970s by the Québec Ca...
The Magnificent Mudbrick Mosques of West Africa
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2018
All around the Muslim world, mosques have a typical architecture characterized by a minaret, a dome, arches and mosaics or stucco decoration...
Elbphilharmonie: A Spectacular New Concert Hall in Hamburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2018
Exactly one year ago, on January 11, 2017, a new concert hall opened in Hamburg, Germany. Like a ship on dry dock, the new glassy constructi...
Lebanon’s Thinnest Building Was Built Out of Spite
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2017
Locals call the building “the Grudge” and rightly so. This extremely narrow building standing on a mere 120-square-meter piece of land in Be...
Moscow’s Bagel House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2017
In the early 1970s, Russian architect Evgeny Stamo and engineer Alexander Markelov came up with plans for an unusual house in the capital ci...
Casa Vicens: Gaudi’s First Building Opens To Public
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
More than 130 years after it was built, the first building designed by Barcelona’s famed architect Antoni Gaudi opens to the public for the ...
The Moving Facade of Bund Finance Center, Shanghai
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
A new financial quarter is being built near the waterfront of Shanghai's old town. Designed by British architectural firms, Foster + Par...
The Melbourne Building With A Face
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2017
Some people see faces in everything—in clouds, in the arrangement of faucets on a sink, on a power socket, and on the facade of a building. ...
