This July, the American Institute of Architects forecasted steep declines in nonresidential construction spending through 2010. Spending is projected to decrease by 16 percent this year and another 12 ...

The world is full of exotic buildings, and a good many of them are right here in the good ol' U.S. Florida, Nevada, Tennessee, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado, California, Alaska, North ...

China doesn't exactly do anything half way. Whether it’s building gigantic golden Chairman Mao sculptures or creating huge traffic jams, the world’s most populous country likes to do it up big. And ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A strange odor prompted the evacuation of three buildings in Boston’s Beacon Hill section on Tuesday morning, officials said. Firefighters conducting a hazmat response in the area of ...

Communist architecture is often monumental, sometimes minimalist, and always imposing. But in the latter years of most European communist states, traditional Brutalist architecture gave way to ...

Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins. As the South China Morning Post (SCMP ...