Architects design incredible 384ft-tall tree-shaped skyscrapers for Vancouver

A design that really branches out! British architects behind New York’s ‘Vessel’ seek planning permission to build incredible 384ft-tall tree-shaped skyscrapers in Vancouver The design for the two high-rise towers has been drawn up by British-based firm Heatherwick Studio  Inside the towers there will be over 400 apartments, a childcare facility and a five-storey public … Read more

Architects complete two-month stay in a collapsible Moon shelter

Two Danish architects have completed a two-month stay in their own collapsible shelter in a remote part of Greenland to stimulate harsh conditions on the Moon. Sebastian Aristotelis and Karl-Johan Sørensen, who are part of a design firm called SAGA Space Architects, camped out in the ‘Lunark’ shelter amid -28°F (-16°C) conditions on the island’s north without … Read more

EU cheers Cummings departure: Vote Leave architect’s bombshell No 10 exit is celebrated in Brussels

Dominic Cummings‘ bombshell No 10 exit has been celebrated in Brussels as Brexit talks reach their ‘make or break’ moment. MEP Guy Verhofstadt led the fanfare by hitting out at ‘unelected bureaucrats, unrealistic ideologues’ on his Twitter page. Meanwhile Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said the exit of Boris Johnson‘s top aide from Downing Street … Read more

Kings of Angkor Wat may have been the architects of their own downfall

The kings of Angkor Wat may have inadvertently caused the downfall of their own vast empire by seizing land from local farmers, a new study claims.  Researchers studying the ancient Khmer civilisation, which thrived in modern-day Cambodia for 600 years, wanted to discover the reason for its 15th-century decline.  The abandonment of Angkor has long … Read more