Taipei remains the worlds tallest builting untill work has finnished on Burj tower in Dubai. The most interesting thing about the tower is the 660 tonne weight that sits neer the top of the tower that keeps all 508 metres of the tower stable during hurricanes, earthquakes and anything else that mother nature can throw [...]

I’m not a huge fan of this complex of Towers situated in Mecca, the holiest place in the Islaam religion. Its mainly down to the styling of the mega structure, which is due to be the 2nd tallest building when completed.
Its situated just over the road from one of the main entrances to the site [...]

This rather lovely collection of towers in India are the exceptionally beautiful creation by Indian architects aiming to create the worlds largest financial hub.. and lets just be clear here, by largest we absolutly epic. Think a whole city dedicated to the worlds financial comings and goings.
I wish them the best of luck and hope [...]

One of the areas of architecure that are often overlooked is town planning and city design. Because cities and towns are rarely planned and built all in one anymore this art form is dying out, but there are still some striking examples of beautifull city design that can be seen only from the air.
Paris is [...]

One of the most important aspects of achitecture is selecting the right materials to build a building or part of a building. There are some rather exciting new materials that have cropped up that are showing some promise and are already being used in the most modern buildings around the world.
Transparent Concrete: OK, so its [...]

Ryugyong Hotel: One of the great trajedies of modern architecture, this monster hotel was started way back in the early 80s, just before North Korea had all those sanctions placed on it. The situation in North Korea deteriorated until construction finally ground to a halt due to budget cuts in 1992 where this fantastic looking [...]

I talked briefly in my last post about the burj dubai tower in Dubai. It really is a credit to Adrian Smith (the architect) who designed one of the most stunning and beautiful super tall high rise skyscrapers the world has ever seen. The tower was topped of earlier this year at 818 metres with [...]

A lot of the most interesting and powerful happenings in the architecture world are no longer happening in the western world. Over in Dubai there are scores of skyscrapers going up.. including 2 that claim they will be the tallest in the world. Meanwhile in China experts are predicting there is going to be 50,000 [...]

Some of my favorite statues are the relly unusual ones (often with a really dodgy sense of humor) This collection of really wierd ones from around the world:

This rather fantastic example really shows the architects sense of quirky humour. I am pleased that the the officials in charge allowed them to put up this rather [...]