Due to severe financial problems, the site where it was supposed to be the "Chicago Spire" - the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere - remains since the height of the financial crisis in 2008, as a huge pit in the cityscape of Chicago.

Finally, the situation may be about to change for this twisted skyscraper 2000 feet high, designed by Santiago Calatrava.

Architecture? It's easy! A door, two windows and a roof. This is one of the earliest drawings of a child: a house.

“Who Built That? Modern Houses” is a modern architecture guide, adapted to younger readers, which calls for a discovery on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

The Swedes Belatchew Arkitekter present an innovative concept that aims to transform a skyscraper into a powerful energy generator.

This project is called STRAWSCRAPER and is part of an intervention in a tower in Stockholm, Sweden, involving the building exterior with numerous polymer straws undulating at the wind, producing energy.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has formally called for entries to begin its open, international architectural competition for the design of a proposed Guggenheim museum in Helsinki.

The keenly anticipated two-stage competition is expected to draw submissions from all the world. Anonymous submissions for Stage One of the competition are due September 10, 2014. 

Love Tiles and Margres, brands from Gres Panaria Portugal SA, attended the 20th edition of MosBuild, in Moscow, the largest building and interiors exhibition in Russia and Eastern Europe. 

For the 5th time at this exhibition, the Gres Panaria reinforces its strategy of internationalization in the Russian market, while extending its offer to countries in Eastern Europe, an area particularly interesting by an increased import rate in flat ceramics.