The original 1921 White Castle restaurant design — and the variations that have followed — was inspired by the old Chicago ...

In recent years, the number of timber towers around the world, as well as their height, has grown remarkably quickly. The latest notable example in this fast-moving area of sustainable architecture ...

When Sears Tower opened in 1974, its status as the tallest building in the world kept people looking upward, serving to distract from its rather awkward meeting with the ground. The tower sat amidst a ...

New York City has gained a striking addition to its iconic skyline. Designed by renowned British firm Foster + Partners, 270 ...

MORE THAN LUXE In 2010 Leyva's firm was one of those picked to design the first phase of the city's largest affordable-housing project in decades, Hunters Point South in Long Island City. GLOBAL MARK ...

A UB architect’s new project—a twisted tower designed to house bats at Griffis Sculpture Park—is raising awareness about the animals and a fatal disease threatening their population in the Northeast.

The Sun Tower in Yantai Huang-Bohai New Area in East China's Shandong province has gained international recognition from the ...

Chicago’s Jeanne Gang, architect of the nearly complete Vista Tower, the city’s third-tallest building and the world’s tallest building designed by a woman, spoke to the Tribune last week about the ...

The five-year, £80m restoration of the Big Ben tower in London has been nominated for the UK's leading architecture award, alongside a new fashion college campus, a science laboratory and an ...

Elizabeth Palmer is CBS News' senior foreign correspondent. She is based in the CBS News London Bureau, and reports on major events across Europe and the Middle East. Palmer was previously based in ...

Spain’s Sagrada Familia has become the world’s tallest church after workers installed the first section of a massive cross atop its central Jesus Christ tower, now surpassing Germany’s Ulm Minster.