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Autodesk CEO on 3D printing and human inferiority

Jan 17, 2017
Carl Bass says 3D printing is ideal for highly customized manufacturing.

Inside the new One World Trade Center

Jun 22, 2016
Judith Dupré takes us through the 1,776-foot-tall skyscraper and looks back at the dozen years it took to plan and develop it.
A view of the new World Trade Center. 
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Trump's legacy isn't just political

May 17, 2016
Before he was a presidential candidate, he was a developer who changed skylines.
“Glitz and ego” is how Blair Kamin, architecture critic at the Chicago Tribune, summed up Trump’s architecture. Above, workers install the final letter for a giant sign on  Trump Tower  in Chicago.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

How to think like a burglar

Apr 5, 2016
Author Geoff Manaugh on his new book "A Burglar's Guide to the City."
Flood G. (Flickr Creative Commons)

American architects find creative freedom in Shanghai

Feb 20, 2015
Some view China as an opportunity to be bold.

Building a school with a future

Aug 14, 2014
How to design a school that will still be functional in 30 years.

Britain's Crystal Palace could rise again

Oct 11, 2013
A Chinese property developer has unveiled plans to recreate the Crystal Palace, a cast iron and glass building that burned down in the 1930s, in south London.

For public good, not for profit.

Parisian skyscrapers raise sky-high concerns

Jul 9, 2013
Lifted ban on high rise office towers in Paris has created a building boom and controversy in the city of light.

Redefining the archi-TECH-ture of Silicon Valley

Apr 23, 2013
It's momument-building time in the land of tech. Apple and Google both have expansive new headquarters on the drawing board.

The Shard, Europe's tallest skyscraper, opens today

Jul 5, 2012
Europe's tallest skyscraper is opening today on the south bank of the Thames River. It's called the Shard -- as in a shard of glass -- and it's more than a thousand feet tall. But the real challenge wasn't just building it; they also need to find a way to fill it up.