The Sad Death of the Starchitect
For decades, a handful of architects shaped cities, skylines, and the public imagination. They were ambitious, contro...
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Unité d’Habitation Marseille - Le Corbusier’s Vision for a New Way of Living
Explore the story behind the Unité d’Habitation in Marseille, Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking experiment in collective...
Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map
In this episode, we explore how the Burj Al Arab transformed Dubai from a coastal trading hub into a global destinati...
Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon
At the turn of the 20th century, New York was still a low-rise city. The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings were dec...
Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World
It wasn’t a palace, a museum, or a tower. It wasn't even a "place". It was just a wall.Yet for almost t...
California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building
After the 1989 earthquake left the California Academy of Sciences in ruins, San Francisco faced a choice: rebuild wha...
The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time
Nearly two thousand years old, yet still standing in perfect balance. The Pantheon remains one of the greatest achiev...
Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River
In this episode of Architecture Topics, we travel to Chicago, the birthplace of the modern skyscraper, to explore Mar...
The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry
Rising 192 meters above the Mississippi River, the Gateway Arch is one of the most striking monuments in the United S...
HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s
In the early 1980s, Hong Kong’s HSBC Main Building became the most expensive building ever constructed. Designed by N...
Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution
Step into the story of the Eiffel Tower, the iron revolution that reshaped Paris and captured the world’s imagination...
One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States and one of the most debated skyscrapers ever buil...
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