Architecture

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

The unique design of these skyscrapers in a Paris suburb led to them being nicknamed "cloud towers."

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

What looks like an ordinary house from the outside is actually a rotating sculpture.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

These colorful staircases can be found around Goa’s capital.

Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 70 percent of the city.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.

This rural Australian restaurant claims to be the only restaurant in the world to be built almost entirely of sea shells.