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When preserving a historic building shouldn't be called hardship

Community Architect Daily

"Many years ago I was of the theory that if you tear all the buildings down and put something new up, that was the right thing to do. What a mistake that was." Even in the decay that comes from abandonment, old beauty shines through. The old B&O HQ lobby, today Hotel Monaco and State offices (HCD).

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

That’s what recent A+Awards winners have taught us, with more women than ever leading teams in conceptualizing, designing and delivering some of the world’s best architecture around the globe. Indeed, in the field of social housing, Bilbao is creating new paradigms. The future of architecture is female.

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100+ tallest buildings in the world

Architecture Quote

As soon as one of them takes the throne, it does not take very long before new projects are released with the purpose of building something even taller. In theory, you can build as high as you want, as long as you have a large enough base. Why do we build skyscrapers? What c ity has the most skyscrape rs?