architecture

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The Pentagon, home to the U.S. Department of Defense, is a remarkable building—and has been since ground was broken on its Arlington, Virginia site 75 years ago.

Wyndclyffe Castle in Rhinebeck, New York, is said to have inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses."

San Diego residents are living large, while people are more than willing to trade space for downtown locations in Washington D.C. and New York.

Former owners include William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.

For when you want a sky-high view from one of the world's most impressive buildings.

We test out just how livable tiny houses are.

It only took nine years to construct this giant on a hill.

The building, once referred to by Walt Whitman as “a majestic and lovely show there in the moonlight,” has stood as an architectural wonder in the City of Brotherly Love since 1901.

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Born on this day in 1895, Bucky had an enormous impact that is still felt today.

The property can be yours for $2.2 million.

California’s third-largest city by area is an urban-planning disaster, a sprawl of empty grids that aspired to become a megacity—and failed. But as the desert works to reclaim the land, it’s become a mecca of another kind.

Bones created in a lab could provide a low-carbon alternative.

The most famous haunted house in America can be yours.

Connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, the George Washington Bridge remains one of the longest suspension bridges in the United States and is responsible for transporting millions of people into and out of New York every year.

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The company sold housing designs and pre-cut materials from 1908 to 1940.

5. The dome was the largest ever constructed in the ancient world.

A beautifully decorated home is something to appreciate, but a luxuriously appointed Royal Palace is something else entirely.

On May 27, 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public. Here are a few things you might not have known about the oft-photographed structure.

The Jefferson Memorial is one of D.C.’s most recognizable monuments—but at one time, many residents didn’t want it there at all.

2. There's a reason it's nicknamed "The Venice of the North"—it has more than twice the number of bridges the Italian city does.

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Since its opening in 1997, it has inspired a plethora of critiques, articles, awards, artists, and visitors. Here are a dozen facts about one of the most popular art museums in Spain.