Even the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, had a flat roof. It fascinated master builders for centuries and, especially in the...

In the first decade of the new millennium, cities will acquire a greater importance than ever before in accommodating the world’s population. In the developed...

For a time, glass architecture seemed to be obsessed with the pursuit of records and the development and application of ever more spectacular technology. Today,...

A staircase is a circulation node, a vertical link between different levels, a space-defining structure and the only element of a building that is, by virtue of...

For thousands of years, man has shaped timber into various forms to serve his needs, using it to manufacture functional objects and as a building material....