Even buildings as remarkable as Mr. Kikutake’s Miyakonojo Civic Center, with its segmented roof arched like a baby stroller, fell prey. Similarly, Japan’s shrinking population has stimulated the ...

Contemporary buildings and wide city streets define the atmosphere around Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Glass façades and busy intersections reflect the modern character of Germany’s capital. Former ...

Cantilevers, which can be technically described as beams anchored at only one end, are widely used in construction and most often found in balconies or roofs. Modern buildings, however, take the ...

Some significant "Modern" buildings stand out — the church on North Country Club Road with the thin-shelled concrete roof that touches the ground at the edges of its joined parabolas, the big white ...

SAN JOSE — A modern eight-story office building that’s part of the Santana Row neighborhood in San Jose has become a Silicon Valley success story with bustling rental activity that’s poised to ...

For years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been discussed as a digital phenomenon: software, algorithms, productivity tools. But its most significant impact may occur not on screens, but in physical ...

The industries that design, construct and maintain our built world are facing a workforce crisis that’s very real and very immediate. Whether concrete specialists, HVAC technicians, surveyors, ...

-- Postcards from Home features vintage Rock Island postcards with text that has been researched and prepared by the Rock Island Preservation Society. Readers are invited to make suggestions to The ...