From the Eiffel Tower's first colors to the original Penn Station, explore how iconic landmarks worldwide looked in the past ...

For the latest in our review of 2025, we explore the best hotel designs of the year – from a surrealist hotel by Philippe Starck to an Oaxaca hotel modelled on pre-Hispanic pyramids.

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

LONDON—Jamie Dimon, barely done with one mammoth building project on New York’s Park Avenue, is embarking on another this side of the pond. The bank he leads, JPMorgan Chase, said Thursday it would ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—the largest of Egypt’s pyramids—consists of about 2.3 million limestone blocks. The smallest of these weigh two tons, while the largest weigh over 60. History says laborers ...

This project took 20 days to complete: 13 days for brick making and 7 days for construction. The pyramid employs a building technique that ensures it stays cool in summer and warm in winter. Standing ...

In April, Samia released Bloodless and it received our Album Of The Week honor. Now the NYC singer-songwriter is unveiling a new Leonard Cohen-indebted track titled "Cinder Block." "This one’s sort of ...

Samia is just a few months removed from releasing her latest album, Bloodless, in April. Samia is in the middle of a tour at the moment and now she’ll have a new song to perform live: Today (September ...

OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - Metro-area volunteers are set to kick off Rock the Block with the construction of more than a dozen new and affordable homes. Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City and the Kansas ...

Now, a new study published in the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering reports that sargassum seaweed could be transformed into the next generation of eco-friendly building blocks. The ...