The 2011 World Architecture Awards last week selected Speedskating Stadium Inzell, in southern Germany, as the world's best sports building. The stadium's new roof -- it was formerly an open-air ...

The roof structure incorporates a unique architectural design that has its origins in the mountain steppes of Central Asia. Roof trusses meet in a center ring, producing inward and outward ...

On Nov. 8, the elegance of his environmentally friendly architecture becomes apparent with the public opening of Bamboo Roof, an installation commissioned by the Rice University Art Gallery. The ...

Also included are round roof tile ends excavated at the same sites. Together, these artifacts reveal hidden stories of the ancient architecture of Korea. Most of these works have never been exhibited ...

“The temporary tents do not fit into the architecture and style of the park and actually create a visual anomaly with makes the ‘porch’ stand out rather than blend in to the rest of the park.” ...

Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession. By Reinier de Graaf. Harvard University Press; 528 pages; $35 and £27.95. HIS name may not be familiar, but Reinier de Graaf’s ...

A Swedish architecture firm has proposed converting the entirety of Notre Dame Cathedral’s fire-ravaged roof into a swimming pool — a radical departure from the Gothic structure’s tradi… ...

The roof design was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995. The village itself has survived for hundreds of years, since the 11th century. Shirakawa-gō is a 356.55-square-kilometer area ...