China doesn't exactly do anything half way. Whether it’s building gigantic golden Chairman Mao sculptures or creating huge traffic jams, the world’s most populous country likes to do it up big. And ...

This July, the American Institute of Architects forecasted steep declines in nonresidential construction spending through 2010. Spending is projected to decrease by 16 percent this year and another 12 ...

How It's Strange: Buildings are not usually this gaudy. "It's fantastical," says Toby Israel, a design psychologist and author of Some Place Like Home. Hundertwasser, known for his colorful, irregular ...

Just gaze upon it a moment. It is, fundamentally, a weird building. It is also a lot of building. Through a playful lens, Heritage Plaza resembles a vertical Slinky Dog toy, its shining midsection ...

Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins. As the South China Morning Post (SCMP ...

We can be thankful we live in a city that combines such a range of architecture dating back hundreds of years - but we can also question some of the weird buildings we picked up along the way. Glasgow ...

Let your weird light shine bright so that the other weirdos know where to find you... That's what comes to mind when we think of some of the buildings people have dared to design and erect. Often, ...