A beautiful garden can be taken to a new level with a whimsical walkway pattern, like this one by ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete in Atlanta. A design like this beckons you further down the path until you’re locked in the beauty, surrounded by flowers, and can’t help relaxing. The shading and color scheme don’t stray [...]

First up, Dwell shares an arresting stop-motion video of a shape-shifting house in Washington State’s San Juan Islands (above). Next, Furniture Fashion slingshots us halfway around the world to the stunning city-within-a-city inside Tokyo called Roppongo Hills for an aerial architectural glimpse that’s kind of giving us vertigo: Late-19th century and early-20th century design junkies [...]

Generally speaking, we’re not fans of the metaphorical “glass ceiling,” which starkly illustrates the strides we still have yet to make in terms of gender equality. When it comes to the actual architectural rendering of the term, though, we’re all ears… or, rather, eyes. Today’s image collection takes a lingering skyward glance through several glass [...]

Today’s link roundup is all about the transcendent nature of architecture. First up, Wikipedia gives us a history lesson in Romanesque architecture, which was used to build places of worship in Medieval times, like the German abbey above. Next, Dwell shares a breathtaking waterside getaway in Finland in the form of an exquisite glass bedroom with [...]

Today’s link roundup is all about great architecture and the inspiration it can spark. First up, the 1970s are alive and well — and, incidentally, for sale — in Chicago, per Curbed and its mini-feature on the angular, discotastic West Town property above. Next, World Architecture News gives us a sneak peek at a planned [...]

Today’s link roundup focuses on architecture and all the inspiration that comes with it when it’s executed with excellence. First up, Dwell shows us an example of sustainable architecture making its way onto Long Island via a sweet home tour, a glimpse of which is shown above. Next, World Architecture News gives us a progress update [...]

Few architectural elements are more stubbornly entwined with the notion of romance than the balcony. For better or worse, it’s provided the setting for many a fairy tale love (or love scorned) — Romeo and Juliet, Rapunzel (well, a tower window, anyway) and Cyrano de Bergerac, to name a few. And there’s good reason for [...]