Architecture

December 15, 2025

This Camera-Shaped Cabin Offers a Picture-Perfect Mountain Escape

From a life-sized ’90s-style Polly Pocket house to a bedroom straight out of a Van Gogh painting, Airbnb is full of playful stays that let you sleep inside all kinds of environments. One of the most picture-perfect listings yet is The Lens Lodge, a cabin shaped like a camera in Ellijay, Georgia, where you can actually sleep inside the lens perched on a mountaintop.

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December 7, 2025

Mountainous-Inspired Community Center Has Reached Its Full Glorious Height

The Yidan Centre in Shenzhen, China, is fully under construction and has now reached its full height. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), this hub of lifelong learning and innovation in architecture will help define Shenzhen’s new cultural quarter alongside the adjacent Qianhai Museum. The stunning design features terraces and balconies overlooking a central canyon to promote connectivity in a way that blurs the lines between indoors and outdoors.

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December 1, 2025

U.S. Government To No Longer Regard Architecture, Education, and Nursing as Professional Degrees

Starting July 1, 2026, student loans available for those in the fields of architecture and education, among others, will be reduced. This is due to these professions no longer being recognized as professional degrees by the U.S. government, which will limit the borrowing amounts for these programs, as selected by the Department of Education and under the terms of president Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

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November 27, 2025

Elegantly Designed “Monumental Bridge” in Belgium Is a Welcome Hub for All Sorts of Travelers

With the opening of the Gare de Mons station, acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava has completed yet another iconic piece of architecture. Located in Belgium, the depot has been nearly two decades in the making. This extended period of design and construction has led to a striking and elegant aesthetic for the new Mons railway station.

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