Zaha Hadid was a prominent and somewhat controversial Iraqi-born British architect who passed away in March 2016. Her influence is still being felt today in the projects she delivered and those that continue to be progressed by her practice. Here we look at her top five greatest contributions to arc...

The city of Dubai is no stranger to ambitious construction and architectural projects. Dubai recently announced plans to construct a $5 billion resort that resembles the moon. The structure will be 735 feet tall, and will emulate the conditions of the actual moon. In today's video, we discuss everyt...

Super-ambitious architectural projects that did not get built Throughout history, there have been many fantastical and outlandish urban projects that never made it past the drawing board. From Hitler's dream of a new Berlin to a sealed dome over Manhattan, here are some of the most incredible.

Tesla has already done similar battery and solar power projects with the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii and in American Samoa. Both projects were designed to supply power for much smaller populations than Puerto Rico, however. Still, the Tesla CEO is confident that his company’s existin

The ten most ambitious mega-projects currently under development around the world, featuring: Dubai World Central Airport (United Arab Emirates); Songdo International Business District (South Korea); Tokyo-Osaka Maglev Train (Japan); Masdar City (United Arab Emirates); The Grand Canal (Nicaragua); N...

This video presents an evolving vision of modern architecture where the futuristic designs focus on the environment. New towers around the world are being conceived with unique "green" features as displayed in this snapshot which include a wide range of existing and proposed projects.

The 9/11 museum aims to pay tribute to those who lost their lives that day. Local Projects founder Jake Barton gives us a personal tour of the space built to remember, to educate and, most importantly, to create community.

For our latest mission, a musical breaks out at the GEL Conference in New York. A speaker is suddenly interrupted by a man who refuses to turn off his cell phone. This is the fourth in our series of Spontaneous Musical projects.

More than 80% of the ocean floor is still unexplored. An un-crewed robotic surface vessel that can deploy and recover autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) has been developed. The team behind the technology, GEBCO-NF, won this year’s Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE which looks for the best new technolog

Physalia is a motion-graphics and visual effects studio based in Barcelona: Photography, 3D & 2D animation, stop-motion, electronics, mixed media, live action, and their love for electronics inspired them to develop tools to shoot things that would be impossible to achieve otherwise. The mix of self...