China opened the doors of its new, futuristic library in November, 2017. The Tianjin Binhai Library, located just outside Beijing, features a luminous spherical atrium with bookshelves lining the walls, from floor to ceiling. What looks to be a book lover's ultimate fantasy could ultimately house 1....

Representative Steve Simon (DFL Hopkins/St. Louis Park) says a proposed Minnesota constitutional amendment is largely about religion. He says if sexual orientation is innate as science is showing us, and not a lifestyle choice, then God created gay people. He asks how many gay people must God create...

Twenty years ago, Bilbao was scarred by acts of terrorism and failing industry. The city decided to gamble on Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum. Not only did it help to save Bilbao, it also showed the world the transformation effect of art.

Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is a 142-step staircase in Caltagirone, Sicily made from thousands of ceramic tiles, one design per step, as a fitting tribute to a city known for its design and production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. For centuries the stairs have bee...

Nearly a million revelers crowded New York's Time Square to witness the traditional dazzling ball drop. The crystal ball containing 32,000 lights descended ...

Architect Zaha Hadid captured the world's attention and shattered glass ceilings (in addition to designing some) by becoming the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. She was also the first woman awarded the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. ​Initia

Finland is building the largest and most powerful nuclear reactor in Europe - and may have worked out what to do with spent nuclear fuel once and for all. Discover how to build in 2030 with Bluebeam.

This skyscraper is set to complete in 2026 with groundbreaking happening summer 2022. The building has 9 cubes; cubes 1-3 will have all the hotel space, and cubes 4-9 will be exclusive to condo owners, and cube 9 will be specifically home to the Waldorf Astoria penthouse collection. This building al...

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The IllumiBowl is discrete in design and delivers on the basic promise of being a night light for your toilet. It’s a battery-powered, motion-activated light that fits easily around the rim of pretty much any toilet and automatically turns on whenever anyone enters the bathroom. There are eight diff