Jackie's Architecture Blog

African-American architect Julian Abele was born on April 29 in 1881. Abele was a major architect in the United States, but he never signed his work and his buildings were ... Read More

The Wall Street Journal calls oil-rich Dubai a "playpen for architects" where big-name firms scramble to design eye-catching iconic buildings. The Burj Dubai, which is set for completion in 2008, ... Read More

All eyes are on Russia as the country lays to rest former president Boris Yeltsin. If you follow the news on TV, you'll see the exotic domed buildings of ... Read More

This new Ranch Style house is pearl gray. The owner would like to give it "umph" by adding color to the door and other details. Learn more about the house, ... Read More

Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia is a highly respected university for engineering, architecture, and interior design. Every individual who died in the Virginia Tech massacre is a tragic loss. As ... Read More

When we speak of campus security, we often talk about building fences and walls. But the campus at Virginia Tech sprawls across 2,600 acres, and the Virginia Tech shootings took ... Read More

Architect Peter Eisenman stirred controversy when he unveiled plans for the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. The Memorial is made up of 2,711 massive rectangular stones, like a field of nameless coffins. Some ... Read More

There's nothing like Ikea for designing a really great bookcase. But a whole house? Seems that the Swedish furniture giant has constructed some 3,500 trendy modular houses all across Scandinavia, ... Read More

Want to live longer? Get down from that penthouse, modern physicists are saying. Gravity curves space and stretches time, so the guy down in the basement, where gravity is strongest, ... Read More