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63 Evacuated From Norway Oil Rig After Gas Leak

OSLO, Norway -- Rescuers say more than 60 people have been evacuated from an oil platform off Norway's west coast after operator Statoil received reports of a gas leak. Statoil said in a statement Saturday it mobilized its emergency response teams after being informed about a leak at the Visund platform at 08:18 a.m....

The Lowdown on Germany's Crazy Upside-Down House

Who says it's hard to flip real estate in this economy? In this house, you walk on the ceilings -- but you feel like you're bouncing off the walls. Visitors to Bispingen, Germany, have a unique chance to get a new perspective on the world when they tour an upside-down residence dubbed the "Crazy House." The off-kilter...

From Houses on Sticks to Cabins on Wheels: The Wide World of Tiny Living

Forget walk-in closets, indoor pools and multiple dens. In the world of the great recession, it's the little things that are making the biggest splash in the housing market. Tiny housing is going through a renaissance, and for many architectural experimenters, whether it's a 65-square-foot cabin loaded onto a trailer, an...

Gimme Shell-ter! Chinese Man Evicted From Giant Egg

(Dec. 15) -- A man in Beijing thought he had found his dream home when he moved into an egg-shaped hut, but unfortunately it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. After graduating from college and landing a job with an architectural design firm, 24-year-old Dai Haifei was having a hard time shelling out enough money each...

IBM's New City Sim is More Than Mere Child's Play

(Oct. 4) -- Budding urban designers may have been leveling neighborhoods and building fusion plants in Will Wright's famous "Sim City" series for 21 years now, but today, that genre gets serious with the launch of IBM's "CityOne." Check out the trailer: CityOne, like "Sim City," is designed to mimic the operation and...

Background on architecture

Architecture (Latin , from the Greek – arkhitekton, from "chief" and "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction.

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