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Stahl House’s pool with a view.

Seven incredible modernist homes in LA you can visit

Architectural innovation is a constant in the City of Angels, where modernism has flourished and dream homes are always on the agenda.

  • Margaret Barca
The Hoover Dam might be the greatest engineering achievement in history.

Inside one of the greatest engineering achievements in human history

From outside, this vast construction is about size, scale and spectacle. Once inside, it becomes more about appreciating how the whole thing holds together.

  • David Whitley
The Grain Loft – a repurposed Lysaght silo.

Twenty years in the making, grain silo becomes luxury escape

It’s been 20 years in the making for farmers Amber and Nicholas Heffernan, who had a dream to convert a silo into a luxe eco-farm stay.

  • Sue Wallace
The new Okura Hotel lobby in Tokyo is the coolest in the world.

The coolest hotel lobby, in the coolest city, in the world

This hotel is worth a detour when you’re in Tokyo, even if you’re not staying there.

  • Lee Tulloch

Three of the world’s most impressive hotel atriums are in the same city

Singapore’s dizzying architectural masterpieces have their origins with a style that sprung into being in America during the 1960s and ’70s.

  • Penny Watson
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The world’s highest open-air building ascent … City Climb.

Climb, hang, jump: 10 incredible skyscraper experiences

If you want to add a whole new meaning to hanging out, then harness up and climb, jump off or just lean out over these vertiginous skyscrapers.

  • Brian Johnston
Batu Cave houses a Hindu temple, statues and frescoes.

What lies beneath: 10 of the world’s most incredible underground structures

Put ordinary buildings underground and they transform into something far more interesting and otherworldly.

  • Brian Johnston
Trixie Motel is a must-visit.

Celebrity homes and glorious weather: Nine highlights of Palm Springs

The desert-fringed city has been a hideaway for Hollywood stars since the 1950s.

  • Louise Goldsbury
Wander at The Overflow.

‘No one around, no one can see you’: The rise of pod holidays

An increasing number of simple, eco-friendly cabins are popping up in remote beauty spots as pod-mania sweeps the land.

  • Sue Williams
The Quadrangle at the historic and newly restored Arts Centre (formerly Canterbury College), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Twelve years on, Christchurch’s devastated buildings restored

You can take a sneak peek at restoration of heritage buildings destroyed by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

  • Anthony Dennis

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