If earth, wind and fire are not enough to spark the mind, nothing is, reasoned San Francisco architect Michael Olexo as he approached his year as a resident artist at the Arts Far West middle and high ...

STREAMLINED STYLE GETS A GEOMETRIC PUNCH WITH SHAPELY motifs such as dots, diamonds and triangles taking center stage. This modern geometry is especially effective on mid-century modern designs, made ...

Crows are considered to be among the smartest creatures on Earth. They have cognitive abilities at the levels of five- to seven-year-old human children. A new study has found that these birds are also ...

The houses in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood are mostly simple single-family boxes constructed after World War II. On one block, CS2 House both breaks this mold and fits right in. Designed by ...

The notion of a simple equation that you can use to generate a wide variety of geometric shapes is an immensely appealing one. Johan Gielis of Antwerp, Belgium, proposes one such formula in the March ...

Psychologist Véronique Izard discusses a study that suggests Amazonian villagers with no math schooling are just as equipped to solve basic geometry problems as math-trained adults, and cognitive ...

Ten of the world’s top architects, including France’s Le Corbusier and Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer, had joined in deciding what the U.N. headquarters, on Manhattan’s East Side, should look like. When ...