Architect William Van Alen’s plans for the building’s formidable steel helmet grew taller and more ambitious over time. NYPL On a mild October day in 1929, the architect William Van Alen watched from ...

Ever since humans began building, they’ve been building up. Throughout the millennia, our constructions have reached higher and higher into the sky, spurred by various motivations: religion, democracy ...

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In this video, freshly cut walnut firewood is transformed into a beautiful three-legged milking stool. From splitting and shaping the legs with hand tools to turning them on the lathe, cutting the ...

The city of Des Moines owes the developers of a failed skyscraper project nearly $6 million, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled while mostly upholding a lower court's verdict. The Friday, June 12, decision ...

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