Darmstadt and Dubai present the extreme possibilities of contemporary living. In the first, a small town south of Frankfurt, you find the Passivhaus Institut. Since 1996, it has been experimenting ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

ANSWER: Revolving doors serve as an airlock, which keeps cold air out, thereby reducing heating costs. Revolving doors cut off the air path between the outside of the building and the inside.

On Sept. 12, crews successfully rotated a 64-ft-dia turntable, complete with its unique cable management system, for the world's first revolving rent-a-lab for full-scale green-building-systems ...

LOWELL — Jerry and Jamie Beck are selling the historic 1859 building that houses the Revolving Museum, located downtown at 22 Shattuck St. The Becks paid $410,000 for the building on Feb. 15, 2002, ...

Starting in February 2014, he plans to take season 4 of the show weekly; you can support his Kickstarter campaign here. His most recent show—about revolving doors—can be played below. Or keep reading ...

San Francisco's Ferry Building may or may not be kicking tenants out the door. It all depends on who you believe. Reports surfaced late last week that two recently departed Ferry Building tenants did ...

For all the promise of rotation, Selkowitz's dream carousel almost died when Overaa's low bid of $10.3 million for the entire FLEXLAB came in $1.7 million over the $8.6-million budget estimate. The ...