ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1128496/are-we-moving-toward-the-generic-city Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:37:00 +0000 Luis Henrique Bueno Villanova https://www.archdaily.com/1128496/are-we-moving-toward-the-generic-city Skylines are icons that intrigue people through their urban complexity, shaping character and defining a sense of place. As Kevin Lynch noted in his classic “The Image of the City,” the visual landscape of a city can be treated as an object of varied, unpredictable meanings. While we can envision a clear image when building a city, its true definitions emerge indirectly over the course of its development. In other words, as cities evolve, their skylines evolve alongside them in unpredictable ways.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1128074/brazils-race-to-the-skies Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:43:00 +0000 Luis Henrique Bueno Villanova https://www.archdaily.com/1128074/brazils-race-to-the-skies According to Gerard Peet in The Origin of the Skyscraper, the word "skyscraper" first acquired an architectural connotation in the early 1880s. It appeared in newspaper articles like the Chicago Daily, highlighting the growing construction of tall buildings in New York.

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