Architecture is the art we live in and urban design shapes the cities around us, but so much of it seems commonplace, mundane and ordinary. Here are stories, drawings and photographs of works urban architecture and other three-dimensional art and other creative contemporary construction projects that defy historical design styles and will challenge you to look at the world around you in new and different ways.
Best Print This: 12 High-Tech & 3D Printer Design Ideas
Concept designs that use coffee dregs or pencil stubs instead of ink, forgo paper altogether or even produce 3D objects bring printers into the 21st century.
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Ceramic Fantastic: The Victorian Vision Of Laura Zindel
Laura Zindel's surreal ceramics combine high-quality home dishware with faux historical hand-drawn imagery inspired by Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity.
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Starry Knights: 14 Stellar Star-Shaped Fortresses
Not all military fortresses were boring boxes. Around the time cannons became popular, so did star-shaped forts designed to withstand the powerful weapons.
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Abandoned Mental Asylum Hellingly, RIP, 33 Creepy Photo Tribute
Think death and derelict nightmare or think urban explorers’ dream. Here's an ode to abandoned Hellingly Mental Asylum with 33 photos. R.I.P. It's being demolished.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom
From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism.
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Holgas, Polaroids & Pinholes: Lush Low-Tech Photography
Film photography is a dying art, but should we so fast to let go of the amazing images created with low-tech cameras like Holgas, pinhole cameras and Polaroids?
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Suspending Belief: 10 Span-tastic Bridges
Spanning the globe with concrete and steel, these 10 span-tastic bridges prove the journey is often more interesting than the destination.
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‘Clean City’: São Paulo Scrubbed of Outdoor Ads
What does a city wiped clean of all advertising look like? Like São Paulo, Brazil, which removed all billboards and other ads from every public surface in 2007.
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Itty Bitty Cities: 22 Models That Miniaturize the World
Miniature city models are incredibly useful for city planning and architectural design, but they also bring out the kid in just about everyone who sees them.
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Organic Architect Robert Oshatz's Wowsa Wilkinson Treehouse
Wonderful photos of a WOWSA home in a forest canopy. Created by architect Robert Oshatz, this cool treehouse could turn even the Swiss Family Robinson green with envy.
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Hot Wax: 13 Cool Candles To Light Your Fire
Wax candles went retro when Edison invented the light bulb but that's cool: these 13 hot wicks prove it doesn't cost a fortune to buy a little flame.
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Get Bricked: 31 Incredible Examples of Lego Architecture
Everyone loves Lego, but these masterful sculptures prove that it's much more than just a toy. Here, the most famous buildings meet the world's favorite bricks.
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WTF Wonder, Lethal Luxury & Baby Stuff that Slices & Dices
Shi Jinsong created baby stuff sculptures - toys like for the Addams Family or for a future Terminator baby. Here are some of the most bizarre blade sculptures ever.
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Glow To Sleep: 10 Weird & Wacky Night Lights
These 10 off the wall night lights do more than just banish the darkness for young (and old) sleepers who wouldn't dream of going to bed blindly.
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Sodom & Gomorrah: Dark Digital Art by Alessandro Bavari
Artist Alessandro Bavari vividly imagines a dark and depraved Sodom and Gomorrah in this Bosch-like, biblical digital art series.
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