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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.

15 More Marvelous Modern Mirror Designs

Mirror, mirror, on the wall... where would we be without these shiny, silvered glass panes that reflect so well - sometimes TOO well? While it's true that mirrors aren't all they're cracked up to be, these 15 marvelous modern mirror designs may just be the fairest of them all.

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12 of the World's Most Mysterious Monuments & Ruins

Marvels of engineering, vanishing civilizations and a granite guide to post-apocalyptic survival: these 12 monuments and ruins are mysterious and strange.

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173 Radical Retrofuturistic Designs & Technologies

From retrocool concept cars to far-out fashion in sci-fi inspired cities of tomorrow, these 131 samples of retrofuturistic design & technology will take you back to the good old days to come!

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Loco Motives: Steamin' Hot Prototype & Concept Trains

These ambitious concept trains move beyond the dream of steam to a new world of locomotive power. Clear the track, the train is back!

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Unique & Creative Custom Home Designs

Custom homes come in all shapes and sizes, but few stand out so much as these unique examples of residential architecture. They are, however, anything but cheap.

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15 Cool High School, College and University Building Designs

If only more school buildings were as creatively designed as these 15, perhaps attendance rates would be higher.

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Architectural Artwork: The Art of Installations

Installation art fuses lies at the intersection of art and design, architecture and interiors, and blurs the boundaries between form, function and innovation.

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A Series of Tubes: Pneumatic Networks Past, Present & Futurama

Long before the Internet was a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, a different series of tubes helped shuttle messages from one place to another, seemingly by magic.

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Architecture to Go: 10 Offbeat Gas Station Designs

Gas stations aren't exactly known as shining examples of interesting architecture, but these 10 offbeat designs are certainly eye-catching.

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Ultramodern Homes & Modern House Designs

Modernism is style - ultramodernism is undefined, but for the purposes of this article is that amazing design approach which brings the future into the present.

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Amazing Infrared Photography

Many modern cameras are now equipped with infrared filters, making more of these breathtaking images available.

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Brutalism to Postmodern:Concrete Architecture

Concrete construction has been used at least as far back as the Roman Empire. In the modern age, the overuse of concrete has created a mixed reputation (no pun intended).

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Creative Counter & Surface Material Designs

Why settle for traditional counter and surface materials when you could have illuminated gemstones, sea grass in clear resin or bright, fun Missoni patterns?

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Abandoned Amusement & Theme Parks

Creepy and delightfully twisted, these amusement parks wont necessarily amuse the kids!

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Retrofuture Urbanism: Past Future Cities

Futuristic utopias have long been the dream of urban planners, sociologists and science fiction writers. These 10 examples showcase some of the weird, wild, and workable plans for living tomorrow's lifestyle today.

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