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Month: May 2011

Sidewalk Disco: Wayfinding Lights to Dance Down Streets

Can you control a crowd with nothing more than an optical illusion? A group of researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications think so. They are developing a lenticular lens sidewalk ...

Eccentric Hideaway: Secret Underwater Room Lies Below a Lake

Urban explorers know that it isn't typically the readily-visible locations that hold the most intrigue; it is the hidden places unknown to most of the world. The places that most of us will never ...

8 On Demand Social Shopping Sites You Need to Share

Social media has sprung into the public consciousness like a bat out of a hell, and with it, has brought sweeping changes in the way people operate online. Social shopping, online marketplaces ...

Graphic Archi-Type: 14 Buildings & Cities Made of Text

The right minimalist sans-serif or swooping, elegant script typeface can be just as expressive as the words it spells out, and can sometimes even stand in for brushstrokes of paint and other ...

‘BUMPS In Beijing’: Breaking Free From Drab Slabs

Call it “urban jungle lite.” BUMPS In Beijing is a 5-building, mixed residential and commercial apartment complex located in the Chinese capital's prestigious Chaoyang District. Japanese ...

Signs of the Times: 13 Architectural Signage Designs

Signs aren't always an afterthought – sometimes they're integral to the design of the building itself, carved in towering letters right into the facade or even serving as structural support. ...

Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York

New York is one of the most culturally and architecturally fascinating cities in the world, as evidenced by the millions who flock there every year to get a taste of city life. One Australian ...

Paint + Sound = Sculpture? [Wild Photos & Videos Included]

There is powerful, undeniable beauty in music, and vivid colors evoke some type of reaction in almost everyone - but the two have never been combined in quite this way before. This unique project ...

Great Grandiosity! 9 of the World’s Most Expensive Houses

Keeping up with the Joneses? This is out of their league. The world's most expensive houses are the sanctuaries for the mega rich. With high-rise residences that take up the entire skyscraper, to ...

Spectacular Spain: 15 Standout Hotels from Madrid to Ibiza

Lounge on the beaches of Barcelona, party all night in Ibiza, sample fine wines in Rioja country and relax among the beautiful people in Madrid – the vibrant nation of Spain has a lot to offer, ...

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