LEGO Abandonments: Home-Made Model Haunted Houses
Hundreds of hours and in some cases over one hundred thousand pieces have gone into the creation of this series of seriously detailed LEGO models, each constructed to replicate the processes of ...
Month: March 2013
Tentacle-Like Tubular Slide Swirls Through NYC Penthouse
A silvery steel tentacle swirls through four stories of a bright white renovated 19th-century penthouse in New York City. Architect David Hotson turned the modern space into a playful residence ...
Pirate Island Radio Station Invaded, Dismantled & Rebuilt
Few works of architecture can boast half so strange a history as this structure now serving as a restaurant in the waters of Amsterdam. Built in the Republic of Ireland, the platform known ...
Abandoned Power Station Transformed into a Roller Coaster
An abandoned power station that has been an iconic part of London's skyline since 1933 is transformed into a playground and museum in the "Architectural Ride London" proposal by Atelier Zündel ...
Architecturally Literate: 13 Built Alphabets Spell Design
For those in love with letters, typography is - or should be - virtually everywhere, from furniture to office buildings. These 13 designs indulge typophiles with three-dimensional typefaces in ...
Hunt, Peck & Paint: Chromatic Typewriter Prints Landscapes
Many works of amazing literary art have been printed on typewriters in times past, but this re-purposing concept takes an old machine beyond words and into the realm of colorful ...
Case Closed: 12 Locked Down Abandoned Police Stations
These unlocked, unloaded and unmanned abandoned police stations suggest that when the long arm of the law is crippled, the end of society must be nigh. ...
Homeless Hotel: Radical Urban Retreat has No Rooms, Ever
You may have seen some strange and unique accommodations on AirBNB, but few hosts can boast something as unusual as Faktum Hotels, an unreal room-free resort in Sweden. Their offerings are ...
Temporary Urban Coffee Farm Grows & Sells Bean Brew
Coffee lovers are getting a special treat at this year's Melbourne Food and Wine Festival: an urban coffee farm installation made primarily of pallets, which functions as both a temporary coffee ...
Vertical Landfill: Monument to Civilization Honors Our Trash
Nearly all of our most majestic architecture reflects pinnacles of achievement for our species, and one architect aims to call attention to yet another way in which we are 'spectacular:' our ...
