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Month: September 2013

Storefront Transformer: Magic Box Reprograms Empty Space

From urban blight to versatile site, one modular cube can convert unused storefronts of New York City into flexible destinations - community workshops one day, performance spaces or pop-up shops ...

Flying Robots: 6 Stunning Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Projects

From the MIT Senselab quadcopter and ETH Zurich self-assembling multicopter to DIY drones mounted with paintball guns, toy rockets and automatic weapons, flying robots are quickly making their ...

Word Worship: Church Converted to Awe-Inspiring Bookstore

This stunning 15th-century Dominican church is dedicated to much more than just one book - it contains thousands of them, in fact, stacked row upon row in a modern three-story addition. Located ...

Submarine Structures: 7 Wonders of Underwater Architecture

Enjoy a luxurious lunch, spend the night gazing at deep sea creatures, take in museum exhibits or even catch a glimpse at an underwater stripper pole in these seven wonders of submerged ...

Chromatic Vortex: 3D Art from 4,416 Sheets of Photo Paper

A site-specific installation in a New York City storefront, this twisting multi-colored tunnel was suspended in mid-air and held together with no less than 17,000 standard office bind ...

The Unloved Boats: 8 Abandoned Cruise Ships & Liners

Call out "Abandon ship!" and what do you get? Abandoned ships. These 8 abandoned cruise ships and liners are all that's left of what was left to Poseidon. ...

Reactive Light Sculpture Illuminates a Tunnel + Your Mind

Tunnels are typically scary places. The darkness is enough to give anyone the willies - and then there are the spooky, disorienting echoes. An example of an un-scary tunnel would be Detroit ...

Gas Station to Sheep Pasture: NYC Urban Intervention

Twenty-five silent, unmoving sheep gather on a carpet of lush green grass in the unlikeliest of places: an industrial gas station in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. This surreal pop-up ...

NeverWet Graffiti: Invisible-Ink Street Art Shows Up in Rain

NeverWet has been making headlines as the silicon-based spray that repels liquids from clothes and electronics, but this off-book use shows another fascinating application that may be even ...

Constant Motion: Open-Plan, Puzzle-Piece Apartment Design

A small cubic condo with windows on only one side hardly seems an obvious candidate for a complex and dynamic plan, but from concept through execution, this design embodies its creator's and ...

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