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Month: September 2013

Deserted Paris of the East: Chinese Replica Now Ghost City

On any given day in Paris, you might see hundreds of thousands of  residents and tourists in the streets. They go in and out of shops, snap pictures next to landmarks, stare in wonder at the ...

Destroyed Cathedral: Rare Photos Offer Glimpse Into WWI

Seen from the eyes of a German officer, these dramatic photos depict the St. Quentin Cathedral in northern France, which was almost completely destroyed during World War I. They're part of a ...

Curved Skyscraper Melts Cars, Starts Fires with Heat of Sun

A nearly-complete London tower is being investigated thanks to reflected daylight that is dazzling (and sizzling) the neighborhood in extreme, surprising and undesirable ways. The structure is ...

Live Between Buildings: Narrow Micro-Homes Fill City Gaps

Playful yet thought-provoking, this project asks: what do we do with small leftover spaces in cities ... particularly in urban areas where even a few square feet of real estate can cost a ...

Zaha Hadid’s Apartment Block Overlooking NYC High Line

A glittering glass apartment block with volumes flowing into each other in dynamic stacked arrangements will be architect Zaha Hadid's first building in New York City. Set to overlook the second ...

Wearable Tech of the (Distant) Future: 13 Sci-Fi Suits

We're probably a century or two away from working mechanized exoskeletons modeled on the movements of crickets, but the great thing about digital concept art is there are no limits other than ...

Swiss-Army Bathroom: Spine-Inspired Space-Saving Design

Like a giant-sized Swiss Army knife, this narrow column unfolds to reveal everything your bathroom could need - a NASA-worthy, space-age modular design idea. A water-transmitting 'spinal ...

Indoor Skydiving Inside Concrete Silos & Cargo Containers

Take your pick between a pair of once-abandoned silos: one lets you explore nearly 100 vertical feet of underwater space with hidden caverns, while the other suspends you in virtual free fall, ...

Macro to Micro: Intricate Paper Cut Art Inspired by Nature

What starts as a scientific study takes on a life of its own, guided only by the imagination of artist Rogan Brown as he transforms a sheet of paper into a masterful sculpture with thousands of ...

Leisure in the Sky: 13 Elevated Railway + Rooftop Parks

In cities where highways and high-rises have taken up virtually every square foot of real estate there is to be had, lush parks, pedestrian walkways and bike paths can be hard to come by. That's ...

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