Hanging Hotel: Camp in a Trunk-Friendly Tree House Retreat
Without harming the forest that supports it, this streamlined tree house design is stabilized by a central trunk but ultimately suspended from the branches above to minimize negative ...
Month: March 2014
Not in Kansas: Black House Lands in Front of Oz Museum
The childhood home of artist Ian Strange has literally landed right in front of the Art Gallery of South Australia as if it were picked up by a tornado and plunked there, Wizard of Oz style. The ...
Pill Pack Printer: Personal Pharmacy Delivered to Your Door
Remembering to take your medicine can be hard if you have lots of pills to pop on a daily basis, but this one-stop, custom-printed packaging solution promises to help you get and stay on schedule ...
Urban Islet: Nordic Nature Retreat Floats in London Canal
Referencing rocky Nordic island sanctuaries, this platform is designed to provide a place to relax and observe local wildlife in the heart of a bustling city. The prefabricated structure was ...
Invisible Borders: Mirrored Picket Fence Blurs the Lines
Mirrors typically represent a way of facing reality, but depending on where they're placed, they can bend it to the point of surreality instead. Take, for example, this invisible fence, a ...
Crowdsourced City: 14 Citizen-Directed Urban Projects
When urban planners and developers want to know what businesses local residents would like in their neighborhoods, where to put new bike lanes, or specific areas in need of revitalization, who ...
Open-Source Street Store Offers Free Clothes for Homeless
Donated boxes of right-sized clothing can be a boon for those who cannot afford another choice, but this clever approach empowers people in need to choose their own apparel. The Street ...
5 Preservation Puzzles: Famous Architecture Facing Threats
This year alone we have learned that a Frank Lloyd Wright house must be moved 1,000 miles to protect it from floodwater, a Le Corbusier chapel has been vandalized and a seminal structure by ...
Small World: Mini Wooden Cutouts Take Over the Streets
Life is an adventure for tiny wooden figures navigating the urban world in this miniature art installation series by Joe Iurato. The New Jersey-based street artist creates small spray-painted ...
Flexible Interiors: 13 Shape-Shifting Small Apartments
Transforming furniture and living pod systems help make the most of a small space, but when entire rooms shape-shift in unexpected ways, the results can be astonishing. These compact apartment ...
