Cracked Mirrors: 12 (More) Eerie Abandoned Observatories
These twelve abandoned observatories tell no universal tales; their heavenly visions now fatally fogged as their expansive domes lie locked and shuttered. ...
Month: May 2014
Vertical Forests: 2 Lush Urban Towers Support 16,000 Plants
Skeptics of improbably green skyscraper concepts might want to take a moment of silence to appreciate the successful construction of these two beautiful buildings now nearly ...
Hydraulic Lift to Save House on Stilts from Future Flooding
A Modernist classic, the famous Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe was originally built with a raised platform but that has not managed to save it from floods, leading its custodians to an ...
Super Rockers: Familiar Heroes Get Edgy Modern Makeovers
See all of your favorite Marvel and DC superheroes like you've never imagined them, covered in tattoos and wearing skin-tight hipster jeans. New York-based illustrator Andrés Moncayo gave ...
Free to Forge: Open Source 3D-Printed Metal Mesh Furniture
Completed by a robot programmed to extrude material in midair, the world's first fully 3D-printed metal furniture shows off a fresh range of possibilities for creating intricate structures ...
High-Speed Art: Murals Spray-Painted for Train Passengers
Made to been seen at high speeds, these colorful patterns intentionally form a sequential whole when experienced by commuters in adjacent railway cars. Katharina Grosse (with photos ...
Cute Cameras: Animal Shapes Make CCTV More Palatable
Would a cute, artistically designed chameleon sculpture make you feel better about being watched? A new series of CCTV camera cases by Italian designer Eleonora Trevisanutto transforms ugly, ...
Cemeteries in the Sky: 7 Compact Vertical Burial Designs
A skyscraper filled with corpses may sound morbid, but soon, such things may become a necessity. The earth is already packed with dead housed in oversized caskets that have been designed to ...
Street Smart: Solar Roadway Lights Up & Feeds Power Grid
Currently in crowdfunding, these hexagonal pavers can provide energy, melt accumulated snow and ice, light up with LEDs, all while being tough enough to support trucks weighing 250,000 ...
The Bus Stops Here: 7 Transit Shelters by Famous Architects
Trading a free vacation for their design input, a series of world-renowned designers each contributed their vision of a bus shelter to a tiny town of just 1,000 residents in ...
