Funeral homes are mortal, much like their clients. When funeral homes are abandoned, however, they're left to decay, deteriorate and decompose in public. Built in 1870 during the difficult era ...
Twenty-five years after 'Back to the Future' convinced an entire generation that we'd soon be able to zoom around the city on wheel-less floating skateboards, it looks like we might finally get ...
After years of both importing famous designers and copying strange structures from abroad, Xi Jinping, the leader of China's Communist Party has declared an end to offbeat construction projects ...
By now you may know that the world's most famous street artist has indeed not been detained by police and his identity remains secret, but how much do you know about the prankster who perpetrated ...
Before the abandoned railroad tracks of Paris officially disappear - which is bound to happen, as cities realize the potential for reclamation as High Line-style parks - some intrepid locals are ...
Just knowing that these tiny urban art installations exist - ranging from tiny figures dangling from ATM machines to utility boxes painted to look like miniature skyscrapers - might just inspire ...
Almost everything we once kept at our desks is now packed into our personal computers, but rarely is this phenomena so brilliantly illustrated as in the beautiful video below. This ...
Cold, dilapidated and lacking modern amenities like bathrooms, Beijing's historic architecture in the Hutong districts becomes livable again with sleek modern plug-ins that make them more ...
Instead of trying to beat back rising water levels, these innovative structures work with them, adapting from land-based to floating houses with the ease of an amphibian. From a DIY foam-based ...
Bringing together cutting-edge technologies and an ancient approach to resisting earthquake damage, the so-called Quake Column marries tradition and high-tech to create a bold new structural ...
