Fruitless: 10 Abandoned Roadside Fruit & Produce Stands
Once vital threads in the fabric of Americana, these abandoned fruit & produce stands no longer entice hungry travelers into making roadside pit stops. ...
Month: April 2016
Secret Rooms Installed in Deserted Sewers & Maintenance Shafts
A series of abandoned subterranean spaces in Milan have been transformed into tiny living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and kitchens, complete with furniture and fixtures. Designed by ...
Time Travel in China: Photos Reveal A Century of Dramatic Growth
Few nations have experienced quite the explosive rate of growth over the last century as China, and a new photo series shows us just how dramatic those changes actually look on the ground. ...
World’s Tallest Wood-Framed Skyscraper Proposed for London
An angular affair of wood and glass, this proposed skyscraper is designed to reach nearly 1,000 feet in the air and, if it goes forward, will be the first timber-framed tower in London and ...
Rainbow Nests: What Wasps Build with Colored Construction Paper
Worker wasps build with the materials available in their environment, including different hues and shades of paper, which can lead to radical rainbow homes when properly ...
World’s Tallest Tower: Dubai Superstructure by Santiago Calatrava
Edging out the record-holding Burj Khalifa by just a hair, the world’s tallest tower is set to rise into the Dubai skies by 2020 as the crown jewel of a new waterfront development. Neofuturist ...
Bird Biomimicry in Action: 12 Avian-Inspired Jets, Drones & Cars
The very same evolution-driven characteristics that enable birds to glide effortlessly through the air can be applied to everything from drones to bullet trains to make them faster, lighter, more ...
Expanding the ISS: Inflatable Space Hotel Room Sent into Orbit
A new space hotel room will be the first addition to the International Space Station in years, part of a test to see whether inflatable rooms can serve as more compact and space architecture on ...
Machine 3D-Paints ‘New’ Rembrandt After Studying the Master
As part of The Next Rembrandt, a multi-year collaborative project, a team of engineers trained a computer not only to understand the works of this famous Dutch master but also to expand his ...
Impossible Photography: 15 Reality-Bending Images Defy Logic
A floor is a ceiling, a lake is made of shattered glass, carpets of grass cascade over the edge of the world and buildings sprout wheels and wander away in the fantastically surreal world of Erik ...
