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Month: November 2016

China’s Smog-Devouring Vacuum Tower Looks Crazy, But Actually Works

What sounded like a long shot attempt to literally suck some of the suffocating smog out of China’s sky is actually working, according to updates on the Smog Free Project, which installed an ...

Against All Odd (Shapes): 12 Homes Tailored to Tiny & Difficult Plots

Plots of land long considered too small and strangely shaped to build upon prove to be more valuable when they seem thanks to some creative thinking. Across the world (put particularly in cramped ...

Sketch in 3D: Remarkable Drawing App Gives Doodles Depth & Dimension

Programs like Sketchup have allowed amateur artists and architects to sculpt and design in three dimensions for years, but this app facilitates far more informal works that really look like ...

Art Hacker: Famous Masterpieces Recreated with Painted Human Bodies

Chinese body painting artist Liu Bolin explores the concept of ‘art hacking’ through reinterpreting two of the world’s most famous paintings with human figures as canvases, and manipulating ...

The City is a Canvas: 31 Murals Transforming Urban Spaces

Psychedelic portals beckon you to enter another dimension, sea monsters lurk at the bottom of the stairs and illustrated figures playfully interact with urban infrastructure in works of art that ...

Camouflaged Solar Panels: Tesla Roof Tiles Power Home Batteries & Electric Cars

Elon Musk is attacking the question of energy storage and consumption at home, first with electric cars, then with home batteries and now the final piece of the puzzle: solar panels people will ...

Tee’d Off: A Dozen Abandoned Golf Driving Ranges

Golf isn't the hit sport it used to be and one consequence is the proliferation of abandoned driving ranges closed due to changes in recreational pursuits. The good thing about ...

Urban Agritecture: Terraced Townhouse Supports Series of Green Roofs

A stepped-roof residence recently completed in Vietnam combines architecture and agriculture, inspired by the terraced rice fields found in the countryside. Designed by H&P ...

Evolution of Decay: Watch American Buildings Fall Into Ruin Over 40+ Years

Architecture that was at its prime in the 1970s has slowly fallen into decline and often ruin thanks to decades of neglect, especially in America’s poorest and most racially segregated ...

Chinsekikan: Japanese Museum of Found Stones that Look Like Human Faces

An unusual collection of found-object art in Chichibu, Japan is home to nearly 2000 rocks that naturally feature what appear to be facial expressions. A jinmenseki (or: rock with ...

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