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Month: December 2016

Trinity River Park: Huge New 10,000 Acre Urban Nature District for Dallas

Designed to restore and augment the city's floodplain, this new green recreation space features thousands of acres of forest as well as playgrounds, lawns and trails. Upon completion, it will be ...

Luminous Loops: Interactive Light Display Inspired by the Zoetrope

Take a seat inside this human-sized zoetrope, pull the bar back and forth and watch as fairytale imagery come to life around you. ‘Loop’ is the main installation at this year’s ...

Mobile Remix: Cement Mixer Disco Ball Turns Streets into Night Clubs

Cladding a cement mixer in pixelated mirror squares, a French artist has created a giant glittering disco ball on wheels able to turn vacant lots and construction sites into instant party ...

AnonyMouse: Tiny Rodent-Sized Shops Installed Along Swedish Sidewalks

It would be easy to miss this incredibly tiny rodent-sized shop set into a wall in Malmö, Sweden, if not for the lights advertising its red-and-white-striped awning and the miniature foods in ...

Architecture for the People: 10 Subversive and Imaginative Designs for China

Putting architecture into the hands of the people in a country where home ownership is typically out of reach, this studio has some incredibly innovative ideas, from modular units that ‘plug ...

Remixing Architecture: Building Collages Capture Spirit of Cities & Countries

Combining photographs or everyday vernacular designs, artist Anastasia Savinova aims to illustrate patterns in built environments across major European cities as well as rural ...

Urban Camouflage: Nude Body-Painted Models Blend Into Built Environments

Nude human bodies seem to melt into their surroundings, expertly hand-painted to match their environments in an artistic form of urban camouflage. Artist Trina Merry dodges traffic, police, ...

Future Cities: 13 Fresh New Visions for Residential Tower Design

The future of urban living (at least for the wealthy) is looking pretty lush, with residential towers finding new and creative ways to incorporate greenery, maximize views and give residents the ...

Time Machines: Langdon Clay’s Gritty Cars Of New York City

Photographer Langdon Clay captured New York's bruised & battered road warriors at rest, evoking a dirtier and more dangerous era of the city that never sleeps. New York City in the ...

Threading Rainbows: Spectral String Art Looks Like Strands of Light

Using a simple material palette of thread, wood and nails, artist Gabriel Dawe's latest cascading color creation combines thousands of threads to make a remarkable interior ...

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