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Year: 2016

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 ...

Scan to CAD: Software Turns Volumetric Snapshots into Usable 3D Models

Bringing a critical gap between 3D scanning technology and functional outputs for architects, designers and homeowners, Canvas can scan a room in minutes then generate useful CAD software ...

Fashionable Facades: 15 Buildings That Put On An Artistic Face

Instead of wearing the architectural equivalent of jeans and a t-shirt, these buildings treat their facades like high fashion to stand out from the crowd and make a visual statement. Artistic ...

Red Cross & IKEA Install Replica of Real Syrian Apartment in Flagship Store

Amidst the colorfully furnished spaces mocked up in IKEA's flagship store sits a place of jarring contrast, a replicated version of an actual 260-square-foot house that is home to a family of ...

Miniature Cities in Motion: Tiny Animated Metropolis Made of Paper

Diminutive flags wave in the wind, ferris wheels the size of clock gears turn, cranes rise and fall and tiny cars zoom around in this three-dimensional world made out of paper. Artist Charles ...

Navigating the Future: 12 Forward-Thinking Urban Transit Systems

Integrating fairly seamlessly into existing city infrastructure, making use of renewable energy and solving the 'last mile' problem plaguing most public transit systems, these designs make some ...

Pairing Wine & Literature: Italian ‘Book Bottles’ Wrapped With Short Stories

Curling up with a glass of wine with a story has never been easier thanks to Librottiglia, a project that wraps printed pages around bottles of Italian reds and whites. Each wine is paired ...

Trumped Up: Stores & Businesses Trading On The Trump Name

An orange by any other name doesn't taste the same, as the owners of these Trump-named but otherwise unaffiliated stores and business can truly attest. Take Trump Tobacco, a Huntington ...

Hutong Hostel: Modern Micro-Hotel Squeezes into Historic Chinese Context

Traditional hutongs found in Beijing wind in upon themselves, organically shaped by the forces around them to create nesting neighborhoods that are cozy and serene. Alleys branch off of larger ...

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