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Month: December 2018

Pinecone Treehouse: Naturally Shaped Wonder in the California Redwoods

An enormous glittering inhabitable pine cone dangling from the majestic redwoods in Alameda, California could be transplanted to your very own backyard. Built by Dustin Fieder of O2 Treehouse, ...

Kick Stopper: 12 Sadly Lost & Forgotten Soccer Balls

There are few things more poignant than a lost soccer ball, as illustrated by both a charitable Lost Footballs calendar and these 12 emotion-laden examples. “Ever lost a ball down the ...

Dispersed Hotel: Distributed Urban Suites Inspire Exploration of Historic Kyoto

It's a simple but powerful idea, spreading out and embedding hotel rooms into the urban fabric to give visitors a space from which to explore as well as a place that feels like it's more part of ...

Subterranean Seashore Museum Buries Art Beneath the Dunes in China

Like the chambers of a seashell eroded over time by sand and water, the white hollows of this subterranean museum offer a series of organically shaped spaces tucked beneath the dunes. The UCCA ...

Swim BIG: Artificial Island Supports World’s Largest Saltwater Pool Complex

Now open on the edge of Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, the Harbor Bath project features a main 150-foot-long pool as well as diving and children's pools, plus a pair of saunas. Naturally, ...

Come Hell or High Water: Cities Must Evolve in the Face of Climate Change

The time to talk about climate change as if it's merely a hazy possibility that won't occur in our lifetime anyway has long passed. Multiple recent reports have made it clear that it’s already ...

Getting Real: Placeholder Graphics Lead to Literal Architectural Renderings

Architects are sometimes criticized for taking creative liberties with their artwork, setting unlikely green scenes or populating their rendered scenes with an improbable array of happy ...

Found Victorian Photographs Transformed into Pop Culture Trading Cards

Victorian-era photographic subjects are transformed in ways they couldn’t possibly have imagined in a series of modified cabinet cards by artist Alex Gross. A buttoned-up young woman becomes ...

In Plane Sight: The Fort Worth Alliance Airport ATC Tower

The Fort Worth Alliance Airport air traffic control tower is an FAA-certified Level 5 facility whose design showcases the best features of Modernism. Designed by architectural firm ...

The Other Place: Surreal MC Escher-Inspired Hotel Interior in China

A maze of staircases leads absolutely nowhere within a series of new hotel rooms at 'The Other Place' in China, nodding to artist MC Escher’s famous lithograph print entitled 'Relativity.' ...

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