Members Lonely: 10 Closed & Abandoned Social Clubs
These closed & abandoned social clubs recall the pre-internet age when people seeking the company of others did so in person, not via keyboards and webcams. Scotch Scratched Even after ...
Month: March 2019
R2D2 Makeover: Star Wars-Themed Space Observatory in Germany
In its original blank state, an observatory in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany was practically begging for a Star Wars-themed paint job. It was already the perfect shape for its transformation into ...
Arata Isozaki: The Architect Who Linked East and West After World War II
Plenty of architects can say they began from nothing, but few mean it quite so literally as Arata Isozaki. He was fourteen years old in 1945, when his hometown of Oita, located halfway between ...
Iconic: Animated Pop-Art Graphics of Bowie, Darth Vader and Daft Punk
Architecturally inspired animated 3D scenes pay tribute to David Bowie, Darth Vader and Daft Punk in a striking new series by Vincent Viriot. The direction and motion designer created the ...
Contained: 7 Closed & Abandoned Package Stores
Liquor by any other name may sell the same but these closed and abandoned 'package' stores couldn't succeed in what most say is a can't-miss business. The OTHER White Castle What the heck ...
Sunken Periscope: Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant Opens in Norway
What looks like a post-apocalyptic scene of a building collapsing into the sea is actually Europe's first underwater restaurant, and it's officially open for business. Architecture firm Snøhetta ...
Mausoleum of the Giants: Monumental Sculptures by Street Artist Phlegm
Enormous creatures crouch in a historic building in Sheffield, England, as street artist Phlegm brings the signature style he developed through years of illustrating black and white comics into ...
Chambers of Secrets: Miniature 3D Models of Harry Potter Architecture
Sets and scenes from the Harry Potter series are reimagined as miniature cardboard models by architecture students from the Melbourne School of Design. Created as part of a summer intensive ...
Clubbered: The Closed Fort Henry Men’s Club
For well over a century the Fort Henry Club in Wheeling, West Virginia served as a home away from home for local wheeler-dealers of the male persuasion. No Girls Allowed The Fort Henry Club ...
3D-Printed Sushi Nutritionally Customized Based on Diner’s Biodata
Not many sushis restaurants ask their patrons to provide urine and saliva samples upon entrance, but in our era of hyper-personalization, maybe we shouldn't be surprised. From the Japanese ...
