Groovy & Grimy: Abandoned ’70s Home In Bon Air
An abandoned Me Decade-themed home in the Richmond, VA suburb of Bon Air looks as if a low-budget zombie flick was filmed at The Brady Bunch house. Sure, Zombie Jan Time was, beautiful Bon ...
Category: Architecture
Architecture is the art we live in, from individual houses, apartments and condos to the broader urban context, skyscrapers and parks of the cities around us. From unique historical homes to stunning conceptual towers, here are some of the most amazing, creative and inspiring structures and spires of our times.
Former Factories Transformed: Creative Reuse of Industrial Structures
How much potential lies within the bones of an old, run-down factory building, perhaps even one that’s been abandoned for decades on end? On the surface, sometimes it can seem like there’s no ...
Poison Ivy League: Abandoned Letchworth Village Asylum
Letchworth Village was hailed as an advanced institution at its 1911 opening but chronic overcrowding and underfunding took an alarming toll on the asylum and its inmates. Gotham's ...
Mirrored Chinese Bookstore Offers Readers a Maze of Discovery
The newest of China’s surreal mirrored bookstores is now open in Chongqing, offering a disorienting, Escher-like experience to all who enter. Designed by X+Living, the Chongqing Zhongshuge ...
Haunted Hotel: Unfinished Abandoned Okinawa Resort Inn
The reputedly haunted Nakagusuku Hotel in Okinawa, Japan freaked-out construction workers so much, they walked off the job before the hotel was even finished. Guest Lost The ruins of the ...
The Tide: An Elevated Linear Park for London’s Thames Riverfront
Construction is currently in progress on a new elevated linear park running along the river Thames. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, “The Tide” offers a multi-level landscape for ...
Street Tree Pods: A Creative Proposal to Add More Housing to London
Like urban treehouses, each of these “street tree pods” rises from a parking space to nestle within the branches of a tree, providing compact, low-cost living space for people in need of ...
Caviar Wishes: An Abandoned Alaska Salmon Hatchery
The abandoned Jerry Myers Fish Hatchery in Skagway, Alaska was a vocational project offering local high school students a chance to work with even smaller fry. Eureka, Ikura! A photo dating ...
Dome Dining Disaster: When Reclaiming Public Space Goes Wrong
When the city of Toronto forcibly cleared a homeless encampment beneath a downtown section of Gardiner Expressway only to turn it over to a luxury outdoor restaurant pop-up, people paying $545 ...
Garden Room: Transforming an Urban Mumbai Apartment into a Lush Oasis
Just looking at the photos of these interiors, where would you guess this unusual verdant living space is located? The English countryside, maybe, or a rural land project full of experimental ...
