Haul For One: U-Haul Adapts & Reuses Abandoned Buildings
U-Haul company's commitment to renovate and reuse abandoned buildings is not only economical, it also serves to revitalize post-industrial neighborhoods. One of U-Haul's most noteworthy ...
Category: Offices & Commercial
Love it or hate it, work is what we do during the day most of the days of the week, but it sure is nicer working in something like one of these stunning offices, stores, hotels, restaurants and bars from around the world. From cozy artist alcoves to lofty open offices, here are some of the most amazing places you could hope to get the job done.
Out of Gas: Abandoned Station Will Live its Golden Years as a Venue
A formerly abandoned gas station in London’s White City district may have outlived its usefulness in its original purpose, but it’s got a new, more relaxing job to do in the ‘hereafter.’ ...
Modular Remix: Parking Garage Picked Apart, Reassembled Like LEGO
As autonomous vehicles begin to roll out on city streets, adaptive reuse projects like this one could help old parking structures readily find new and productive urban purposes. This ...
Emoji Facade: Dutch Architects Decorate Brick Building with 22 Smiley Faces
Instead of gargoyles, grotesques or ornate decorative details, this somewhat silly facade expresses an array of emotions through circular icons familiar to anyone with a smartphone or social ...
Labyrinthine Loophole: Bar Entry Maze Beats 500 Meter Minimum Distance Law
Following a Supreme Court of India ruling that bars must be a minimum of 500 meters away from highways, one intrepid watering hole wrapped itself in a 250-meter maze to effectively ...
Architecture of Surveillance: NSA Spy Outpost in Brutalist NYC Building
Like some ancient megalith, an imposing windowless structure in Manhattan may be even more sinister than it appears. The AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street was built for machines, ...
Retail Micro-Farming: MIT & Target to Launch In-Store Vertical Farms
At the convergence of the localvore and vertical farming movements, Target's new in-store micro-farms are positioned to offer the freshest possible produce to consumers. On offer: leafy greens ...
Desert Farm Grows Food Without Groundwater, Soil, Fuel or Pesticides
Using the sun and the sea, renewable sources of energy and water, a desert farming operation in Australia shows how organic food can be grown in a fresh new and sustainable way. The soil-free ...
Record Breakers: 12 Legitimately Sky-Scraping Tower Projects
After a few years of recession-induced stalling, record-smashing skyscrapers are going up around the world at a steady pace, knocking each other out of the top positions every year or so. While ...
Spiraling Skyscrapers: Rounding Up the World’s Tallest Twisting Towers
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization responsible for world records in architecture, has announced its definitive list of the world's highest twisting ...
