Meet the Deadline: 20 Abandoned Payphones
Payphones appear to be following the Pony Express down the well-worn path of obsolete technologies and their ubiquitous appearance in urban landscapes rings hollow in the face of today's cell phone ...
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.
Underground Art: The Repurposed Oil Tanks at Tate Modern
Once a power station, now a repository for some of the world's most innovative art: the expansion of the Tate Modern art museum in London is repurposing industrial infrastructure in surprising ...
Modular Madness: 23 Diverse Deployments of Cargo Containers
Portable, durable, stackable and readily available all over the world, shipping containers are the ideal building blocks for smart structures of practically every variety. Some require just a ...
Popville: Pop-Up Cities Book Perfect for Children
How does a parent introduce a love of architecture and urban planning into a child's life? The Popville pop-up book might be the perfect accessory. The book, by Anouk Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud, ...
Watch Out: 15 Eerie Abandoned Observatories
The outlook on (or from) abandoned observatories remains negative, mainly because there's no one there to look up and no working optics to see through. Casualties of war, funding, politics and ...
Plant Paradise: Artificial Pavilion Extends Dutch City into Lake
In a bid to host the World Horticultural Expo in 2022, the Dutch city of Almere has commissioned MVRDV to design an artificial pavilion that would extend the city out into a lake. The concept ...
Green-Roofed Shelter is Urban Curbside Lounge for Paris
Navigating the unfamiliar streets of a new city, sometimes you just want to find a quiet place where you can take a breather and figure out what's next on your itinerary. And, chances are, you're ...
Vertical Strip Tease: Upside-Down Las Vegas Skyscraper
Vegas is a strange and sometimes-seedy speck of civilization with virtually nothing nearby of note ... save perhaps the massive Hoover Dam and its associated geology, that is. ...
13 Crazy Air, Sea & Land Vehicle-to-House Conversions
When airplanes have made their last flight, ships are no longer seaworthy and school buses are finished ferrying children to and fro, where do they go to die? Many end up in object graveyards, ...
Celebratory Nanshan Marriage Registration Center Covered in Confetti
In the United States, the process of obtaining a marriage license - and even the subsequent wedding, should the bride and groom choose a civil ceremony - isn't exactly a glamorous affair. But in ...
