Face Plants: 10 Lifeless Abandoned Garden Centers
Spring has sprung – officially, at least – as green-thumbed gardeners shop for seeds, shrubs and soil... but not at these abandoned garden centers. Speaking of green thumbs, the ...
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.
Final Estate: Beloved Architect Zaha Hadid’s Only House Design is Complete
Known for designing dynamically curved structures in cities, Zaha Hadid's only single-family residential project is certainly aligned with her signature style but also reacts to a very different ...
Tree-ness House: An Urban Jumble of Concrete Volumes & Terraces
A maze-like tower of voids and projections looms above the streets of Tokyo, offering residents cascading outdoor spaces all along the building’s roof and facade. ‘Tree-ness House’ by ...
Brutal Destruction: Photo Series Documents Demolition of Midcentury Buildings
Sure, Brutalist architecture is divisive, but does that mean we should be wiping it all off the face of the planet? It’s true that these structures are rarely beloved by the residents of their ...
Down The Tubes: 10 Closed & Abandoned TV Factories
TV factories once churned out countless cathode ray tube television sets but when the Golden Age of Television faded to black, the TV factories followed. You have to look for the ...
The Darkest Building on Earth: An Olympic Pavilion Coated in Vantablack
There are mysterious and maybe slightly creepy black buildings, and then there are the blackest of black buildings made from the light-absorbing pigment known as Vantablack. Architect Asif Khan ...
Fuller House: 15 Geodesic Dome Creations Pay Tribute to Bucky’s Classic
Architect, engineer and inventor Buckminster Fuller developed the world’s most infamous dome structure while searching for the most efficient housing solution possible during the 1940s. The ...
Beyond the Centerline: Fantastical Urban Schemes Reimagine Road Medians
Central yet unused, the central median of New York City's Park Avenue is the subject of a series of spectacular and speculative redesigns -- from rock-climbing walls and waterfalls to kayak ...
Modular Parkipelago: Floating Island Parklets Harbor Boaters & Swimmers
Built at and launched from a local boatyard, this mobile park prototype (or: "parkipelago") is the first of a series of floating platforms designed to provide recreational space for kayakers, ...
The Modern Cabin: 14 Moody Wilderness Getaways Go Beyond the Rustic
A cabin is defined both by a remote location and a certain rusticity, whether it's a wilderness hut for hikers or a family retreat, but that doesn't mean it has to be a basic wooden shack. Modern ...
