Cough Inns: 10 Smoking Shelters That Really Kick Butts
Smokers gonna smoke, even if the decades-old War Against Cigarettes has exiled the persecuted puffers to outdoor shelters where no one wants to linger. Forever A Logan Someone oughta point ...
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.
Skyscape House: Modern Rooftop Retreat Looks Out Over Bangkok
From luxury penthouses to sky-high secret slums, urban rooftop architecture is like a hidden world of its own, often invisible from street level. Most of us go about our daily lives in the city ...
Beach Please: Abandoned Surf Cincinnati Waterpark
Wave goodbye to Surf Cincinnati, an abandoned water park and associated banquet hall complex that once entertained overheated Ohioans but now only breeds mosquitoes. Cincy You've Been ...
Transforming Quadrant House: Rotating Terrace Follows the Sun
More than anything, the owners of a new transforming house in Poland wanted constant, direct access to sunlight. They commissioned the local firm KWK Promes to realize their unusual vision, and ...
Zaha Hadid Architects Make Flood Protection Look Elegant in Hamburg
As urban planners grapple with the need for creative flood management systems in cities around the world, Zaha Hadid Architects provides an interesting example in Hamburg. Located along the ...
Dairy Err: 10 Closed & Abandoned Australian Milk Bars
Chain store competition is creaming Milk Bars across Australia, leaving independent store owners, desperate smokers and the odd lost droog thirsting for more. Milked Dry Milk bars have a ...
IKEA’s Latest Project: Designing Low-Cost Flat-Pack Dementia Villages
Across the globe, populations of older people are growing dramatically, and few plans are in place to properly care for them. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says 8.5 percent of people ...
Mishicot Markdown: A Small Town Supermarket Checks Out
The Mishicot Family Market served residents of a small Wisconsin town for over 120 years until the now-demolished Main Street mainstay was itself shelved. Feeling Wisconsin 1889 was a good ...
The World’s Largest Bike Garage is a Subterranean Wonder in Utrecht
Considering that more than a third of Dutch people use a bike as their main mode of transportation every day, it’s no surprise that the world’s largest bicycle garage is located in Utrecht. ...
Emoji Revenge: A California Spite House for the Digital Age
When a California woman's neighbors reported her for illegally turning her home into an AirBnb, she got back at them in a thoroughly modern way: with emojis. In an incident that’s referred ...
