Once A Pawn A Time: 12 More Abandoned Pawn Shops
These dozen closed and abandoned pawn shops refute the myth of a robust economy where tax cuts and less regulation trickle down to those in the greatest need. Pawn shops are the canaries ...
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.
3D Dragon Gates: New Twist on Coastal Feng Shui by Zaha Hadid Architects
A new building has sprouted up in Macau that innovates in three dimensions on a form often found across the delta in Hong Kong: rectilinear boxes with central linear voids, a classic feng shui ...
Looking ‘Under’: Snøhetta’s Submerged Restaurant is Taking Shape in Norway
Half-sunken into the sea along the Norwegian coastline, Snøhetta's submerged restaurant project looks like yet another cool rendering that will never actually be built - but a new series of ...
Unearthly Architecture: 13 Structures That Look Like Aliens Built Them
Pluck these structures out of their environments and photoshop them onto a Martian landscape and you’d never know they're real, physical buildings interplaying with ordinary scenery in cities ...
Michigan Central Station: Ford & Snohetta to Revive Abandoned Detroit Icon
Driving into Motor City, the beautiful and towering 18-story Michigan Central Station is hard to miss -- it is both a Beaux-Arts Classical landmark (standing out even in a city rich with ...
Summer Houses: 7 Tropical Dream Dwellings by Wallflower Architecture & Design
Based in Singapore, Wallflower Architecture + Design creates ultimate tropical dream homes for a steamy rainforest climate, each one laid out for optimal air flow, natural cooling and views of ...
Good Lock: 15 Kool Key Cutting Shops & Signs
Key cutting shops may be circling the retail store drain but their doom isn't quite locked in, as these 15 classic key cutting shops and signs illustrate. Key cutters occupy a cluttered ...
Luxembourg Skatepark Design Pays Tribute to an Adjacent UNESCO Fortress
Surely a contender for the title of 'World's Most Beautiful Skatepark,' this stunning urban park project by Constructo Skatepark Architecture incorporates design elements abstracted from an ...
Modulofts: Sliding Walls Divide Interior Space & Provide Exterior Shade
A new housing project in Beirut uses flexible wall dividers in an unconventional way, allowing huge steel panels to slide into and out of the structure itself, animating the facade while ...
Attention Choppers: 9 More Abandoned Helipads
You may think you've made it when your military base, hospital or corporate HQ boasts a helipad but sooner or later, the whirled WILL come to an end. Genting Highlands Resort (now ...
