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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.

Link Rot: ‘Social Decay’ Renders Tech Media Giants as Urban Abandonments

Physical businesses that fall on hard times often leave signs in the built environment, like the distinctive facades of deserted or adapted Pizza Huts, but what might social media sites look like ...

Could the Useless Gas Stations of the Future be Used as Gyms Instead?

The electric vehicle revolution is accelerating faster than anyone expected, with many experts predicting at least 100 million electric cars hitting the roads by 2035 - making up 85% of new car ...

Brutalist Style Lightens Up with Lots of Glass at Japan’s Oriel Window House

Brutalist buildings are known for their heft, often described as 'monstrosities,' demonized for their apparently intrinsic inability to relate to us on a human scale. They’re blocky and ...

Going In Style: Cute Creative Public Restrooms Of Okinawa

We all want to be smiling when we go but if you're “going” at one of Okinawa, Japan's cute and creative public restrooms, grinning comes with the territory. Flickr member Okinawa ...

Architects Broke a Sweat Designing These 13 Striking Gyms & Fitness Facilities

Your sweaty neighborhood gym has nothing on these beautifully designed fitness facilities full of multi-story climbing walls, skybridge pools, dramatic boxing rings, nightclub-style lighting and ...

Fractal Chapel: Tree-Inspired Columns Branch Out to Open Up Interior Space

A series of stacked tree-like supports seem to abstract the nature in this Japanese chapel, bringing a small geometric forest inside this otherwise minimalist space to serve a contemporary ...

Artists in Residence: 18 Stunning Studios Designed for Cultivating Creativity

Shouldn't the settings of temporary artist residencies be just as creative as the art produced there? These structures include communal houses, remote huts, mobile studios, inhabitable ...

Mirrored Minimalism: Glass Retreat Reflects Surrounding Forest Landscape

Cozy on the inside and virtually invisible on the outside, this Modernist home has a reflective facade allowing it to blend in with the natural environment. Meanwhile, residents can enjoy views ...

Parking Hack: Every Car Lot & Garage Should Have Vertical Guidelines

If you have ever opened a side door to see the lines of a parking space, or asked a passenger to get out and guide you in, you may be wondering where this simple solution has been for all your ...

(W)Ego House: Tetris-Like Hotel Reveals Clashing Dreams of City Residents

  One person’s ego-centric vision of how cities should adapt to their own particular individual needs encroaches upon the dreams of another, as revealed by MVRDV’s Tetris-like open-walled ...

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