Lost Connection: 15 Closed & Abandoned Internet Cafés
Before WiFi and smartphones stole their thunder, internet cafés like these closed and abandoned relics offered cheap & easy access to the World Wide Web. As the original public ...
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.
Maximum Discomfort: Furniture-Free House Takes Minimalism to Extremes
A renovated and expanded home in Maryland features no furniture, begging the question: what does it mean to be minimal and when does the philosophy go too far? Decorative clutter is one thing, ...
Forest Cities: Tree-Covered Urban Architecture to Combat Smog in China
A new series of treescrapers designed for Nanjing, China, aim to combat air pollution with plant-covered towers, but this bold vision may represent hubris more than hope. Architect Stefano ...
Better Than Before: 10 Unwanted Structures Transformed for New Uses
Creative conversion projects transform old disused structures like factories, churches, grain silos, cisterns and slaughterhouses for new purposes, helping them avoid demolition. Often ...
Amazon Calm: Rio’s Deteriorating Olympic Games Venues
Barely completed in time, venues at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are going south in a big way now that the athletes have left. The Games of the XXXI Olympiad - ...
Inhabitable Nomadic Shelters: Designs Address LA’s Homelessness Crisis
The problem of homelessness is a complex one rooted in gross stratification of wealth, and while addressing it in full means addressing poverty itself, temporary portable housing can save lives ...
Reclaiming Urban Food Production: 12 Smart Designs for Farms & Gardens
Most urban environments aren’t lacking in sunlight - it’s a lack of square footage and healthy soil that makes it hard to use these spaces to grow food. While many a high-tech concept design ...
Modern Babylon: Hanging Plants Serve as Green Walls & Window Shades
A single-story house in Vietnam echos an ancient world wonder, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but on a domestic scale and with minimalist contemporary design sensibilities and a functional ...
Build & Unbuild in 1 Day: Deconstructable Prefab House Moves with its Residents
No stakes to pull up or new foundation to pour for owners of his prefabricated dwelling, an open-plan home designed to be built, taken apart, moved and reconstructed on demand. Its factory-made ...
Sort of Subterranean: 15 Partially Underground Modern Home Designs
While fully subterranean homes can feel like grim bunkers, homes built partially into hills, cliffs and bluffs peek out from underground through glassy 'eyes' to gain daylight access and views of ...
