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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.

Sky Slide: L.A. Tower Adds Exterior Glass Chute 1,000 Feet Up

A new amusement offering on the 70th floor of the highest skyscraper on the West Coast is stepping up the game, going beyond glass viewing platforms, swimming pools and bridges to boast a ...

Outside The Blocks: 12 Coldly Abandoned Ice Factories

Ice ain't all it's cracked up to be and neither are these obsolete & abandoned factories that once made it, as these 12 examples coldly show. ...

Mobile Cabins: Go Off Grid in These 12 Rustic Modern Designs

Load up a prefab cabin on a truck and drop it virtually anywhere you want to be. Rustic lodgings in remote locations aren't what they used to be now that modern mobile housing is available in so ...

Modular Skyline: Pixelated Skyscraper Takes Shape in Bangkok

A joint project of Büro Ole Scheeren and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, this skyscraper nearing completion in Bangkok, Thailand, features shifted box elements that break up its ...

Out Cold: 12 Closed & Abandoned Dairy Queen Stores

Chill out, soft-serve ice cream fans, these 12 abandoned Dairy Queen stores aren't typical of the 75-year-old chain's 4,000+ locations worldwide. ...

Intelligent Design? 14 Strikingly Modern Places of Worship

Dramatic and sculptural, monolithic as a stone monument or light as a bridal veil, these churches, chapels and meditation rooms eschew conventional architectural typologies for places of worship, ...

Underline: 10-Mile Park to Trace Path of Elevated Rail in Miami

Following in the footsteps of the High Line (and Low Line) of New York City, the Underline project aims to take the underutilized space below Miami's elevated MetroRail and transform it into a ...

Takeout Shakeout: 10 Abandoned Chinese Food Restaurants

What's on the menu at these abandoned chinese restaurants? Stereotypical architecture and signs displaying near-racist “oriental” fonts, for starters. ...

Never Grow Up: Man Quits Job, Builds Dream Treehouse Dwelling

Fed up with his fast-paced life in New York City, Foster Huntington quit his job, hopped into a Volkswagen van and traveled around the country before settling in Washington state to build his ...

Saving Face: ‘Ghost Facade’ Preservation Worse Than Demolition?

London is filled with grafted facades, nearly two-dimensional artifacts held in place while updated buildings are constructed behind them; many seem to haphazardly half-disguise the boring ...

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