So Long, Suckers: 11 Closed & Abandoned Candy Stores
When it comes to abandoned candy stores like these 11 examples, sweet has turned to sour quicker than toothache sufferers turn to their dentists. ...
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.
Prefab Hobbit Homes: Build Your Own Shire Dwelling in Just 3 Days
Composed of vaulted panels covered with reinforced soil, these modular hobbit-worthy homes can be adapted to just about any site and constructed in a matter of days. Produced in pieces by ...
Museums of Tomorrow: 13 Out of This World Institution Designs
We're reaching a point in architectural history where the structures being built look like they could have come straight out of the concept artwork for a science fiction movie, or a video game ...
Skywalking Stockholm: Bridged Green-Roof Parks to Span Downtown
Fusing height, light, density and greenery with regional vernacular architecture, this ambitious urban Sky Walk plan aims to turn the tops of downtown buildings into a extensive series of ...
Holy Skate: Century-Old Church Converted to Colorful Park
A 100-year-old church in Spain is hosting pilgrimages of a new sort now that its interior is lined with skate ramps instead of pews, its soaring cathedral ceilings covered in vibrant murals. This ...
Car-Free Cities: 12 Pedestrian-Only Places from Venice to NYC
It’s funny how the idea of a purpose-built, car-free city where everything you need is easily accessible on foot seems so modern, yet it’s actually a return to our roots. To some, banning ...
Save Ferris! 12 Abandoned & Overgrown Ferris Wheels
What goes around comes around, especially for these dozen abandoned Ferris Wheels whose former clockwork precision has spun down to a permanent turn off. ...
Tetris House: Modular Structures are Made to be Stacked
Modular living units in a range of sizes can be stacked, spun and cantilevered over each other to create unique custom dwellings with views in every direction. The Tetris House makes it possible ...
Disused 15-Mile Railway to Become Country-Wide Park in Singapore
An ambitious infrastructure conversion project in Singapore will turn 15 miles of a abandoned rail corridor into a continuous mixed-use trail-and-park system stretching from one end of the ...
Scarchitecture: Aerial Photos Reveal Vanished ‘Ghost Streets’
When thoroughfares are subtracted from city grids, subsequent urban infill is shaped by the voids of these former roadways, streetcar or rail paths, standing out like architectural scar tissue ...
