Grinding Light: First Glow-in-the-Dark Skateboard Park in UK
A permanent installation opening as part of the Liverpool Biennial in England, this glowing skate park will be the first of its kind in the UK, enabling skaters of all skill levels to ...
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.
Banksy’s Dismaland to be Reused as Refugee Housing in France
The dystopian bemusement pop-up theme park known Dismaland, a project of UK artist Banksy, is now closed but its dismantled pieces and parts will find second lives as architecture and ...
Farm-to-Desk: Vertical Urban Farm Shares Tokyo Office Space
Two hundred species of edible greens occupy a quarter of this 215,000-square-foot office in Tokyo, Japan, sharing space with thousands of workers who in turn consume harvested fruits, vegetables ...
Underwater Homes: Deserted Basements as Stormwater Cisterns
In a dual effort to address urban blight and ailing infrastructure, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is piloting a new program to turn the basements of abandoned houses slated for demolition into ...
Super Pier: Green-Roofed Modular Cargo Container Mall for NYC
A massive 14,000-square-foot green roof is the latest addition to a city-approved pier conversion plan, part of an overall scheme to convert Pier 57 in New York City into an extensive modular ...
Floating Farms: Agricultural Barges to Yield 10 Tons Per Year
Powered by solar-paneled roofs overhead, these barge farms feature hydroponic space for produce above and support fish farming below, using extant technologies to offshore vast quantities of ...
Wayfinding in Subways: 3D Blueprints Show NYC Tunnel Systems
Inspired by detailed three-dimensional maps of Hong Kong subway stations, a New York artist has painstakingly documented and rendered a gorgeous series of helpful underground ...
Droneport: New UAV Hub to Ship Medical Supplies Across Rwanda
This architect-designed drone airport will be the first of its kind, created to facilitate an unmanned aerial vehicle supply chain servicing remote areas of Africa, addressing urgent medical ...
Dirt Cheap: World’s Largest 3D Mud Printer Makes Green Homes
Able to print full-sized structures from mud and clay, this 40-foot-tall 3D printer represents a huge step toward printing affordable housing from free materials. The project was unveiled ...
Abandoned Ship: Spacecraft Discovered in Huge Derelict Hangar
Remarkably intact and beautifully documented by a Russian urban explorer, this space shuttle prototype rests in a massive above-ground graveyard at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, deserted due to the ...
