Red Ink: 10 Closed & Abandoned Tattoo Parlors, Studios & Shops
Tattoos and tattooists have made their mark on society – pun intended – but what happens to your neighborhood tattoo parlor when the ink finally runs dry? ...
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.
Foundation for World’s Tallest Building Converted to Fish Farm
Ambitious plans construct Sky City in China, designed to be the highest skyscraper in the world and built in just 90 days, stalled at the outset over 2 years ago, leading to an unusual array of ...
Arboreal Architecture: 14 Houses Built Around & Within Trees
Tree houses aren't just rustic wooden huts slapped together around a living trunk - they also come in the form of elegant modern residences incorporating the forest into their design, whether by ...
Traffic Chop: 8 Creative Stencils for Dedicated Traffic Lanes
Seems everyone wants their own dedicated traffic lane these days... and it seems they're getting them! Is white line fever taking over your neighborhood? ...
Tree Church: Organic Arbortecture Grown from Living Branches
'Built' may not be the right word for this compelling hybrid of architectural and arborsculptural design (or: arbortecture), featuring a complete chapel with landscaped fences and carefully ...
Raised Runways: Airplane Paths Lifted Above Downtown Streets
Airports take up vast amounts of valuable real estate in and around urban areas, but what if we could get to and from planes faster, make takeoffs and landings easier, and save city space in the ...
Tiny in Tokyo: Ultra-Narrow House Slotted into an Alley
At just six feet wide, this incredibly narrow residence inserted into an alley in dense urban Tokyo is the latest example of Japanese architects thinking way outside the box when it comes to ...
Open Swim in MN: Nation’s First Naturally Filtered Public Pool
After years of design and development, the first naturally filtered public swimming pool in the United States is set to open later this month in Minneapolis, the largest city in the Land of ...
Abandoned McBarge: Floating Fast Food Restaurant in Ruins
Built in 1986 in the hopes of enticing diners who were gravitating toward more high-end fare, this now-abandoned floating McDonalds might just be the saddest-looking fast food ruin around. ...
Architecturally Alive: 16 Transforming & Kinetic Buildings
Will the cities of tomorrow be filled with intelligent kinetic architecture that moves and transforms of its own accord, as if it has a life of its own? The designers of these 16 structures seem ...
