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.
Plenty of architects can say they began from nothing, but few mean it quite so literally as Arata Isozaki. He was fourteen years old in 1945, when his hometown of Oita, located halfway between ...
Liquor by any other name may sell the same but these closed and abandoned 'package' stores couldn't succeed in what most say is a can't-miss business. The OTHER White Castle What the heck ...
What looks like a post-apocalyptic scene of a building collapsing into the sea is actually Europe's first underwater restaurant, and it's officially open for business. Architecture firm Snøhetta ...
For well over a century the Fort Henry Club in Wheeling, West Virginia served as a home away from home for local wheeler-dealers of the male persuasion. No Girls Allowed The Fort Henry Club ...
The eeriest abandoned places tend to feel as if their former inhabitants disappeared into thin air. In each room is evidence of lives interrupted: clothes spilling out of dresser drawers, dishes ...
These closed and abandoned pet shops eerily echo with the long lost sights, sounds and smells (oh, those smells!) of what were effectively urban retail zoos. Why Not Both? It's a pet shop, ...
Maybe it's the kids in us, but there's something about inflatable architecture that's just plain fascinating. It’s hard to deny the fun factor in blowing something up bigger and bigger and ...
There's something about the contrast of opulent ornamentation and expensive materials with rot and deterioration that makes luxury resorts and mansions some of the most fascinating abandonments. ...
Workers of the world, relax! The Zuev Workers' Club building in downtown Moscow was the epitome of Constructivist cool when it opened way back in 1929. Hipster-sky Hangout And it's still ...
Whether you love it or hate it, the divisive architectural style taking over the Bolivian city of El Alto is certainly a departure from the norm, injecting bold shapes and colors into an ...
