Good Lock: 15 Kool Key Cutting Shops & Signs
Key cutting shops may be circling the retail store drain but their doom isn't quite locked in, as these 15 classic key cutting shops and signs illustrate. Key cutters occupy a cluttered ...
Category: Cities & Urbanism
From classic ideas of city construction to suburban sprawl and urban renewal, these articles cover everything from landscape and new urbanism to forms not yet fully defined – click through to see the cities of our past, present and future.
Luxembourg Skatepark Design Pays Tribute to an Adjacent UNESCO Fortress
Surely a contender for the title of 'World's Most Beautiful Skatepark,' this stunning urban park project by Constructo Skatepark Architecture incorporates design elements abstracted from an ...
Cool Concrete: 10 Structures Taking a Refreshing Approach to This Raw Material
Brutalism may be concrete architecture's highest historic form, but the material is as versatile as we make it, and it's got a lot more tricks up its sleeves. Though we may think of it as cold, ...
Brutal Destruction: Photo Series Documents Demolition of Midcentury Buildings
Sure, Brutalist architecture is divisive, but does that mean we should be wiping it all off the face of the planet? It’s true that these structures are rarely beloved by the residents of their ...
Beyond the Centerline: Fantastical Urban Schemes Reimagine Road Medians
Central yet unused, the central median of New York City's Park Avenue is the subject of a series of spectacular and speculative redesigns -- from rock-climbing walls and waterfalls to kayak ...
Modular Parkipelago: Floating Island Parklets Harbor Boaters & Swimmers
Built at and launched from a local boatyard, this mobile park prototype (or: "parkipelago") is the first of a series of floating platforms designed to provide recreational space for kayakers, ...
Cabin of Curiosities: 3D-Printed Building Covered in Tiny Succulent Planters
4,500 3D-printed ceramic tiles cover the facade of the ‘Cabin of Curiosities’ in Oakland, an experimental structure showing off how beautiful additive manufacturing can be. The facade ...
Wood You Believe It: 10 Ultra-Tall Timber Towers Compete for World Records
As studies proving the strength and fire-resistance of timber construction loosen building codes around the globe, a new class of towers emerges, each of them angling to set records for the ...
Creature Comforts: 12 More Animal-Shaped Buildings
See the creature, be the creature... live in the creature? These animal-shaped buildings take the concept of surreal estate to a newer, wetter-nosed level. Whose necks? Youse necks! The ...
Could the Useless Gas Stations of the Future be Used as Gyms Instead?
The electric vehicle revolution is accelerating faster than anyone expected, with many experts predicting at least 100 million electric cars hitting the roads by 2035 - making up 85% of new car ...
