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Spomeniks: The Antifascist History Behind Abstract Yugoslav Monuments

Removed from their context, the strange concrete monuments dotting the landscape of the former Yugoslavia can seem abstract, inscrutable, even "alien." Called “Spomeniks” after the ...

Urban Hacking 101: Guides & Tutorials to Transform your City

If your city isn't meeting your needs, just hack it. Urban hacktivism is a form of creative, citizen-led problem solving that often goes behind the backs of officials and institutions to get ...

Funorama: Bouncy Rainbow Net Suspended Above a Paris Shopping Center

Shoppers at Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann can climb to new heights within the building’s domed atrium, bouncing around on a suspended rainbow net and gazing up at the stained glass cupola. ...

Abandoned Apartments Transform Into a Vertical Urban Food Court in Vietnam

It’s not often that you can choose from dozens of cafes situated high above a crowded urban plaza, gazing out at the landscape from a table on the balcony, all for the price of a coffee. In Ho ...

From Lobster & Live Music to the Cattle Car: The Evolution of Air Travel

From the wicker chairs of the 1920s, the evolution of airplane seats has rapidly diverged in two different directions — toward luxurious full-sized beds on first class international flights ...

Spiky Sustainable Black Tree Houses Rise from the Italian Dolomites

Extending down the hillside from an existing hotel, a series of matte black structures rise from the deep green landscape like spikes. Without revealing many details, Peter Pichler Architecture ...

50 Years Later: Mysteriously Perfect ‘Tree Circles’ Spotted from Sky in Japan

Like a giant work of long-term land art, a pair of eerily precie circles can be seen over Miyazaki, Japan, made up of cedars planted a half-century ago. As it turns out, though, this was not ...

Early Birds Get Free Noodles in Tokyo Scheme to Ease Metro Crowding

Free soba and tempura in exchange for getting on the train a little earlier could be a tasty offer for Tokyo commuters who are sick of the "subway sandwich," which has nothing to do with bread ...

Beware-y Afraid: 10 Weird & Unexpected Warning Signs

Telltale signs of snowflake-ization are all around if one knows where to look but these 10 “Beware Of” signs prove we really are living in a world of hurt. This bit of fore-shadowing ...

Flying Nest: Minimalist Nomadic Container Hotel Travels the World in Style

Currently perched atop the Avoriaz Mountain in France so guests can flip from their beds straight onto the ski slopes, this traveling minimalist hotel made of shipping containers signals a new ...

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