Haunted Hotel: Unfinished Abandoned Okinawa Resort Inn
The reputedly haunted Nakagusuku Hotel in Okinawa, Japan freaked-out construction workers so much, they walked off the job before the hotel was even finished. Guest Lost The ruins of the ...
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The Tide: An Elevated Linear Park for London’s Thames Riverfront
Construction is currently in progress on a new elevated linear park running along the river Thames. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, “The Tide” offers a multi-level landscape for ...
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Caviar Wishes: An Abandoned Alaska Salmon Hatchery
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Rock’n Rolls: Retro Toilet Paper Roll Holder Radios
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Redesigning Notre Dame for a New Era with a Greenhouse Roof
It seems like proposals to restore the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris came pouring in before the blaze that destroyed its spire and roof was even extinguished. Grappling with devastating damage to ...
Urban Hacking 101: Guides & Tutorials to Transform your City
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Stonehenge Secrets? MIT’s 25-Ton Boulders Can Be Moved By Hand
Enormous monolithic structures weighing as much as 25 tons are tilted, rotated and wiggled across a room by a single person in a new experiment by researchers at MIT, giving us a look into how ...
