Afterglow: Luma Tower, Glasgow’s Shining Art Deco Icon
Rising from the trashes of vandalism and neglect, Glasgow's former Luma Light Bulb Factory has recaptured its Art Deco glory as the residential Luma Tower. ...
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Town in a Tower: 14-Floor High-Rise Houses Whole Alaskan Hamlet
High-minded Modernists of the mid-1900s envisioned futuristic all-in-one cities in the sky where we would work, place, live and love, but would have been surprised to learn that their ideal has ...
Radiocative Chernobyl: New Aerial Drone Footage of ‘The Zone’
Satellite images and pictures from the ground tell a limited story of one of the world's most dangerous abandoned places - this flyover footage fills in the gaps, covering the 20-mile nuclear ...
Automotive Acid Trip: The Graphic 3D Art Of Chris LaBrooy
Chris LaBrooy loves vintage vehicles, but with a twist: the digital artist's far-out 3D illustrations are an automotive acid trip into the 4th dimension. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Chris ...
Dubai to Build New 50 Million Sq Ft Climate-Controlled City
Always pushing the limits of posh possibility, this latest endeavor aims to put an entire urban center in a temperature-controlled bubble of indoor spaces, centered around a vast Mall of the ...
Ghost Estates of Ireland: Symbols of an Economic Collapse
Built with visions of suburban prosperity in more optimistic times, the empty shells of former dream homes dot the countryside among piles of construction rubble and fallen-down fences. Economic ...
Ancient Engineering Fail: 12 Historic Structural Disasters
You can't exactly fault ancient architects for building structures that were unable to withstand stone-shattering earthquakes, or simply experimental in nature - failure is part of the learning ...
Drowned Towns: 10 Underwater Ghost Cities & Buildings
Mildewed crosses, lonely spires, barely-visible stone foundations and rusting bed frames are all that's left to show for these 10 intentionally submerged towns and structures from India to ...
Home Ice: 12 International Antarctic Research Stations
Constructing a research station in Antarctica means thinking outside the box-like building but not TOO far outside... Great Scott it's COLD out there! ...
Extreme Street View: Google Employee Maps Deserted Island
Street View has mapped much more than roads in its, but sending a lone urban explorer through the haunting multistory ruins of a remote island may be one of their riskiest geographic ventures ...
