Years ago in McAllen, Texas, an old abandoned 124,500-square-foot Walmart superstore was renovated and put to new use as the largest single-floor public library in the United States. Across ...
In bustling cities packed with other people, it can be nice to stand out at times, but it can also be a relief to fade quietly into the background for a bit. Creative wallflowers looking for a ...
Most cities have so much in common that a generic "map of every city" can seem similarly familiar to people living in London, Paris, New York or another metropolis entirely. General types of ...
For much of history, urban planning as we know it didn't exist. Sure, there were cities with zoning ordinances and building codes, but ones thoroughly planned from scratch with heavily controlled ...
From Seattle to New York City, Minneapolis to Dallas, boxy apartment and condo buildings sporting bland facades, metallic or colored cladding and a generally flat aesthetic seem to dominate new ...
Pahlavi University by Minoru Yamasaki, Iran, compl. 1979 Perpetually divisive, Brutalist landmarks around the world are disappearing fast. A massive 716-page book called “SOS Brutalism - Save the ...
In the wake of World War I, the United Kingdom developed a powerful yet relatively low-tech architectural system for detecting incoming enemy airplanes, the remnants of which can still be found ...
We come with so many different shapes, sizes and abilities, yet the world is built as if there’s a “standard human” whose access and comfort takes precedent over everyone else. If you’re ...
A Russian retiree's beautifully painted satellite dishes do double-duty as works of art and functioning receivers for the orbiting descendants of Sputnik. Love of Satellite Russia knows ...
When you think about incarcerated people, do you imagine them as faceless masses, or as individuals with personalities, histories, hopes and dreams? Artist JR, best known for his oversized ...
