Cough-y House: Abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium
The abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium once housed TB patients seeking relief and recuperation amidst Pennsylvania's rugged Allegheny Mountains. Sanatoriums (not to be confused with ...
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Zaha Hadid Architects to Design a Swirling New Smart City in Moscow
A whole new smart city is set to begin construction west of Moscow, Russia, and Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to help design it. The firm’s proposal is a phased development ...
Wild Waste: Giant Trash Animals Nest Inside Abandoned Las Vegas Motel
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We Could All Use a Little More Chindogu, the Japanese Art of Useless Inventions
A little bit Dada, a little bit "only sold on television," intentionally useless inventions called Chindogu look like a bunch of plastic junk at first glance, but there’s more to it than that. ...
Redesigners Pack Derelict Bridge Framework with New Condos & Rooftop Park
A Swedish design studio aims to bring new functionality to a century-old bridge in Stockholm, fitting 50 residential units into the framework below while creating a pedestrian path and linear ...
Sliced and Folded: Modern White House Tumbles Down a Hill in Los Angeles
Looking a bit like an architectural Transformer in the middle of taking on a new form, this Highland Park home by the firm Urban Operations takes a highly structured, geometric approach to ...
Exhibits On The Beach: Sculpture By The Sea Makes Waves
'Sculpture by the Sea' returns to Sydney's beautiful Bondi Beach, featuring awesome open-air art exhibits by over 130 artists from 21 countries. Now celebrating its 22nd year on the ...
Subjective City: Massive Wall Map of NYC Assembled from Handwritten Directions
A few years back, artist Nobutaka Aozaki started asking directions from strangers on the streets of Manhattan, then collecting those maps (hand-drawn from memory) to assemble into a huge and ...
Re-Habit: Transforming Abandoned Big-Box Retailers to Housing for Homeless
With the age of big box stores waning, all those massive abandoned retail facilities could be transformed almost instantly into housing for the homeless using a variety of plug-and-play prefab ...
