Search for Spoke: 8 Closed & Abandoned Bicycle Factories
These closed and abandoned bicycle factories are relics of a bygone era before two-wheeled vehicles were supplanted by those with four wheels and an engine. One of those ...
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Modular Urbanism: Coin-Operated System of Portable Street Furniture
Much like coin-based cart systems found in supermarkets and airports, these stackable stools (which double as table surfaces) can be borrowed, moved around and returned with ease. Unlike ...
Abandoned Tobacco Factory Gets an Acid-Toned Makeover & New Purpose
An abandoned, dark and dilapidated tobacco factory is ‘activated’ as a public meeting place to talk about revitalizing unused spaces through a cheerfully haphazard application of vivid, ...
Fruitless: 10 Closed & Abandoned Apple Stores
Apple Stores and Apple authorized resellers are about as sure a thing as can be in business but even these b&m goldmines close shop and are left abandoned. There weren't any official ...
Urban Off-Grid: 12 Creative Solutions For Self-Sustainability in the City
Off-grid housing is almost always relegated to remote areas due to strict urban building codes and access to affordable land, but sometimes self-contained structures pop up in parks, on rooftops ...
Not So Sci-Fi: 12 Real Tech Innovations That Are Actually Pretty Creepy
Not so long ago, we made horror movies about invasive technology that was theoretical at the time, like RoboCop, Christine, Demon Seed and Videodrome. The 2002 sci-fi film Minority Report seemed ...
Urban Planet: How the Whole World Would Fit into a Single City or Structure
Cities often feel like dense and crowded places, and it is hard to imagine everyone on Earth living in urban environments let alone a single city or even (yes, it's possible) one gigantic ...
Forest Cities: Tree-Covered Urban Architecture to Combat Smog in China
A new series of treescrapers designed for Nanjing, China, aim to combat air pollution with plant-covered towers, but this bold vision may represent hubris more than hope. Architect Stefano ...
Better Than Before: 10 Unwanted Structures Transformed for New Uses
Creative conversion projects transform old disused structures like factories, churches, grain silos, cisterns and slaughterhouses for new purposes, helping them avoid demolition. Often ...
Extreme(ly Comfortable) Camping: 13 Rugged Off-Road Trailers
If the standard camping trailer just isn’t extreme enough for you, maybe a compact ‘bug out trailer’ with monster wheels, a full kitchen and a pop-up roof tent will satisfy your survivalist ...
