Commercial Break: 8 Abandoned TV Stations & Studios
The golden age of television has long since passed, especially for these 8 abandoned TV stations whose cameras have permanently put on their lens caps. ...
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Rounded Market Hall: Huge Digital Mural Wraps 118,000 Sq Ft
A massive mixed use project in Rotterdam by MVRDV, this newly-opened building wraps vertically around an open central space but also features one of the largest works of art in the Netherlands: ...
Railroaded: 9 Nifty Abandoned Train Car Graveyards
Where do obsolete trains go when they die? Many end up in railroad graveyards where these former station-stopping locomotives stay stopped and stationary. ...
Super Skyscrapers! 20 Concept Towers That Reach Sky High
Architects are all dreamers. While their special projects and grand ideas often aren't considered practical enough to be created, looking at their concepts is a great way to see the potential ...
Betaville: Crowdsourcing Urban Design with Online Gaming
How can urban planners allow city officials, architects, builders and neighborhood residents to collaborate equally on new development projects? Online gaming. An unprecedented new program ...
Building a Better Burb: How to Fix Failing Suburban Towns
It's a reality that sneaked up on some of us, but others saw it coming for decades. Either way, it's now undeniable: the old suburbs just aren't what they used to be. We once longed to get away ...
Clean Vandals: Invisible Paint & Reverse Graffiti Artists Work in Gray Areas
The word "graffiti" usually conjures images of people with spray cans illegally making murals or jotting down tags using colorful paints. A lot artistic interventions use other tools and ...
Localvore Revolution: Vertical Urban Farms Promise to Deliver Greener Produce
In Newark, New Jersey, a large and deceptively nondescript building is redefining the Garden State, producing millions of pounds of food per year just outside of Manhattan. This 70,000 square ...
Retail Turnover: Suburban Megastores Remade into Libraries, Schools & Shelters
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 ...
Deciphering Cities: The Secret Languages of Utility Markings, Hobo Codes & Graffiti Tags
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 ...
