Before it was abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Pripyat was a thriving Ukrainian city with a population of nearly 50,000. The relatively sudden exodus of its inhabitants ...
If your city isn't meeting your needs, just hack it. Urban hacktivism is a form of creative, citizen-led problem solving that often goes behind the backs of officials and institutions to get ...
These traffic safety cones manage to rise above their innate urban utility by virtue of some – dare we say 'iconic' – conic characteristics. Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) in Chiang Rai ...
While many hotels are so lacking in personality, they could be located pretty much anywhere, these 14 thoughtfully designed tourist accommodations are infused in the character of their respective ...
If you're that person who's always asking for a ride or help moving, or you're just too crazy busy to go grocery shopping or clean your own house, there's a range of apps that could make your ...
Whether you want to get to know your own city on a deeper level or explore secret spots in unfamiliar places, this collection of smartphone apps will take you on adventures you'd otherwise miss. ...
The word 'facade' implies illusion, and that can be true even when it's used to refer to the faces of buildings, as secondary structures wrap around them like veils, obscuring their true form and ...
Flimsy and disposable, cardboard doesn’t exactly seem like a natural fit for applications like architecture, furniture, surfboards or bike helmets, yet these 13 unexpected applications show off ...
When planning out world travel, one typically dwells on destinations more than times, but some of the best sights can only been seen at a particular point in the day or, in the case of these ...
How many houses that you pass each day aren’t really houses at all, but just realistic-looking facades hiding a secret function? Speakeasies and secret clubs masquerade as run-down stores in ...
