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14 (More!) Masters of Incredibly Intricate Cut Paper Art

Billowing clouds of cut paper installations that cast dream-like shadows on a gallery wall, delicate paper drawings plastered on gritty urban surfaces, complex layered sculptures of hand-sliced ...

Living In A Box: China’s Shipping Container Apartments

All across China, millions of migrant workers are on the move, looking for jobs and – once they've found them – places to live. At the same time, China's booming economy has generated a vast ...

Spiraling Tower of Babel Made of Books in Buenos Aires

Seven stories tall, this Tower of Babel is no long-lost artifact from biblical times but rather an artistic tribute to the city of Buenos Aires' new designation as 'World Book Capital 2011'. The ...

Sidewalk Disco: Wayfinding Lights to Dance Down Streets

Can you control a crowd with nothing more than an optical illusion? A group of researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications think so. They are developing a lenticular lens sidewalk ...

Eccentric Hideaway: Secret Underwater Room Lies Below a Lake

Urban explorers know that it isn't typically the readily-visible locations that hold the most intrigue; it is the hidden places unknown to most of the world. The places that most of us will never ...

8 On Demand Social Shopping Sites You Need to Share

Social media has sprung into the public consciousness like a bat out of a hell, and with it, has brought sweeping changes in the way people operate online. Social shopping, online marketplaces ...

Graphic Archi-Type: 14 Buildings & Cities Made of Text

The right minimalist sans-serif or swooping, elegant script typeface can be just as expressive as the words it spells out, and can sometimes even stand in for brushstrokes of paint and other ...

‘BUMPS In Beijing’: Breaking Free From Drab Slabs

Call it “urban jungle lite.” BUMPS In Beijing is a 5-building, mixed residential and commercial apartment complex located in the Chinese capital's prestigious Chaoyang District. Japanese ...

Signs of the Times: 13 Architectural Signage Designs

Signs aren't always an afterthought – sometimes they're integral to the design of the building itself, carved in towering letters right into the facade or even serving as structural support. ...

Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York

New York is one of the most culturally and architecturally fascinating cities in the world, as evidenced by the millions who flock there every year to get a taste of city life. One Australian ...

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