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Cutting Loose: Crafty Paper Silhouettes Animate Architectural Landmarks

The built environment becomes the backdrop from all kinds of imaginative (if improbable) scenes when this London photographer adds a single layer to each of his images: a black piece of cut ...

Tikku: Three-Story Minimalist Micro Apartment Fits in a Single Parking Space

Proponents of our supposed driverless car-sharing future say the system could lead to a dramatic drop in the number of vehicles in our cities, so does that mean we’ll be able to fill our sudden ...

High-Design Pie: Complex Edible Works of Art You’d Actually Want to Eat

Instagram might have made it famous, but the fine art of crafting a delicious pie so intricate you’re almost loathe to cut into its crust is much older than the modern ‘food art’ trend. ...

All Fall Down: 2017’s Biggest Building Implosions

Our infrastructure may be falling apart but sometimes it falls faster AND according to plan thanks to building implosions – aka, controlled demolition. The Georgia Dome in ...

Steely Look: Weathering Metal Forest Retreat Uses Mesh to Foster Greenery

Reddish-brown corten steel compliments surrounding dark browns and lush greens in this Ukrainian forest retreat, its horizontal planes pushing the building out to meet the surrounding ...

Rollercoaster Railway: World’s Steepest Funicular Zooms Through the Swiss Snow

What if the entire journey on a rollercoaster consisted solely of the part where you’re slowly inching your way to a peak, holding your breath, waiting for the drop and speed that never comes? As ...

We Live Here: Light Art Helps Sydney Tower Residents Protest Gentrification

Residents of Waterloo Estate towers in Sydney, Australia, were given a uniquely visible voice this year amidst city plans to change the neighborhood. The #WeLiveHere2017 project gave 500 ...

Sunken City of Sin: Submerged Ruins of a Roman Playground for the Rich

Hidden at the bottom of Gulf of Naples in Italy for 1,700 years, the ancient Roman city of Baiae has been revealed to the world after divers were permitted to explore and photograph the site. ...

Stairs to Nowhere: 25 Architectural Relics That No Longer Make Sense

Useless, defunct and more than a little surreal, 'thomassons' are the remnants of architecture and infrastructure left behind during demolition to leave behind a ghostly imprint of the past. ...

Interloop: Vintage Wood Escalators Twisted into Works of Architectural Art

When famous buildings are demolished, like famous Louis Sullivan structures in Chicago, there's a scramble to collect all of the ornamental bits and pieces for preservation -- yet fewer people ...

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