Bar The Rays: 15 Closed & Abandoned Tanning Salons
These closed and abandoned tanning salons, spas and studios made hay while the sun didn't shine but sooner or later they (and their clients) felt the burn. "Sun-Tan-Drews" may not have ...
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Incredible Grain Silo Transformation: Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
106 vertical concrete tubes making up a massive disused grain silo in Cape Town, South Africa are sliced and carved from the inside out to produce cathedral-like spaces in this incredible ...
Mobile E-Home: Solar-Powered Electric Motorhome Recharges on the Road
Electric vehicles are often limited by recharge options, a design problem this Dethleffs camper tackles with solar panels and German engineering. Their E.Home concept vehicle has a maximum ...
3D-Printed Muscle Straight Out of ‘Westworld’ Makes Robots More Realistic
If you watched HBO’s ‘Westworld’ earlier this year, you probably remember the scenes where the nascent humanoid robots were strung up on circular frames like Leonardo da Vinci’s ...
Concrete Like You’ve Never Seen It: 15 Unexpected Furniture & Object Designs
Concrete might typically be cold, hard, impersonal and impermeable, but treat it right and it'll soften right up into surprisingly comfortable, accessible and usable everyday items, from pens and ...
Zero-Carbon, All Bamboo Sports Hall Features Organic 50-Foot Trusses
A new sports hall in Thailand highlights the aesthetic power and physical strength of bamboo, a flexible and fast-growing natural material. In total, more carbon is captured in the bamboo than ...
Like a Music Festival, Minus the Dirt: Social Hostel Offers Indoor Camping
If you love the sense of community at multi-day outdoor music festivals like Glastonbury, Coachella and Bonnaroo but hate the mud, dust, noise and filthy porta-potties, this hostel was designed ...
Pop-Up Pavilions: 15 Playful Temporary Architecture Installations
Pavilions are like playgrounds for architects and designers, allowing them to show off what they can do when they really set their imaginations free. Unfettered by the typical limitations of a ...
Shopping Block: 19 Deservedly Abandoned British Stores
These charming British shops and boutiques just couldn't compete with big box stores but that's not the only reason they've bitten the biscuit. Why try owning and operating a store selling ...
Swiss Army Bed: The Ultimate Modular & Multifunctional Furniture Design
It's hard to imagine a more flexible and functional piece of furniture to spend a third of your life in than this one from Singapore, featuring an array of creature comforts and high-tech ...
