No Más: 15 Closed, Abandoned & Vacant Taco Bells
Don't make a run for the border, most of Taco Bell's 6,500 fast food restaurants are in the USA... not counting those that have been abandoned. ...
Tag: Architecture
Interact with Escher-Like Architecture in This iPad Game
Fantasy architectural structures inspired by M.C. Escher provide a playful setting for a fun iOS puzzle game called Monument Valley. Even if you aren't big on playing games on your phone or iPad, ...
Modular Retrofit: Bamboo Micro-Homes in Deserted Factories
A pragmatic twist on visionary plug-and-play architecture, this project combines a cheap and fast-growing material with existing (abandoned) infrastructure to address the extensive needs of ...
Dissected Buildings: Sliced Facades are All Appearances
Ghostly building facades seem to have been sliced right off the buildings that should be attached to them, their skinny silhouettes rising from street level against the laws of physics. These ...
Tsunami Ark: Handmade Flood-Proof Floating Wood Capsule
Former Facebook and PayPal employee Chris Robinson is two years into an epic backyard project rising behind his home in Palo Alto: a structure dubbed the Tsunamiball. A veteran of Silicon ...
Facing Destruction: Entire City to Be Relocated 2 Miles Away
No hoax, it is happening - 20,000 occupants of Kiruna, Sweden, are being forced to pull up stakes and relocate their entire urban center to avoid having it fall off the face of the ...
Sand Cities: Geometric Architecture Sculpted from Beaches
A serious step beyond traditional sand castles, these sculptural micro-structures range from simple sets of cubes to miniature buildings and architectural complexes. Calvin ...
5 Preservation Puzzles: Famous Architecture Facing Threats
This year alone we have learned that a Frank Lloyd Wright house must be moved 1,000 miles to protect it from floodwater, a Le Corbusier chapel has been vandalized and a seminal structure by ...
Algorithmic Architecture: 14 Complex Math-Based Structures
Mathematics are more integral to architecture than ever before, and as the methods of designing structures grow more complex, so do the calculations. As these fractal and parametric designs - ...
3-Story Floating School in Nigeria Rides on Recycled Barrels
256 plastic barrels support this multistory marvel, which stands up and out even amid a sea of buoyant and stilted architecture in this fishing village alongside Lagos, Nigeria's largest ...
