Snowflake-Shaped Ski Dome Over River is World’s Largest
A six-armed, snowflake-shaped ski dome stretching across the river Gudenåen in Denmark would be the world's largest if constructed, besting the current record holder, Ski Dubai, by at least ...
Tag: Architecture
Dynamic Shape-Shifting D*Haus Rotates to Follow the Sun
The shape-shifting D*Haus by UK designers David Ben Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson morphs and rotates to remain comfortable during all hours of the day, and all seasons. Designed as an homage to ...
Slim Living: World’s Thinnest House is Just Four Feet Wide
A four-foot-wide space between two buildings in Warsaw, Poland has become the world's thinnest house. Architect Jakub Szczesny built a series of vertical spaces into the void including a kitchen, ...
Super Skyscrapers! 20 Concept Towers That Reach Sky High
Architects are all dreamers. While their special projects and grand ideas often aren't considered practical enough to be created, looking at their concepts is a great way to see the potential ...
Cities on Rails: Mobile Master Plan Turns Trains into Towns
Modular thinking is brilliant and infectious, expanding and spreading from industrial-revolution technologies to three-dimensional printing and beyond. But how big can modularity get? Imagine the ...
Home Mathematics: 12 Fractal Furniture & Architecture Designs
Geometry lies at the core of every design process, and as computer-aided design becomes more common, the patterns that can be found in architecture, furniture and home decor grow increasingly ...
Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs
Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close association of modernism and minimalism. Led by Herzog & De ...
Japan’s Urban Spaceship: The Omiya Rocket Building
Let's do launch! The shiny, streamlined, sc-fi styled Rocket Building dominates an otherwise unremarkable downtown street near Omiya Station in Saitama, just north of Tokyo, Japan. Home to rental ...
Rebuilding Infrastructure: Viaduct turned Holiday Home
Construction on the highway from Salerno to Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy began int he 1960s - and it's still not finished. A stretch that has been abandoned for decades includes a viaduct ...
Black Buildings: 15 Examples of Monochromatic Architecture
Solid black isn't a typical choice for most architecture. It's stark and imposing, seeming to send a message that booms 'go away.' But sometimes, it works. These 15 all-black monochromatic ...
