Rocky Ruins Reclaimed: 12 Mining Facilities Transformed
Abandoned subterranean pits once used to mine everything from gold to salt have been reclaimed as theme parks, restorative spas for asthmatics, data centers, cathedrals and even the world's ...
Tag: Architecture
New Frank Gehry Building So Ugly it Has to Wear a Paper Bag
Featuring over 300,000 custom-designed bricks, the latest work of one of the world's most famous architects is an impressive feat of engineering, but hard not to compare to a crumpled grocery ...
Faceted Facade: Crystaline Hotel Shaped Like Amethyst Geode
Grand or gaudy, brilliant or just big, this giant-sized, crystal-styled structure is to be the first in a series of gemstone-inspired hotels in which guest rooms are tucked behind colorful ...
Rustic Swiss Structure Hides Modern Underground Home
Set into a landscape of grassy hills and deteriorating stone walls, a rustic 200-year-old wood and stone structure hides a wholly unexpected modern residence. The renovation in Linescio, ...
Exocomet Express: How to Hitch Intersellar Rides on Comets
Gravitationally unbound to any star, resource-rich extrasolar comets could be the key to manned space flight beyond our solar system, providing a way for resourceful astronauts to hitch rides, ...
See Through Stone: 13 Aging Structures with Glass Extensions
The crumbling stone ruins of churches, farmhouses and barns are integrated into new structures that preserve and display their historic character while adding playful modern elements, like glass ...
Open Source Homes: 6 Free Plans Put High-End Design in Reach
Rendering luxury-class house designs accessible to the public is just part of the beauty of Paperhouses, an endeavor to raise the quality of free house plans and and explore the potentials for ...
Parasitic City: Micro-Metropolis Attaches Itself to a Bridge
As the economic divide grows and affordable land becomes more scarce, local residents could re-take outlying spaces and even iconic local structures with self-governed parasitic micro-cities. In ...
Project Sprawl: Mesmerizing Algo-Generated Game Architecture
Facing down the difficult challenge of creating an ever-changing urban gaming environment, this digital designer went with a cheap alternative that is aesthetically compelling and could have ...
1 Building Per Day: Crafting Paperholm, a Working Micro-City
The individual structures are impressive as is the fact that they have moving parts, but their rate of construction is particularly compelling: the man behind this project is creating an ...
