What If? Apocalyptic Art Explores Ends of Industrial Worlds
What if we filled the world with nothing but cars, or skyscrapers, or if we simply started building an industrialized mountain (like a modern-day Tower of Babel) that reached forever ...
Tag: buildings
Hyperphotos: Architectural Hybrids Remix Built Environments
There is something almost mystical (or mythical) about these photographic collages, at once apparently realistic in content and seemingly impossible in composition. The Hyperphotos ...
Architectural Apocalypse: Famous Museums Seen After the Fall
Like that iconic scene in the original Planet of the Apes film, these artists have displaced great works of architecture in time and space to see what each museum might look like after the end of ...
10 in 1 Day: Chinese Homes 3D-Printed from Scraps Materials
Using recycled construction waste and rapid prototyping processes, a Chinese company is showing off how 3D printing technologies can be applied to building at astonishing new speeds and scales. ...
Cinematic Structures: Illustrating Famous Film Architecture
Some cinematic experiences are defined by their built environments, be it the minimalist architectural plan outlines of Dogville or the lavish Mid-Century Modern estate from the Big ...
Calling Home: 9 Towering Smartphone-Shaped Buildings
Does your high-rise apartment or office tower look like a mobile phone? These ones do, and you can bet smartphone users inside them get REALLY good reception. ...
Aren’t We Nautical: 10 Swell Ship-Shaped Buildings
From the fish out of water department: Landlubbers leery of getting their feet wet can live vicariously by visiting these 10 swell ship-shaped buildings. ...
Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments
Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed ...
Floors So Vain: The World’s Ten Tallest Vanity Heights
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH for short) has coined the term “vanity height” to describe the empty, unoccupied space atop the world's tallest towers. Here are the top ...
Scanning The Skyline: 10 Bizarre Barcode Buildings
You're gonna need a bigger scanner. These 10 larger than life Universal Product Barcode emblazoned buildings epitomize the digitization of modern society. ...
