The Bus Stops Here: 7 Transit Shelters by Famous Architects
Trading a free vacation for their design input, a series of world-renowned designers each contributed their vision of a bus shelter to a tiny town of just 1,000 residents in ...
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Broken Mirror: Shard Hotel Views Reflect Next-Door Rooms
Splintered corners, giving The Shard in London its iconic multifaceted look, are now also responsible for letting guests of Europe's tallest hotel see into the spaces of their nighttime ...
Groundless City: A Guidebook to Underground Hong Kong
Between raised walkways, subways, ferries, cable cars, a multi-block outdoor escalator and extensive double-decker bus system, it is possible to traverse a huge swath of Hong Kong without even ...
City vs. Suburb: Walking One Mile in Streets or Culs-de-sac
A tale of two neighborhoods, these graphics (and their hybrid) stunningly illustrate how much further you can get on foot when you take a walk through an urban grid versus the suburban sprawl ...
Urban Jungle Street View: 3D Hack Uses Hidden Depth Data
An explicitly illicit use of dimensional data buried in Google Street View, the Urban Jungle project adds eerie layers of post-apocalyptic green overgrowth to major cities around the ...
Tree-Inspired Tower: Condo Balconies Unfurl Like Leaves
An iconic new mixed-use development in the heart of Montpellier in southern France, L’Arbre Blanc (The White Tree) grew out of a design concept tied to the outdoor traditions of this temperate ...
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 ...
Micropolitan: Mini Model City Cycles 100,000 Cars Per Hour
Even when you can observe it fly by from outside, seemingly above the fray, experiencing rush hour traffic may not be as stress-free as you might imagine it would. But you can see and hear for ...
Urban Islet: Nordic Nature Retreat Floats in London Canal
Referencing rocky Nordic island sanctuaries, this platform is designed to provide a place to relax and observe local wildlife in the heart of a bustling city. The prefabricated structure was ...
Open-Source Street Store Offers Free Clothes for Homeless
Donated boxes of right-sized clothing can be a boon for those who cannot afford another choice, but this clever approach empowers people in need to choose their own apparel. The Street ...
