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Beyond the Centerline: Fantastical Urban Schemes Reimagine Road Medians

Central yet unused, the central median of New York City's Park Avenue is the subject of a series of spectacular and speculative redesigns -- from rock-climbing walls and waterfalls to kayak ...

Ultra-High Resolution: Epic 600-Megapixel Composite Photo of Manhattan

A remarkable composite with an incredible amount of detail, this photograph was assembled from nearly 200 different images of NYC representing 10,000 megapixels of data, all put together over the ...

Optical Illusion Crosswalk Aims to Slow Down Speedy Iceland Drivers

If you were zooming down a familiar street and suddenly saw a bunch of concrete steps floating in the street in front of you, would you hit the brakes? The strange sight would likely be enough to ...

California City: The Half-Built Desert Metropolis of the Golden State

It's the third-largest city in California by land area but most people (including many in CA) have never even heard of this mostly-empty desert oasis, home to around 15,000 people. It's not quite ...

Revitalizing the L.A. River: 7 Architects Envision Fresh Uses for Old Waterway

The Los Angeles river changes dramatically as it snakes into and through the city, and these different design proposals carry that legacy forward while envisioning new, user-friendly, flexible ...

Urban Blinds: Skyline Curtains Turn Bright Days into Dark City Nights

Casting pixelated patterns into day-lit rooms, these shades swap boring views (or overly bright days) for iconic scenes of metropolises at night. This particular set by HoleRole ...

Guerrilla Apparel: Pirate Printers Press Clothes to Painted Public Surfaces

A Berlin street art collective is hitting the streets of Europe again, touring major cities to turn infrastructural patterns into (quite literal) streetwear across the continent. Each of their ...

End of Elevated Parks? UK Garden Bridge & US Pier 55 Projects in Doubt

It has been a challenging few weeks for architect Thomas Heatherwick, whose proposals for elevated green urban spaces in both London and New York City face uncertain futures. While the specifics ...

Artistically Enabled: 18 Weird & Creative Handicapped Parking Signs

Blue & white Handicapped Parking signs and stencils are one of urban life's most familiar icons... and then there are those that have been creatively hacked. There's a fine line ...

Urban Planet: How the Whole World Would Fit into a Single City or Structure

Cities often feel like dense and crowded places, and it is hard to imagine everyone on Earth living in urban environments let alone a single city or even (yes, it's possible) one gigantic ...

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