Haul For One: U-Haul Adapts & Reuses Abandoned Buildings
U-Haul company's commitment to renovate and reuse abandoned buildings is not only economical, it also serves to revitalize post-industrial neighborhoods. One of U-Haul's most noteworthy ...
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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 ...
Rounded Market Hall: Huge Digital Mural Wraps 118,000 Sq Ft
A massive mixed use project in Rotterdam by MVRDV, this newly-opened building wraps vertically around an open central space but also features one of the largest works of art in the Netherlands: ...
‘RePack’ Name & Concept Copied, Repackaged by Design Student
The strange ongoing controversy around RePack has reached a conclusion, with Royal College of Art determining that the accused student is technically guilty of plagiarism and misconduct. While ...
5 Preservation Puzzles: Famous Architecture Facing Threats
This year alone we have learned that a Frank Lloyd Wright house must be moved 1,000 miles to protect it from floodwater, a Le Corbusier chapel has been vandalized and a seminal structure by ...
20 Million Sq Ft: World’s Biggest Building Opens in China
Night never comes to this massive complex newly constructed in China. Complete with its own artificial sun (as well as beaches and waves), the world's largest structure is not a skyscraper but a ...
Ground, Up! Curved Green Sky Gardens Wrap Tower Hotel
The best of both worlds: guests at this hotel get to enjoy skyscraper-high views and still experience layers of intensive greenery on virtually all levels. A series of sleek towers rises ...
Modular Bright Idea: Colorful São Paulo Sidewalk Tea Shop
A blend of fun, flexible, efficient and honest, The Gourmet Tea shop design in Brazil's biggest city is both regional and universal, responding to everyday needs for opening and closing while ...
Invisible Apparel: Material-Free Dresses Made of Light
Combining light art photography and high fashion, these show-stopping, runway-worthy gowns are invisible until completed, and manufactured without physical material. Atton Conrad sets the ...
Best Modern Photos: List of 12 Top Master Photographers
Somewhere between creative vision and recording a split second of time, master photographers manage to capture the very essence of their subjects. This amazing ability taps into our senses and ...
