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Bike Over Traffic: World’s Longest Elevated Cycling Path Opens in China

China's first aerial bike path spans nearly five miles, raised over streets and highways and connecting six public transit hubs in the heart of Xiamen. If the new route is even close to as ...

Handle with Care: 10 Years of Fragile Glass Boxes Broken by FedEx

Packing and shipping artwork is a delicate and costly process, unless your intention is to create new pieces by allowing them to break along the way. Starting in 2005, artist Walead Beshty began ...

Urine for a Beautiful Day: Street Gardens Double as Public Pissoirs

‘Piss in peace’ is the tagline for the Urintrottoir, a recent addition to the streets of Paris that’s part urinal, part composter, part mini garden. City officials are hoping that offering ...

Clone Wars: How Star Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Inspired the Design of Naboo

Much of the magic of the Star Wars films derives from the fantastic landscapes and exotic built environments that serve as backdrops for its intergalactic tales of empires and rebellions. But ...

Wash, Raise, Repeat: Vertical Top-Loading Dishwasher Saves Time & Space

Dishwashers have become household items in many American homes but have changed little since their invention, leaving room for improvement (especially in cases where 'room' is an issue). Many of ...

Architectural Polychrome: Vintage Interactive Color Guidebook by Le Corbusier

Created by Le Corbusier, one of the most famous architects of the Modern movement, this vintage Polychromie Architecturale: Die Farbenklaviaturen book features interactive pop-up and pull-out ...

Santa Claustrophobia: The World’s Creepiest Santa Statues

The ho-ho-horror! Much like creepy clowns, these dark and disturbing Santa Claus statues cross the fine line separating awe-inspiring and just plain awful. One would think the bizarre ...

Sprawl Trilogy Redesign: Fractal City Covers for Classic Gibson Novels

Three classic cyberbunk books and a short story collection, all by William Gibson, are getting an apt makeover in the form of architectural covers featuring beautifully abstracted (if dystopian) ...

Cantilevered Cabin: Dizzying Alpine Shelter Hangs Off the Edge of a Cliff

Even someone brave enough to overcome fears of heights and climb a mountain may not have the stomach to spend the night in this suspended shelter on the edge of a vertigo-inducing ...

Scan to CAD: Software Turns Volumetric Snapshots into Usable 3D Models

Bringing a critical gap between 3D scanning technology and functional outputs for architects, designers and homeowners, Canvas can scan a room in minutes then generate useful CAD software ...

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