Designed for Drama: 13 Fresh New Modern Theaters
A modern take on the Roman Colosseum, an abstracted wood backdrop and a recycled pop-up theater in London are among the many diverse 21st-century auditoriums that are currently being built around ...
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Pop-Up Punch: 15 3-D Books Adults Will Love
Typography, architecture, fashion, sex and even Star Wars spring into vivid three-dimensional life on the pages of these 15 incredible pop-up books. Some might be made for children but are cool ...
Rural Underground: City Pops Up Beneath a German Field
Beneath one idyllic meadow field in rural Hamburg, Germany, a slumbering city hides. Its walls barely peek up above the surface of the soil; after dark, gentle light wafts up from the ...
Wavy WasteLandscape Installation Made of 65,000 CDs
Glistening like the scales of a terrifyingly enormous sea creature, the bizarre landscape covering the floor of the Centquatre art space in Paris is delightfully surreal. WasteLandscape is an art ...
Futuristic Fantasy Hotels: 14 Wild Concept Designs & Ideas
Who wouldn't want to stay in a hotel that's located on the sea floor, serviced by airships, precariously perched on a cliffside or adorned with a 10-story statue of a robotic Michael Jackson? ...
(Post)Modern Monuments: 20 Worthy Architectural Memorials
Rich in symbolism and rife with meaning, these 20 abstract modern monuments and memorials radiate emotion and respect. Many architectural monuments like Daniel Libeskind's addition to the Jewish ...
Pie in the Sky? Not in Dubai! 8 Mind-Blowing Projects
Dubai is one of the wealthiest of the 7 Arab Emirates, and it isn't averse to funding projects that boggle the mind. Where else can one go skiing in a desert? Or buy an entire island in the shape ...
More Money, More Art: 32 Currency Creations
Money art, including sculptures and collages made of coins or paper cash, proves that currency can be worth even more than its face value. These 32 works by 14 (more) artists were created by ...
Move Over, Sistine? 15 Stunning Modern Ceiling Designs
From the Vatican in Italy to ancient mosques in Iran, the world’s most beautiful ceilings tend to be intricate masterpieces created centuries ago with the brushstrokes of a famous painter, ...
Bunkers Ours: The Safe House is an Open & Shut Case
If maximum security is your aim but prison life just doesn't cut it, you might want to consider the Safe House. Designed by KWK Promes Architects and located just outside Warsaw, Poland, this ...
