Germany’s Coolest Hotels, From Kitschy to Ultramodern
Traveling to Germany soon on business or vacation – or just want to engage in a little virtual tourism on your lunch break? These 13 awesome hotels and hostels represent the incredibly fun, ...
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Remembered Spaces: Abandoned Buildings Transformed Into Art
The collapse of industries on which entire towns rely can have epic, far-reaching effects. While Detroit may be the most-discussed example of industrial collapse and subsequent economic ruin, ...
Fine Faux Finishes: Awesome Plywood & MDF Architecture
Plywood and other manufactured wood building materials are like the undergarments of architecture – foundational elements that are then covered with a more stylish, finished layer. But their ...
Crisp White Angular Cantilevered ‘House R’ in Germany
Crisp and clean, 'House R' by architecture studio Bembé Dellinger looks right at home in the snowy winter landscape of Schondorf, Germany. Perched on the edge of Lake Ammersee, the multi-story ...
The Empty City of Ordos, China: A Modern Ghost Town
It's been called the Dubai of northern China, showered with wealth, packed with public infrastructure and located near to precious natural resources in a region plagued by water-supply troubles. ...
Stealth Health: American Family Planning Clinic Architecture
The issue of abortion continues to divide Americans but architects who design family planning clinics also face a delicate dilemma: how to make their buildings welcoming for patients yet at the ...
Rolling Out a Master Plan: Movable City Runs on Rails
Imagine a city in motion, where not a single building is anchored to the ground, with hotels, event halls and other structures all on rails and movable at will. That's the vision behind 'A ...
Hunker in the Bunker: 15 Cool Converted Concrete Shelters
Once, they were bomb shelters, fortified underground structures that housed military operations or nuclear warheads. Today, they're apartment buildings, tea houses, hotels and art galleries. ...
Information Illustrated: 14 Infographics & Data Vis Ideas
Write out a paragraph explaining how various telecom companies are suing each other, and it might be hard to grasp just how interconnected all those lawsuits are. But break that same information ...
Detroit’s Michigan Theater: A Most Beautiful Parking Lot
It was built upon the birthplace of the Ford automobile, so perhaps it's fitting that Detroit's Michigan Theater is now a parking lot - except that such a use seems to be such a terrible waste ...
