Phantom City: App Provides Glimpse of Unbuilt NYC
A floating airport off Battery Park, a mile-high dome over Midtown Manhattan and a hulking Harlem in the sky… these structures may not actually exist in New York City, but tourists can still ...
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Dispatchwork: Patching World War 2 Damage with Legos
The stark contrast of monochromatic, crumbling stone buildings and small, colorful plastic toy blocks is especially jarring in Berlin, where evidence of the horrors of World War II is still ...
Fallen Empire: Dictator’s Destroyed & Recycled Palaces
It's a surreal, otherworldly scene: ornate palaces with the finest appointments being used as temporary shelter for American soldiers. The detritus of their everyday lives mingles with the ornate ...
The Futuro House: Space Age UFO Architecture Comes Home
Evoking images of flying saucers, interplanetary space pods and science fiction futurism, the Futuro house offered homeowners a chance to live in the future without ever leaving their front yards. ...
Concept Motorcycles: 20 Bad-Ass Bikes To Hope Get Built
Lean, mean and sometimes even green, concept motorcycles often make us want to head out on the highway and look for adventure. These bikes may not be quite ready to tear up the road as we zoom into ...
Playful Minitecture: 15 Ultra-Modern Dollhouse Designs
Dollhouses have a long history, beginning in the 17th century. They were originally used to display interior designs, but eventually came to be used as children's playthings. Today, they're still ...
18 Super Shipping Container Schools, Youth Centers & Hotels
Recycled shipping containers are known to building designers and architects for their low cost and ease of use. They have been used in the construction of homes, housing developments, offices and ...
Amazing Audio: 40 Sexy Speakers & Sweet System Designs
Home speakers were once ugly, boxy things that you hid away from sight because they did nothing for your décor. But smart designers have been working to make the home audio speaker an attractive ...
Work It: 30 Cargo Container Offices, Stores & Businesses
Shipping containers are great for living in, but how about working in one? Given the enormous success of low-cost, environmentally-friendly recycled shipping container homes, some architects and ...
20 Shipping Container Cities, Apartments & Emergency Shelters
Shipping container architecture is one of the biggest (relatively) new things in building these days. With the low cost, environmentally friendliness, and availability of the materials, it's no ...
