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Ribbon of Light: Replacing LA’s Most Iconic Historical Bridge

Quite possibly the most filmed and photographed bridge in the world, the Sixth Street Viaduct, spanning the Los Angeles River, is a challenging icon to replace, but the Ribbon of Light aims to ...

Iconic Camouflage: Painted People Disappear into Cityscapes

Unlike some other prominent artists working with more seamless urban camouflage in strange or offbeat settings, this work in NYC by Trina Merry allows for curves and distortions, and operates ...

Chinese President Calls for End to “Weird Architecture” Trend

After years of both importing famous designers and copying strange structures from abroad, Xi Jinping, the leader of China's Communist Party has declared an end to offbeat construction projects ...

Cracked-Earth Desert Canopy Shelters Underground Oasis

Splitting at the seams like sections of sun-baked desert, this expansive park opens to the sky between a network of gaps and provides shade for people and plant life below. A sunken oasis ...

Dark Tower: Decay Inside Africa’s Tallest Apartment Complex

Before a long descent into darkness, the cylindrical Ponte City Apartments began life as a luxurious tribute to growth and wealth in Johannesburg , filled with envy-worthy units looking out in ...

Panoramic Rainbow: Circular Space Spans Color Spectrum

Rainbows on the horizon are impossible to approach, let alone pass through - they flicker and fade like phantoms, except in the case of this iconic space. Your Rainbow Panorama by Olafur ...

Brand Re-Versioning: Trading Logos with the Competition

Our brains recognize brands before we even get to the text ... but what happens when that second of the process process yields the reverse of what we expect? In this series of experimental ...

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