Ingenious and contagious, the idea is spreading: after it snows, document where cars do not go, then use that to understand where sidewalks and other public areas can be expanded without any ...
In some cities the slums run vertical while the rich build mansions on the precious ground, but in Mumbai, India, high-rise housing is considered premium real estate while the poor cobble ...
It can be hard to explain to someone from Europe or elsewhere just how vast and variegated the United States really is, but this short epic photo series is a great start. It depicts a series of ...
A photography project well over a decade in the making, these images by Joseph Blum show the human side and vast scale of construction behind the world's largest self-anchored suspension bridge, ...
When a free-standing building is razed there is often little left to tell its story, but in places where structures directly abut one another there are sometimes amazing traces of not just ...
Parkour and free-running are fine for athletic types, while planking and the lying-down game are great for lazies, but suspended somewhere in between we find the leisure dive. Blending the ...
Twice as dense as New York, and four times as crowded as London, Hong Kong is a fascinating mix of natural landscape edged by incredibly dense human construction. Michael Wolf, a German ...
While photo shoots can be meticulously staged, sometimes the best shots come with an element of surprise - particularly in the chaotic context of cities like New York an London. Architect ...
Towers convey power, and height is both literally and metaphorically connected to broader and better views - but here come kites to undermine that top-down view. Kite photography is ...
Massive power outages give us rare glimpses of darkened cities, but in normal conditions, there is simply no way to see the starry skies above the typical urban metropolis - but one photographer ...
