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Lizard Men at Work: Denver Airport Construction Signs Confirm Conspiracy Theories

The Denver International Airport has long been a hub of conspiracy theories, a number of which seem to be confirmed by signs put up by the DIA on walls blocking off areas under ...

60 Years Later: Original Le Corbusier Interior Design Vision Finally Realized

When Le Corbusier designed his Brutalist Unité d'Habitation structures in Marseilles and Berlin, the architect imagined these as models for the future of vertical urban living. But, as they ...

Shape-Shifting Chinese Smart Home Uses Open-Source Building Technology

Set in a traditional Beijing hutong, this cozy futuristic house has a shape-changing layout and employs construction techniques available for download on WikiHouse, an open-source architecture ...

Siberia Space: Russian Town Tints Its White Winter World

The tiny Siberian town of Ust-Yansk counters the pervasive whiteness of long & snowy winters by cladding its buildings in a rainbow of contrasting colors. To say Ust-Yansk is isolated ...

Haul For One: U-Haul Adapts & Reuses Abandoned Buildings

U-Haul company's commitment to renovate and reuse abandoned buildings is not only economical, it also serves to revitalize post-industrial neighborhoods. One of U-Haul's most noteworthy ...

Amazing Apartment Makeovers: 15 Brilliant & Beautiful Remodels

Sometimes it's hard to see the potential hidden behind a mess of drop ceilings, darkening partition walls and hideously dated kitchens, but the bones of a residential space can be more beautiful ...

Modernized Monument: Crumbling Medieval Tower Turned Library

Matte black steel and timber-clad stacked volumes fill in empty spaces throughout the medieval Torre del Borgo in northern Italy, a recent renovation stabilizing the crumbling stone walls and ...

Pure Gold: 24-Karat Art Center Highlights ‘Haunted House’

Part of a century-old distillery, a structure known as the ‘Haunted House’ now glimmers in the faintest of light thanks to its real 24 karat gold coating. Dutch architecture firm OMA adapted ...

Ruins of Crumbling Church Salvaged with Geometric Addition

A faceted glass structure clings to the ruins of a stone church in Santpedor, Spain, filling in a gaping hole that was created with the demolition of an adjacent convent. Built modestly by ...

Floating on Dry Land: 17 Derelict Houseboats Find New Home

Located in the north of Amsterdam, the recently-opened De Ceuval (conceptualized by Space&Matter) is a radical redevelopment project featuring homes, offices, restaurants and gardens, all ...

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