Absolut Brilliance: Vodka Shipping Containers to Workspaces
Four bright blue shipping containers formerly used to transport Absolut vodka have become ‘Creative Space,’ a versatile series of workspaces at the company’s headquarters in Åhus, ...
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Foundation for World’s Tallest Building Converted to Fish Farm
Ambitious plans construct Sky City in China, designed to be the highest skyscraper in the world and built in just 90 days, stalled at the outset over 2 years ago, leading to an unusual array of ...
Course Correction: Deserted Golf Greens into Solar Power Plants
Derelict putting greens will be put to greener uses in Japan, where an abandoned golf course near Kyoto is being converted to the area's largest solar energy-generating facility. Solar ...
Black Gold: Turning Oil Tankers into Giant Land Architecture
For an inevitable future when oil gives out in the Middle East (or nautical supply chains are replaced by pipes), a series of designers have envisioned creative ways to reuse the behemoths that ...
Adult Erector Sets: Toymaker Now Sells DIY Furniture Part Kits
Combining elements of IKEA ingenuity and their own classic line of modular toys, Meccano (makers of Erector Sets) is now offering a new type of do-it-yourself furniture modeled on their own ...
Luxury Retrofit: New 440-Square-Foot Condo Hidden in Old Garage
Boxed in on both sides, this once-homely little garage space is now a cozy high-end condo, its rusted white corrugated metal front replaced with a still-concealing wood facade serving to hide ...
The Under Line: Derelict London Tube Tunnels as Public Paths
Transforming unused sections of the London Underground, this bold proposal envisions a network of subterranean paths for pedestrians and cyclists as well as spaces for pop-up shops, cafes ...
Bracket All the Things: Reclaimed-Surface Tables & Shelves
What started as a set of infinitely-flexible table legs has now spawned a second but equally stellar sibling design: a series of wall brackets that let you turn scraps into shelving and switch ...
Casa Futebol: Design to Deploy Housing in World Cup Stadiums
Imagine converting the circumferential spaces of sports stadiums into a plug-and-play system of modular residential units, leaving their open centers for use as open sports surfaces, green ...
16 Cap Redesigns Give 2nd Lives to 40,000 Used Cola Bottles
Aimed at promoting the creative reuse of plastic bottles, Coca-Cola has launched a project to give away caps that convert discarded drink containers to fun and practical alternative ...
