Outta Sight: 15 Closed & Abandoned Opticians
The optics are all wrong when it comes to these closed and abandoned opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologist shops as anyone can clearly see. There's no optician like an Ophthalmic ...
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Fading To Black: 13 Abandoned TV Repair Shops
TV repair shops, once fixtures of our tuned-in society, have faded away as televisions became more reliable and the broadcast medium itself lost its relevance. Take Milbee Radio & ...
Butcher Chopped: 15 Bloody Unusual Meat Markets
Traditional independent meat markets are dying off faster than the products they serve, though these 15 unusual butcher shops somehow managed to make the cut. ...
Red Ink: 10 Closed & Abandoned Tattoo Parlors, Studios & Shops
Tattoos and tattooists have made their mark on society – pun intended – but what happens to your neighborhood tattoo parlor when the ink finally runs dry? ...
No Perking: 15 Drained Dry Abandoned Coffee Shops
These 15 drained, disused & abandoned coffee shops recall a kinder, gentler, perkier time before Starbucks rebrewed the latte lover's landscape. ...
Unboxing: Angled Metal-Clad Canopy Hints at Surprises in Store
There is nothing like a good mystery to draw people in, but adapting that maxim in an architectural context flies in the face of convention, making this barely-open-box building all the more ...
Table for Two: Window as Bridge & Barrier Between Shared Seat
Putting you in the spotlight with a stranger, this installation in New York City is a perhaps-paradoxical commentary on both connection and isolation in urban environments. Located at 7th ...
Floor-to-Wall Books: Dizzying Sideways Cafe Design in NYC
Looking like a bookshop flipped ninety degrees, this coffee shop stands out even in Manhattan, a world of off-the-wall spaces and strange conceptual designs. This new location ...
Topographic Interiors: Pair of Stacked Plywood Storefronts
This set of two spaces in Osaka, an information hub and public cafe, each employs layers of horizontal wooden sheets that stack up vertically to form seating, shelves, standing desks and work ...
Colorful Pop-Up: City Farm Storefront for Produce & Plants
This competition-winning design uses upcycled materials to frame a street-facing experience, in part through a fresh take on 'window shopping'. Its aim: to create a unique and ...
