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Retrofitting Ruins: Designer Turns 6 Abandonments into Modern Dwellings

The question of what to do with ruins is as old as architecture, and answers range from demolition to meticulous reconstruction, or: cleverly combining what's there with something new and ...

Modulofts: Sliding Walls Divide Interior Space & Provide Exterior Shade

A new housing project in Beirut uses flexible wall dividers in an unconventional way, allowing huge steel panels to slide into and out of the structure itself, animating the facade while ...

Totally Tubular: Industrial Furniture Engineered from Ventilation Ducts

A series of industrial steel ventilation pipes and copper sheet stripped from a scrapyard come together in this industrial-style furniture design dubbed "Tubular." Typically used for heating, ...

684 Miles of Wire: Robots Complete World’s First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge

Weighing close to 10,000 pounds, the complex shape and curvy form of this stainless steel bridge reflects the multi-axis printers that made it, line by molten line, and help highlight the ...

Love Your Work: Patterned Hammerhead Leaves Heart-Shaped Impressions

We all want to make a good first impression then leave a mark when we're done, particularly when it comes to a labor of love, and what better way than with this custom-designed ...

Mirrored Minimalism: Glass Retreat Reflects Surrounding Forest Landscape

Cozy on the inside and virtually invisible on the outside, this Modernist home has a reflective facade allowing it to blend in with the natural environment. Meanwhile, residents can enjoy views ...

Steely Look: Weathering Metal Forest Retreat Uses Mesh to Foster Greenery

Reddish-brown corten steel compliments surrounding dark browns and lush greens in this Ukrainian forest retreat, its horizontal planes pushing the building out to meet the surrounding ...

42 Buried Buses Form North America’s Largest Underground Nuclear Fallout Bunker

Composed of dozens of school buses surrounded with concrete, there may not be room for two of every Earthly animal in this "Ark Two" but there is space for around 500 humans (kids and adults) to ...

Mobile Urbanism: Wheeled Benches & Planters Let Public Reconfigure Square

A former parking has become a Green Oasis in front of Poznan, Poland's city hall, but beyond providing seating and greenery the redesign adds another key element: effectively endless ...

Capping Chernobyl: Nuclear Disaster Site Covered in Giant Protective Dome

In an unprecedented feat of engineering, the world's most infamous nuclear disaster site has been covered by a huge prefabricated steel arch designed to shield the world from its fallout. Made ...

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