Grave Footings: Modern Bridge Built on Thousands of Headstones
When the tide is low in the Delaware River, an unlikely sight emerges from the water: gravestones in various states of decay, serving to bolster the columns of a bridge spanning ...
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Tree of 40 Fruit: Fresh Interview with Nature’s Master Grafter
Seven years into his experiments, the living artworks of Sam Van Aken are bearing far more than just fruit, each new variant of the Tree of 40 Fruit building on experiences learned from the ...
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 ...
Converted Cockpit: Cockfighting Arena Turned into Sunken Garden
Traditionally legal in Peru, many citizens nonetheless find cockfights a morbid and gruesome affair and are thus celebrating the transformation of this sunken coliseum into a meditative and ...
Rustic Swiss Structure Hides Modern Underground Home
Set into a landscape of grassy hills and deteriorating stone walls, a rustic 200-year-old wood and stone structure hides a wholly unexpected modern residence. The renovation in Linescio, ...
See Through Stone: 13 Aging Structures with Glass Extensions
The crumbling stone ruins of churches, farmhouses and barns are integrated into new structures that preserve and display their historic character while adding playful modern elements, like glass ...
Tree of 40 Fruit: Single Plant Grown with Dozens of Grafts
Giving the phrase 'garden variety' a fresh new meaning for urban gardeners, this amazing hybrid plant makes it possible to raise dozens of types of produce on a single tree using low-tech ...
Flintstones Furniture: 15 Designs Made of Stone and Lava
Evoking the primitive furniture of mankind's cave-dwelling days, these tables, chairs, stools and desks feel massive and monolithic, yet many are surprisingly lightweight. Some are hewn from ...
Monument & Void: Massive Stone Museum of Mayan History
Commissioned for Guatemala City, this weighty megalithic structure is set to be the largest museum commemorating Mayan culture and history in Central America. Its architectural success, however, ...
Penthouse Mountain: Stone Villa Tops Chinese Condo Tower
Over six years, one dedicated man has constructed his dream house, complete with (presumably fake) boulders, trees, gardens, pools and ponds. It is the kind of luxury home (or man cave) you might ...
