Indulge in your James Bond fantasy and lounge in a 007-worthy suite complete with a revolver-shaped lamp, or step into the mind of famed fashion designer Christian Lacroix. When all of this and ...
For many of us - at least in America - the phrase 'portable school building' calls to mind squat, bland, beige trailers clad in vinyl siding and smelling of formaldehyde. Such buildings can seem ...
Tree houses, neon lights, robot sculptures and all-white rooms reminiscent of outer space: these loopy lodgings definitely can't be found at your local Holiday Inn. And why settle for a bland ...
It's no surprise that Brazil's favelas, or slums, can be bleak places to live. In one neighborhood, a sign on a wall ridden with bullet holes reads, 'Attention neighbors. In days of war, avoid ...
In Japan, the rooms aren't much larger than coffins – tiny stacked pods with beds, a television, a radio and little else. But one company is seeking to take that 'capsule hotel' concept and ...
They host some of the world's most exciting events and are often among the most massive structures in any given city – so why are stadiums themselves usually bland and boring? These 13 stadium ...
Much to the disappointment of pretty much everyone, we have yet to perfect the science of teleportation and no one has bothered to invent Futurama-type human pneumatic tubes. Until those things ...
On a dark and creepy island in the canals of Xochimico near Mexico City sits what might be the world's strangest and scariest tourist attraction ever. However, this sad island was never meant to ...
(image via: javier ortega figueiral) They stand like massive man-made skeletons, abandoned towers that were supposed to be luxurious high-rise residences, hotels and office buildings. The ghost ...
What connection does a discarded sweater on a subway have with the city in which it's found? For Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen, the used clothing of a city's inhabitants take shape as ...
