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Artists in Residence: 18 Stunning Studios Designed for Cultivating Creativity

Shouldn't the settings of temporary artist residencies be just as creative as the art produced there? These structures include communal houses, remote huts, mobile studios, inhabitable ...

Imposing Architecture: Modern Loft Tower Looks Like a Ghost Ship

Looming above an industrial parcel near an abandoned railway terminal in Beirut, seven balconies jut out into the air like the hulls of stacked skeletal ships. ‘Plot #1282’ by DW5 Architects is ...

Spiky Shipping Container Home Blooms Like a Flower in the Joshua Tree Desert

Since shipping containers are made to be stacked, that’s how they’re usually arranged when reclaimed for architectural projects. It just makes sense, right? They fit together in a certain way. ...

No Windows, No Problem: These 12 Houses Are Bright, Beautiful & Private

Windowless houses might sound dark and depressing, but the careful control of apertures in a building’s facade can actually be a brilliant technique for enhancing privacy, making views more ...

Cylinder House: This Residence is Just a Cluster of Glass Tubes

You know those glass tubes at the bank drive-through that shoot your deposits and withdrawals back and forth between you and the tellers? This house is like living in a cluster of them. Sadly, ...

Laptop/Rooftop: Chicago Apple Store is Crowned with a Giant MacBook

Construction is in full swing on Chicago’s new Apple store by Foster + Partners, revealing a surprise design feature that wasn’t visible in the firm’s early renderings: a gigantic MacBook ...

The Big Bend: U-Shaped ‘World’s Longest Skyscraper’ is Intentionally Absurd

There’s lots of competition for the title of world’s tallest skyscraper, but does anyone care about the world’s longest - even when it extends vertically into an upside-down U shape? If you ...

Against All Odd (Shapes): 12 Homes Tailored to Tiny & Difficult Plots

Plots of land long considered too small and strangely shaped to build upon prove to be more valuable when they seem thanks to some creative thinking. Across the world (put particularly in cramped ...

Vessel: Climb This Sculptural NYC Landmark to Look Out Onto Hudson Yards

Unlike most of New York City’s standout architecture, this sculptural, almost alien-looking structure set to rise above the new Hudson Yards development will be open for the public to explore. ...

Bubble Buildings: 13 Structures You’ll Wish You Could Pop

Would the satisfaction that comes with popping bubble wrap scale up as the bubbles get larger and larger, until they’re big enough to cover entire buildings? These blobby bubble-shaped ...

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