Pizza Hurt: 12 Stale & Crusty Abandoned Pizza Hut Stores
Pizza Hut has over 11,000 restaurants worldwide but it once had even more... until these dirty dozen outlets were abandoned like a leftover stuffed crust slice. ...
Tag: architecture
Dr. Seuss Tower House: Storybook Structure Grew with the Trees
One odd slightly off-kilter story after another was added to this once-modest house in Alaska as the trees decimated by a wildfire grew taller and taller, the owner insistent upon maintaining his ...
Checked Out: Ten Permanently Vacant Abandoned Motels
Motels have been in decline for decades – even Norman Bates knew that – and these abandoned motels illustrate a fundamental shift in travel trends. ...
Deceptively Reflective: 12 Mirrored Buildings Trick the Eye
Intentionally fooling the eye to either completely disorient you or focus your vision on a certain part of a scene, these mirrored buildings reflect their surroundings, often seeming to disappear ...
Wax On, Wax Off: 12 Closed & Deserted Drive-Thru Car Washes
Abandoned car washes are oddly abundant - you'd think they invented the self-cleaning car! Here are 12 more car-less washes left high, dry and brushed-off. ...
Iconic Camouflage: Painted People Disappear into Cityscapes
Unlike some other prominent artists working with more seamless urban camouflage in strange or offbeat settings, this work in NYC by Trina Merry allows for curves and distortions, and operates ...
Extreme Cliff Living: Modular House Dangles Precariously
Only the uppermost portion of this ambitious five-level home is visible when approaching from land, preserving the views for others and making for one dramatic way to live adjacent to the sea. ...
Experimental Architecture: 14 Boundary-Pushing Pavilions
Before a new form of architecture can be executed on a large scale, it has to be demonstrated through smaller structures, making temporary pavilions an ideal way to experiment. These 14 pavilions ...
House of Metal: 15 Steel and Aluminum-Clad Residences
Durable, reflective and often becoming even more beautiful with exposure to the elements, metal is an unusual choice in exterior treatment for houses. These 15 metallic residences range from ...
No Lot Too Challenging: 13 Ingenious Odd-Shaped Houses
The lot purchased by a homeowner might be seemingly impossible - clinging to a sheer cliff, squeezing into tight spaces, or consisting of an odd geometric shape - but by god, architects will find ...
