All Fall Down: 2017’s Biggest Building Implosions
Our infrastructure may be falling apart but sometimes it falls faster AND according to plan thanks to building implosions – aka, controlled demolition. The Georgia Dome in ...
Tag: architecture
Facades Minus Architecture: Subtractive Photos Flatten Built Environments
In Facades 3, the latest in a series of such sets, French photographer Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy ones again visits flatland, imagining the world constructed like a stage set from virtually ...
Starchitect Spotlight: Olson Kundig’s Crystalline Modern Sensibilities
Each one of architectural firm Olson Kundig’s creations is in open dialogue with its environment, often integrating oversized glass doors that open wide to the outside world or sliding steel ...
Layers of New York City: 232,000-Picture Urban Time Lapse Remixes Day & Night
New York City never sleeps, they say, and this animation shows just how active the city is by day and at night, combining elements of both in one film that represents "22 Trips to New York, 352 ...
Mies Makeover: Artists Cover Barcelona Pavilion’s Marble Walls with White
A minimalist icon by Mies van der Rohe is becoming even more minimal thanks to a series of vinyl screens installed over its ornate marble walls, making the full-size building look like a blown-up ...
Dire Straights: 10 More Tilted Leaning Towers
Towers gonna tower, at least for a while. Just like rust, however, gravity never sleeps and these ten tipsy towers will sooner or later have a rude awakening. We see your Leaning Tower of ...
Darkroom Magic: How a Master Surrealist Shapes Scenes from Real Photos
His photographic manipulations are uncanny, creating bizarre effects and optical illusions, all while remaining highly realistic and (perhaps most impressively) quite true to the original ...
Arcaketecture: Algorithms & 3D-Printing Shape Deliciously Structural Cakes
Ukrainian pastry chef Dnara Kasko is at it again, this time with an algorithmically-modeled desert made up of 81 distinctly shaped pieces. Kakso drew inspiration from artists and engineers ...
Urban Miniatures: Graffiti-Tagged Architectural Model Features Gritty Detail
In a world of pristine and perfect model architecture, this replica of a locksmith in Taiwan boasts dirt, grime, graffiti and rickety structural details. Crafted by Joshua Smith ...
LightHotel: Mobile Shipping Container Room Fits Underutilized Urban Spaces
Designed for year-round use in the hot humid summers and icy cold winters of Minnesota's Twin Cities, the LightHotel represents an innovative and eco-friendly approach to on-demand ...
