Drawing Sculptures: 3D Architectural Art Styled After 2D Sketches
This ongoing series of sculptural floating cities and suspended towns could be mistaken for pencil drawings when glanced on a wall or seen in a two-dimensional medium like ...
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Sketch in 3D: Remarkable Drawing App Gives Doodles Depth & Dimension
Programs like Sketchup have allowed amateur artists and architects to sculpt and design in three dimensions for years, but this app facilitates far more informal works that really look like ...
Scan to CAD: Software Turns Volumetric Snapshots into Usable 3D Models
Bringing a critical gap between 3D scanning technology and functional outputs for architects, designers and homeowners, Canvas can scan a room in minutes then generate useful CAD software ...
Fashionable Facades: 15 Buildings That Put On An Artistic Face
Instead of wearing the architectural equivalent of jeans and a t-shirt, these buildings treat their facades like high fashion to stand out from the crowd and make a visual statement. Artistic ...
Excavated Sanctuaries: Building Beneath a Protected Valley in Jordan
Preserving the natural beauty of a UNESCO-protected valley in the Jordanian desert, this underground architectural complex is designed burrow and branch out beneath the surface. This ...
Scrubbed: 10 Unclean Abandoned Soap Factories
These abandoned soap factories sure look filthy... if only there was something that could scrub away the dirt & grime, making them look shiny and new again. The old abandoned Wink ...
Paint it Black: 16 Mysterious Houses That Have Joined the Dark Side
Most people can be divided into two pretty clear-cut categories: those who think black houses are creepy in a bad way, and those who love them for all their mysterious allure. Victorian houses in ...
Small in Japan: Tokyo’s Unique Museum of Miniature Architectural Models
The first of its kind, this Japanese museum focuses exclusively on showcasing architectural models through rotating displays of miniatures, treating these crafted works as their own subset of ...
Record Breakers: 12 Legitimately Sky-Scraping Tower Projects
After a few years of recession-induced stalling, record-smashing skyscrapers are going up around the world at a steady pace, knocking each other out of the top positions every year or so. While ...
Spatial Bodies: Warped Architecture Bends & Twists Osaka Skyline
Imagine a world in which an abandoned city goes to seed, but rather than plants reclaiming buildings, the buildings grow and morph like unkempt weeds, twisting the skyline into impossible new ...
