Currently a concrete wasteland along most of its urban length, the Los Angeles River is set to get a dramatic billion-dollar makeover with the backing of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps has ...
Kowloon Walled City, the lawless metropolis just outside Hong Kong, was evacuated and destroyed - but there is still one place in the world where it can be experienced almost as it really was, in a ...
Unlike all of New York City's flashy and well-known museums, this particular exhibition space is grungy, quirky and easy to miss. Located in an abandoned freight elevator on the edge of the ...
Advertising is so ubiquitous that billboards aren't even restricted to fixed positions anymore; they're often found moving from one spot to another on trailers, always in search of those ...
Occupying an abandoned five-story apartment building in central Taipei, Ruin Academy is a living architectural laboratory where holes drilled in the walls let rain inside, plants grow from the ...
Electricity substations, bathrooms and other less-than-aesthetically pleasing public buildings can stand out as eyesores on the street, taking away from the beauty of their surroundings. Dutch ...
Street lights are a ubiquitous part of the urban landscape - so much so that most of us hardly notice their presence at all. What would happen if improving the aesthetics, functionality and ...
Crowd-watching is one of those perennial favorite activities that never seems to get old no matter how often you do it. For the 2011 Vancouver Celebration of Light, a popular annual fireworks ...
Navigating the unfamiliar streets of a new city, sometimes you just want to find a quiet place where you can take a breather and figure out what's next on your itinerary. And, chances are, you're ...
Urban environments are crowded with all kinds of sights that are so common they often just seem to fade into the background. Signs, buildings, cars, the odd package waiting on a doorstep - they ...
