Scalpel Cities: Urban Landscapes Made of Surgical Tools
Bird's-eye views of cities around the world, from Paris to Hong Kong, are visualized in the form of surgical tools like scalpels and skin graft blades against glossy black surfaces by famed ...
Tag: urban landscape
Leisure in the Sky: 13 Elevated Railway + Rooftop Parks
In cities where highways and high-rises have taken up virtually every square foot of real estate there is to be had, lush parks, pedestrian walkways and bike paths can be hard to come by. That's ...
Forgotten Cities: 7 Unbuilt Urban Wonders of the World
Hundreds of outlandish architectural proposals envisioned for cities around the world are rejected every year, but some are notable for their vision, controversial nature or sheer scale. Berlin, ...
Useful Billboards? Advertisements Extend Into Urban Space
At its best, advertising is entertaining, even useful. At its worst, it is invasive, abrasive, and perhaps even offensive. IBM's new campaign from Ogilvy France skirts the line, featuring public ...
Ruin Academy: Urban Lab in an Abandoned Building
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 ...
City Camouflage: Ugly Public Buildings in Disguise
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 ...
Urban LEGOs: Conceptual Cure for Civic Blight Blindness
Chances are, you'd notice all of the vacant lots in your city if massive LEGO structures were used to call attention to the wasted space. 'Habit Makes Us Blind' is a concept by Spanish studio ...
Train Station Infiltrated by the Spontaneous Order of Nature
Throughout human history, one of the most fundamental underlying purposes of urbanity has been to create a sense of control, engineering an escape from the innate danger and chaos of the natural ...
Urban Living Room: Feel at Home in Public Places
How can we get more people to leave the comfort of their homes to spend time getting to know their communities and appreciating public urban spaces? Artist Eddy Kaiser and the Theatre Group ...
Crowd Control: Cool Time Lapse Shows How People Gather
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 ...
