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 ...
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Ghost Architecture: Building Demolition Photo Composites
Philadelphia native Andrew Evans takes pictures that give a new perspective on the processes of urban deconstruction, showing before, during and after images of once-proud civic ...
Skyscraper Squatters: Lessons from Ad Hoc Vertical Slums
Take abandoned office towers without occupants, on the one hand, while people all around sleeping on the streets, on the other. One deserted structure in downtown Caracas provides a fascinating ...
Shelf Hotel: Revolutionary Approach to Modular Architecture
In the early 20th Century, urban design was under siege by Modernists who thought they had it figured out, but made a critical mistake: setting their ideas in stone (or: glass and concrete) ...
Cement Bleak: Haunting Shadow Faces on the Sidewalk
Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk - cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. 'Cement Bleak' is an urban installation project by artist Isaac Cordal that employs street lights to ...
Floating Islands Add 100,000 Square Feet to Downtown Seoul
Many of the most densely-populated cities in the world reside along bodies of water, from canals and sounds to seas and oceans. Beyond merely extending solid ground, this three-island project ...
Power Tower Transforms into Robot: DOMA’s Neon Colossus
A massive power line tower in Buenos Aires, Argentina now has a glowing face, hands, shoulder spikes and heart thanks to a daring installation by Argentinean art collective DOMA. Known as ...
Beyond Beautification: Brazil Art Project Paints All the Things
Brazil is no stranger to paint-based urban interventions, of whichRio de Janeiro is frequently the focus, but the scope and scale of this project in particular truly boggles the brain. ...
Stair Rover: Smooth-Ride Skateboard Glides Down Steps
If you thought biking down stairs was hard, try skating a stairwell - or better yet: don't. At least not without this nifty device, that is. Designed by Po-Chih Lai (movie by Juriaan Booij), ...
What the Phonics? Device Pronounces Street Names
Have you ever asked for directions in an unfamiliar city, only to find that you've been pronouncing the street name all wrong? It's not hard to do even in a place that speaks your own language, ...
