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We Live Here: Light Art Helps Sydney Tower Residents Protest Gentrification

Residents of Waterloo Estate towers in Sydney, Australia, were given a uniquely visible voice this year amidst city plans to change the neighborhood. The #WeLiveHere2017 project gave 500 ...

Shipping Shapes: Perspective Drawing Lines Form Containerized Landscapes

Anyone who has seen stacks of shipping containers and the huge cranes that move them at big ports knows they can make for a marvelous sight, but what happens when you overlay those rigid ...

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 ...

Unboxing Buildings: Dull Modern Facades Removed to Reveal Historic Decor

Modernist architects rejected brick, stone and iron ornament in favor of clean metal and brutalist concrete, and in some extreme cases went so far as to cover up old facades with more ...

Pop-Up Parking Garage & Rooftop Green Space Rises Higher When it Rains

Stormwater flooding, too few places to park and a lack of green space are three of the main issues plaguing every major city, and this strange but kind of brilliant building concept attempts to ...

MAD Architects Redesign Turns Ugly Paris Tower into Giant City-Scale Mirror

Tall, dark and brooding, the infamous Maine-Montparnasse Tower is an unexciting skyscraper, especially by Parisian standards, but that could all change if MAD Architects converts it into a ...

Cooling Cities: L.A. is Painting Streets White to Combat Heat Island Effects

Thanks in part to heat-absorbing materials and colors, cities tend to be warmer than their natural surroundings, and in hot places with lots of dark roads like Los Angeles that can prove a ...

Cellular Urbanism: Analyzing the Anatomy of Functional City Block Designs

We all understand intuitively that different urban layouts lead to different kinds of cities, but a new book analyzes these on a block-to-block basis to illustrate how this civic anatomy works on ...

Light Capsules: Projections Bring Building-Side ‘Ghost Signs’ Back to Life

Exposed to the elements, hand-painted signs on building exteriors chip, crack and fade over time, but one artist is shining a spotlight on these historic illustrations, restoring them through ...

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