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Vernacular Void: Wood Walls Warm Negative Space in Gray Brick Home

In a stark play of contrasts, a rich wooden passageway tunnels through this otherwise modern residence made up of small colorless masonry blocks, slicing like a house-shaped cookie cutter through ...

Mattest & Flattest: Blackest Paint You Can Buy Turns Solids into Voids

In a weird ongoing war over the blackest black and pinkest pink in the world, a new contender has hit the market -- and unlike Vantablack, anyone can purchase some to make really dark artwork ...

Art of Camouflage: Flying Bird Silhouettes Blend into Broken Window Voids

A boy aiming his slingshot into the sky seems to aim both at the broken windows of an abandoned building but also a series of birds that seem to appear in the gaps of cracked glass, transfixed in ...

Architectural Geodes: Subtractive Sculptor Carves Ornate Spaces

Combining the raw exterior remnants of source stones with the finely-tuned architectural details of sacred spaces, these marvelous fossil-like miniatures combine compelling elements of organic ...

Fifth Wall: Artist Uses Aerial Urban Voids as Blank Backdrops

In theater, the 'fourth wall' refers to the imaginary barrier between performers and their audience - the work of this illustrator evokes a kind of 'fifth wall', treating the sky above as ...

Hole in the Ground: 5 Ideas to Fill Downtown Chicago Spire Void

Designed by a world-famous architect, the Chicago Spire was set to be the second-tallest building in the world, but now that plans for its construction have been abandoned local firms are ...

Tiny Japanese Flip Books Filled with Secret Slots & Negative Spaces

Pushing the limits of the traditional printing craft, these stunning little Japanese flip books illustrate the power of slicing, splicing, zooming and panning, all to create a series of ...

Perspectival Street Artist Pierces People in New Photo Shoot

Known for his geometric art installations, Aakash Nihalani is back with a mind-bending sequence of shots that show humans interacting with his reality-warping work. In ...

Ship Shaped: Undergound Maritime Museum in Dry Dock Void

Using the existing vessel-shaped space of a six-decades-old dry dock, the Danish National Maritime Museum in Helsingor, Denmark takes visitors on a unique subterranean tour of the areas used to ...

Live Between Buildings: Narrow Micro-Homes Fill City Gaps

Playful yet thought-provoking, this project asks: what do we do with small leftover spaces in cities ... particularly in urban areas where even a few square feet of real estate can cost a ...

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