Category: Architecture

Painting

Artist spray paints intricate floor patterns to mimic traditional Catalan works

Awesome tiles in rundown places. That's how you get someone's attention. Javier De Riba is an artist with a knack for spray painting over floors and walls with intricate geometric patterns. It's amazing how perfectly crisp the...

By Umar Ansari · May. 19, 2014

Design

‘Vertical Forest’ architecture improves the urban environment

The vertical forest is a design for "metropolitan reforestation" by Boeri Studio's architects, Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra. Sited for Milan, Italy which has high air pollution, the planted greenery...

By Steph Guinan · May. 17, 2014

Architecture

Gorgeous watercolor-dipped birds by Moisés Hernández

Moisés Hernández's take on wood-carved birds is both minimalist and elegant. The Mexican designer is out with a series of sculptures titled "Immersed Birds." Each piece has been crafted out of a single wooden object with CNC...

By Umar Ansari · May. 09, 2014

Creativity

Mesmerizing helicopter views of Los Angeles by Dylan Schwartz

Taken from high above the city, Dylan Schwartz's aerial photography is mesmerizing. The creative Director and photographer based out of Los Angeles frequently takes helicopter rides at dawn and dusk, capturing breathtaking...

By Umar Ansari · May. 04, 2014

Architecture

Century old church gets turned into cool new skatepark

The church of Santa Barbara in Llanera, Asturias was originally built in 1912 by Asturian architect Manuel del Busto in 1912. It was recently salvaged and turned into a skate park. With help from Red Bull and crowdfunding, the...

By Umar Ansari · Apr. 30, 2014

Architecture

Stunning photos show six picturesque, must-visit small town destinations in France

France is a common tourist destination all year long, especially with favorites such as Nice, Paris, and Marseille. However, there is much to be seen and experienced from its lesser known, but equally captivating, smaller town...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Apr. 29, 2014

Architecture

Wave pavilion showcases the future of agriculture in China

Featured at this year’s Milan Expo 2015 is a new impressive pavilion constructed by China to educate the world on their agricultural policy. The structure is a wave shape surrounded by vegetation with a massive 4,590 square meters...

By Justin Crowe · Apr. 24, 2014

News

London Architects donate time, expertise and creativity to a worthy cause

As a part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, Urbanist Architecture is providing their expertise to 30 charities in order to support them through designing and building their projects. London’s premier...

By admin · Apr. 18, 2014

Architecture

Photos document the dazzling excess of Hong Kong’s neon sign culture

The lights, the color and the garish flash—this may be an unavoidable annoyance for urban living, but an opposite premise has been proposed by a Hong Kong museum. A new project by the museum M+ is celebrating the vibrance of neon...

By Steph Guinan · Apr. 17, 2014

Cute

Freelance photographer Kito Fujio documents sculptural play equipment around Japan

After quitting his job as an office worker in 2005, Kito Fujio became a freelance photographer. His latest series documents cement-molded play equipment scattered around Japan. Fujio has spent the last 12 years exploring...

By Umar Ansari · Apr. 16, 2014

Architecture

Power plant inside an apartment building proposed for Philly

An apartment building that produces its own energy? This innovative idea has been developed by architects Scott Allen and Kristina Buller at design firm Perkins + Will. By integrating a trash incinerator into their apartment...

By Steph Guinan · Apr. 16, 2014

Design

Architecture and landscape collide at Mosaic Park in China

Casanova + Hernandez Architects must have had the ol' "slow down and smell the roses" saying in mind when they designed the Ceramic Museum and Mosaic Park in Jinzhou, China. Inspired by the crackled glaze of ancient Chinese porcelain...

By Nhan Tran · Apr. 14, 2014

Architecture

Precarious yoshi bar made from thousands of stacked reeds

When heading out for a drink I would be thrilled to end up at this yoshi bar masterpiece. It was constructed by Naoya Matsumoto using thousands of reeds to form a decorative and functional enclosure. The entire social space is made...

By Justin Crowe · Apr. 11, 2014

Inspiration

Four seasons of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Fallingwater’ home

'Fallingwater' is a house designed in 1935 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The home, located in rural Pennsylvania, is built over a waterfall with structures that correspond with the natural surroundings. Strong horizontal...

By Nhan Tran · Apr. 11, 2014

Digital

Bizarrely and beautiful structures by Matthias Jung

It’s not easy visualizing fictional worlds. But for artist Matthias Jung, it’s a regular walk in the park, and a spectacular one at that. Specializing in the design of unusual architecture, the Germany-based designer is great...

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 28, 2014