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In the 1920s El Lissitzky developed and proposed the idea of horizontal skyscapers — Wolkenbügels, o r “cloud-irons” — eight structures intended for the Boulevard Ring in Moscow. His logic was that as long as humans could not fly, moving horizontally was natural, and moving vertically was not. In an area where there is not significant…
Brutalism gets a bad rap for its over-bearing scale and sweater-snagging rawness. Polish studio Zupa grafika wants to challenge this perception by making several brutal icons of London into small, cut-out paper models. By introducing an element of arts and crafts (the pastime, not the movement), the foldable models cast brutalism as something miniaturized and makeable.…
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has just released its infographic charting the top ten states with the most LEED projects per capita built last year. Image via USGBC Congrats to Illinois for topping the list for 2014 — which shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the Prairie State’s track record for going green,…
A collection of courthouses that redefine the architecture of the judicial system.
Flying will never be the same again: SkyMall, the off-the-wall in-flight shopping catalog of things you don’t need, has filed for bankruptcy. It was the staple of long flights where you could find the wackiest products, like the Solafeet Foot Tanner or Hovertrax, a pair of Segway roller blades that you didn’t need, but you…
An IKEA video game, huh? Initial reviews say its more frustrating than IKEA IRL, with the potential to make you break down or bring your relationships to ruin — just like assembling the real thing. I wanted a piece of it. My editor advised me to spend a significant amount of time with it for…
Twice every year, fashion houses and ateliers reinvent themselves for the runway. With traditional s hows largely appropriated by the mainstream — see Zoolander — contemporary designers are expected to curate a novel experience that not only debuts the latest styles of that season but also offers spectacle and context through set design. Paris Fashion Week…
Chicago has been in the architectural news quite a bit lately. Image via art.newcity.com However, th e city might also be getting one other feather in its cap. Artist Matthew Haussler recently completed what might be the world’s longest hand-drawn picture maze, and its subject: Chicago’s lakefront. The 73 1/2 feet long by 3 feet tall…
Wearable cameras and point-of-view videos have opened our eyes to all sorts of new angles of viewing , including an eagle-eye view of the French Alps as it soars down a valley, all sorts of extreme sports videos that make your heart skip a beat, what sculptures in museums see, and even the first Google Glass…