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This Washington museum has been turned into a gigantic ball pit, and the...
If you are in Washington, D.C., and fancy a dip in the ocean, look no further. You could swim right in the heart of the city — in a pool of nearly one million translucent plastic balls that have been...
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You won't believe what this old truck can transform itself into
Whether it's mobility, versatility, or just giving up on the dream of living in a great big castle, tiny houses usually mean making sacrifices. But one family — Justin, Jola, and their son Piko —...
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Montreal made a full-size replica of the Sistine Chapel
Montreal (AFP) - A full-size recreation of the glorious Michelangelo frescoes that adorn the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel -- entirely in photographs -- will from Friday be on display in...
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33 ridiculously cool buildings of the future
The future of architecture is in for some spectacularly cool buildings.The World Architecture Festival (WAF) recently announced the 338 projects that are on its annual design awards shortlist. In...
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Beyoncé's curvaceous form inspired Australia's next skyscraper
Melbourne, Australia is about to get a "flawless" new addition to its skyline.Just approved by the city's planning commission, a skyscraper known as the Premier Tower is set to rise in the city's...
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The 20 most colorful cities in the world
No drab, gray skyscrapers here. We found beautiful photos of colorful city scenes and skylines from around the world.From Charleston to Havana, here are the most colorful cities in the world. SEE ALSO:...
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An engineer spent 3 years building the ultimate high-tech man cave
Jono Williams, a plastics engineer and graphic designer based on the north island of New Zealand, has built the ultimate man cave. Dubbed the "Skysphere," his getaway is a stunning steel tower...
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A Spanish artist's vision for sustainable architecture is straight out of the...
Spanish artist and architect Dionisio Gonzàlez has a rare talent for combining childlike glee and creativity with incredibly sophisticated structural design. This allows him to dream up structures that...
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An architect figured out a brilliant way to reuse thousands of empty beer...
Next time you're about to dump beer bottles in the recycling bin, consider that they could be used to make a house instead.Armed with $11,000 and 8,500 discarded beer bottles, Chinese architect Li...
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The Dutch are building an ambitious wind turbine you can live inside of
The Netherlands has been building windmills for some 800 years.But a new structure to be built in the port city of Rotterdam takes that tradition — and throws it into the future.At first glance, it...
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The 400-year history of the American home in one gorgeous chart
The average American family may be getting smaller and smaller, but the houses have grown bigger than ever. In the last 40 years, the single-family American house has expanded in area by 61%. If four...
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This 2,000-year-old city in Yemen is known as the ‘Manhattan of the desert’
Walking through narrow chaotic alleys dwarfed by soaring towers, few would estimate the age of Yemen's city of Shibam at nearly 1,700 years.Located in Yemen's central Hadhramaut district, Shibam has...
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Designers turned a Washington, DC, museum into a giant ball pit — and it...
Since July, people have been swimming in a pool of nearly 1 million translucent plastic balls in the middle of the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.The museum collaborated with Brooklyn-based...
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8 incredible structures that were built underground
From a vineyard nestled in the Andes mountains to an event venue built twenty-five feet below a Tennessee mansion, here are some of the most incredible subterranean structures around the world.Check...
View ArticleThis spaceship for the ocean will allow scientists to go into uncharted waters
French Architect Jacques Rougerie has designed a futuristic sea vessel, made for scientists to study underwater life. The SeaOrbiterhas 12 floors, six of which are below sea level. Each one cost $50...
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A renegade photographer got inside this lawless Chinese city 119 times denser...
In present-day China, the ongoing plan is to move 250 million people from farms into its developing megacities.That might boggle your mind, but the most heavily populated country in the world tends to...
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A renegade photographer got inside this lawless city 119 times denser than...
In present-day China, the ongoing plan is to move 250 million people from farms into its developing megacities.That might boggle your mind, but the most heavily populated country in the world tends to...
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22 beautiful photos of mirror houses disappearing into their surroundings
Like tiny houses before them, mirror houses are the latest architecture trend to make design blogs swoon. Though mirror-encased homes have mainly been cropping up in Europe over the last few years, US...
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How a giant ball keeps a Taipei skyscraper steady during 100-mph winds
Normally you'd never notice it, but all tall buildings sway a little in the wind.Scarcity of land is forcing us to build skyscrapers taller and build them on smaller and smaller bases. But the taller...
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APPLY NOW: Tech Insider is hiring paid interns in NY and SF to write about...
Are you curious to know why some cities flourish and others falter? Do you wonder how humanity will progress in the coming years and centuries?Tech Insider -- Business Insider's recently launched...
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