London’s Serpentine gallery just unveiled five structures that will adorn the gallery’s surrounding green space later this year. Bjarke Ingels ‘unzipped wall’ style pavilion will be surrounded by four individual Summer Houses inspired by William Kent’s 1735 Queen Caroline’s Temple. The innovative architectural...
The Chinese government wants to officially put an end to the recent trend of bizarre architecture that’s swept the country. Years of strong economic growth had fueled a construction boom and the rise of strange and eye-catching architecture - from a teapot-shaped building to the Rem Koolhaas-designed CCTV skyscraper...
So, everyone knows that Mars is really far away, right? Right now, it takes months to travel the vast distance, but one scientist thinks there is a way to cut that down to half an hour. This wild idea belongs to Philip Lubin, a researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Experimental Cosmology...
You may soon be able to connect to the internet nothing more than a simple lamp. Li-Fi, or "light fidelity", is a new wireless technology that just premiered at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile tech fair - in Barcelona. French start-up Oledcomm says the new technology is 100 times faster than...
Teaching kids about environmental issues can be a fine balance: too little information and they miss the point, too much and they wake up with nightmares about tsunamis and hurricanes. A new 3D cartoon called Planet Blue will help parents strike that balance by combining laughter and heart-pounding adventures...
Death Valley is one of those places in the world that’s appropriately named. The hottest place on Earth, this desert frequently heats up to temperatures around 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet this spring, it’s home to a sudden explosion of millions of wildflowers. Many call it a 'super bloom.'
Martial Marquet and Judith Angel have designed Balise, a nomadic homeless shelter that can adapt to a variety of environments while providing all the necessary comforts of home. Developed for a competition that tackles homelessness launched by PEROU, the Balise design concept comprises two pop-up housing types—Solo...
Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo and Kaohsiung-based MAYU architects+ have just won a competition to design a 40 million Euro public library for the Taiwanese city of Tainan. Filled with natural light, the top-heavy tiered building will sport a beautiful double skin that displays an ancient city map as a nod...