MAD reactivates an abandoned Japanese tunnel using surreal immersive art
How do you bring young people back into Japan’s rural areas? One popular answer seems to be with art and architecture....
A Michigan farmhouse is reborn as a beautiful modern vacation retreat
A city-dwelling family in need of rural respite reached out to Von Weise Associates to make their country escape...
An old London chapel is reborn into a modern home and artist studio
UK architect Alexander Nikjoo has breathed new life into a Victorian chapel by transforming it into a contemporary...
Olafur Eliasson unveils his first building, a sculptural stunner in Denmark
The prolific Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has unveiled his first building—a sculptural castle-like...
Artist upcycles discarded cassette tapes into eco-friendly MusicCloth®
When Singaporean artist and founder of Rehyphen® Jessica Chuan Yi Xin stumbled upon a stash of forgotten cassette...
This is how high NYC’s sea levels will rise if we don’t take climate action
Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world's cities if we do nothing —...
Green-roofed house blends beautifully into a Mediterranean landscape
Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio completed a beautiful new home for artists in Sicily complements its Mediterranean environment...
Scottish home built on a tight budget oozes cool utilitarian vibes
When Rural Design Architects was approached by clients looking for a self-build on a very tight budget, the local...
Controversial artist seeks to build a UFO-like house near Edvard Munch’s studio
For the last years of his life, world-renowned artist Edvard Munch lived in a remote cabin in a forest outside...
Elegant cork-clad artists’ studio slots into a bijou London garden
This lovely little garden hut serves as a shared workspace for a musician and seamstress couple in north London....
“Cannabis walls” add warmth to this eco-friendly home in Israel
Cannabis is good for more than just medicine—industrial hemp has its uses in eco-friendly architecture too. Haifa-based...
Former chicken coop transformed into a backyard artist’s studio in Berlin
We’ve heard of horse stables transformed into dwellings for people, but converted chicken coops are a first....
Brilliant zero-energy air conditioner in India is beautiful and functional
New Delhi-based Ant Studio made a zero-electricity air conditioner to combat the brutally hot summers in India’s...
Frank Gehry’s twisting, mountainous skyscraper takes shape at LUMA Arles
New photos of Frank Gehry's tower at LUMA Arles show a mountainous, twisting structure taking shape on the 16-acre...
This farm in New York only grows food for donation (10 tons and counting)
Artist Dan Colen needed an escape from New York City. So he purchased Sky High Farm in New York's Hudson Valley...
This interactive woven canopy at MoMA PS1 changes colors as the sun sets
New Yorkers looking for a place to cool off during the summer will do well to duck into Long Island City’s MoMA...
World’s most active volcano harbors a tiny off-grid home—and you can stay overnight
The Phoenix House is a tiny off-grid home that truly befits its name. Rising from the ashes of the world’s most...
Students design beautiful homes for mass-production at just $20,000 each
High-quality design and affordability don’t have to be mutually exclusive—just ask the architecture students...
Red Hook Passive House music studio will use 90% less energy than buildings built to code
If Passive Home design is music to your ears, you'll think architect Ryan Enschede's new Red Hook music studio...
This lush, green backyard office is a dream artist’s studio hidden in a San Francisco garden
Scott Lewis Landscape Architects were tapped for this Presidio neighborhood townhouse garden renovation after working...
Hear the sounds of space in StudioKCA’s NASA Orbit Pavilion in Los Angeles
Created in collaboration with Shane Myrbeck of Arup and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, StudioKCA’s NASA...
“Eyesore” garage transformed into a stunning waterfall illusion in Lithuania
The 4th annual Vilnius Street Art Festival in Lithuania is all about changing perceptions of existing city structures....
Street artist makes this Lithuania trolleybus vanish for a fleeting moment every day
The streets of Vilnius, Lithuania are connected by a system of trolleybuses, one of which is receiving a captivating...
Plants grow and chickens roam inside this barn turned artist studio
The studio sits on a vineyard in Sebastopol, blending with the surroundings thanks to its vernacular architecture. The...
A daylit extension with a lush indoor garden “grows” out of an artist’s studio in California
The new 720-square-foot extension adds domestic spaces to the main structure, which houses a 2,500-square-foot...
SCAD artist turns recycled materials into giant puppets to revitalize a historic French village
https://vimeo.com/174097575 Founded in 2002, SCAD Lacoste is a study abroad campus set in a medieval village...
Denmark’s 116-year-old lighthouse transformed into a giant kaleidoscope
http://vimeo.com/171521055 Having first been lit in 1900, the lighthouse was abandoned for years prior to this...
Pottery studio in Vietnam sheltered by a perforated cube of clay bricks
The three-story building, inspired by traditional Vietnamese architecture and the surrounding ecology, is located...
Artist covers abandoned Rockaway building in a splash of fiery sunset colors
As the artist and her team painted the structure, which is located on the former Fort Tilden military base, they...
Tiny Transforming Apartment Maximizes Space for an Artist in Tel Aviv
The artist’s studio is nestled within a 1950s concrete building in Tel Aviv which has particularly problematic...