Derelict building is wrapped in tin foil to protest lack of affordable housing in Warsaw
Polish-born artist Piotr Janowski has become well-known for turning buildings and even entire locomotives into...
Recyclable art pavilion made of mesh pops up in Kolkata
West Bengal’s biggest annual festival recently saw the addition of a strikingly contemporary pavilion that is...
A glowing river of books creates a traffic-free haven in Ann Arbor
In their latest installment of Literature vs Traffic, Spanish design collective luzinterruptus transformed a major...
Luminous LEDs transform Prague’s historic Mirror Chapel into an interactive art space
The lavish interiors of Prague, Czech Republic’s Mirror Chapel were recently transformed into a psychedelic art...
Studio Roosegaarde’s laser light art tracks floating space waste in the sky
A dazzling neon green light show is illuminating the night skies in Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s latest...
Striking, solar-powered LA roundabout manages stormwater runoff with art
Public art and stormwater management go hand-in-hand in the Riverside Roundabout, an intersection that’s far...
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....
Twisting tree-like sculptures redefine a public space in Montreal
Giant twisting tree-like sculptures have sprouted in downtown Montreal—and passersby are welcome to climb to...
Abandoned 400-year-old Greek ruins transformed with brilliant bursts of color
Artists Thomas Granseuer and Tomislav Topic of the multidisciplinary German design practice Quintessenz have transformed...
This stunning underwater art museum is now open in the Maldives
British environmental artist Jason deCaires Taylor recently completed his latest work, and it's his most stunning...
Colorful raised gardens bring greenery and shelter to the Thames riverfront
Cities across the world are reclaiming their waterfronts - and that includes London, where a series of verdant...
Massive tree-like sculpture takes over Switzerland’s largest train station
An explosion of color has taken over the central train station in Zurich, Switzerland. In collaboration with the...
UN Environment and Yale present a sustainable tiny home in NYC
U.N. Environment and Yale University’s School of Architecture has unveiled an innovative tiny home that explores...
This vibrant, waterproof pavilion floats along the canal at the 2018 Bruges Triennial
A spectacular art and architecture festival is currently underway in Bruges, Belgium — and the attractions include...
Bjarke Ingels is crowdfunding a massive reflective sphere for Burning Man 2018
A massive, mirrored sphere is gearing up to be one of the most eye-catching pieces at this year’s Burning Man...
Snarkitecture’s mind-bending Fun House opens at the National Building Museum
In Washington D.C., a massive, mind-bending Fun House has taken over the National Building Museum to offer an interactive...
A massive five-ton plastic waste whale breaches in a Bruges canal
Five tons of plastic waste has been pulled from the oceans and transformed into the Bruges Whale, a gigantic sculpture...
Glowing labyrinth made from plastic waste pops up in Buenos Aires
Over 15,000 plastic bottles were temporarily given a new lease on life as a glowing labyrinth in Vatican Square,...
Massive handmade bamboo-and-rattan "fish trap" springs up in Taipei
A giant handmade pavilion created in the image of an ancient fishing tool has popped up at the entrance of Taipei’s...
The Dung Beetle Project farts flames as it transforms plastic into fuel
We tend to view plastic waste as worthless garbage, but a group of innovators and creators in Africa view it as...
Environmentalists want to sculpt an Arctic ice 'Trumpmore' to show climate change is real
Would the face of a certain climate change-denying president carved on an Arctic iceberg last for one thousand...
Giant glowing bottle walls light up Singapore for “plastic binge” awareness
Design collective Luzinterruptus worked their artistic magic last month with an illuminated plastic bottle installation...
Archaeologists just discovered dozens of new Nasca lines in Peru
Peruvian archaeologists recently discovered over 50 new Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert. Scientists found the...
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 —...
This French art collective is building the world's largest hanging garden
French art collective Les Machines de L’ile is embarking on plans to build the world's largest hanging garden...
Two men build a floating "Fatberg" island in Amsterdam
Friends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it....
Artist uses materials found in nature to create elaborate cairns and mandalas
Strolling through his hometown of Yorkshire, artist James Brunt finds artistic inspiration through almost any natural...
Neanderthals, not homo sapiens, responsible for 64,000-year-old cave art
Researchers have discovered that Neanderthals, not homo sapiens, created a series of 64,000 year-old cave drawings...
Spectacular aerial sculpture hovers above a plaza in Madrid
A symphony of color has taken to the air above Plaza Mayor in Madrid. The aerial sculpture is the work of none...
Artist creates intricate shadowboxes out of laser cut wood pieces
Inspired by the wildlife and nature found in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon-based artist Jason Pancoast of Shadowfox...