Artist converts old city bus into public swimming pool
As the the last vestiges of summer are upon us, the residents of one French region can still squeeze out a little...
Artist creates a living quilt to commemorate Santa Rosa fires
Memorials and national landmarks are common across the country as a way to respectfully remember events of historical...
Giant totems in Poland warn against climate change catastrophe
In the heart of Poznań, Poland, artist Alicja Biała and architect Iwo Borkowicz have installed Totemy, a series...
Clean energy-producing Light Up wins the 2018 LAGI competition in Melbourne
Melbourne-based NH Architecture and Seattle architectural practice Olson Kundig placed first and second respectively...
Gigantic murals of local flora sprout on buildings around the world
These larger-than-life plant murals bring buildings back to nature - and they're popping up all over the world....
Mesmerizing light installation is powered by visitors’ collective heartbeat
Artist Pablo González Vargas created a massive light installation that reacts to the collective heartbeat of...
World’s first solar panel mural unveiled in San Antonio
In a world where solar farms are shaped like giant pandas, there's certainly room for some solar butterflies. Determined...
San Francisco’s Wave Organ captures the sounds of the sea to make haunting music
A symphony of strange and haunting music made from the waves can be heard at the tip of a jetty in San Francisco....
Surf artist battles massive tides to paint powerful mural in the Bay of Fundy
Sean Yoro has a passion for creating art on precarious surfaces, but this time the intrepid street artist - who...
Provocative street art installation shows baby peering over US-Mexico border wall
Renowned street artist JR has installed a provocative new piece on the US-Mexico border. Best-known for his artistic...
Artist Ai Wewei to install fences around 300 sites in New York City
Ai Weiwei is returning to New York City - and he's planning to install fences around 300 sites in one of his largest...
Brooks + Scarpa completes forest-like kinetic sculpture ringed with rain gardens
Public art should do more than decorate. Brooks + Scarpa targeted a triple bottom line with their design of the...
World’s first LEED Platinum police station generates more energy than it consumes in Cincinnati
Serving the community goes hand in hand with serving the environment at this police station in Cincinnati. The...
Explosion of color takes over an abandoned Puerto Rican factory
An artist’s brilliance breathes new life into a desolate tobacco factory in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Bright sprays...
Ai Weiwei to build 100 fences in NYC to shed light on immigration issues
As debates over immigration policy and the refugee crisis continue to rage across the United States, Ai Weiwei,...
Check out the vibrant outdoor art gallery coming to NYC’s High Line park
High Line Art, the arm of Friends of the High Line that manages its public art projects, reviewed more than 50...
The Hague has been transformed into the ‘World’s Largest Mondrian’
Richard Meier's architecture is widely recognized for its bold geometric shapes and stark white exteriors. However,...
Times Square Valentine’s Heart celebrates diversity and immigration in NYC
This year's annual Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition celebrates the role that immigrants have played...
Artists build treehouse ‘Visitor Center’ at Mexican border
Putting a sardonic, yet poignant twist to typical welcoming centers seen in national parks, Japanese artist collective,...
Toronto’s 8 Winter Station winners to revive city’s frozen beaches
Toronto’s freezing beaches will soon be a hotspot of activity. The third annual Winter Stations design competition...
Governors Island will open early this year with a new sustainable seafood restaurant
Governors Island, that 172 acre isle of green which used to be a military base, will open early this Spring for...
Itsy-bitsy mouse cafes pop up on the streets of Sweden
A mysterious street art group has been installing adorable mini mouse cafes along the streets of Malmö, Sweden...
Manchester unveils starry polar bear sculpture in a whimsical celebration of winter
Meet Polo, the 8-foot-tall aluminum polar bear that now lives in Manchester, U.K. A seasonal gift to the city from...
Artist transforms cement truck into a gigantic disco ball
French artist Benedetto Bufalino has transformed a very large cement mixer into one very shiny rotating disco ball....
Giant interactive wheels light up Montreal
The streets of Montreal have come alive with a series of illuminated interactive wheels. Loop, an installation...
Temporary dome made from newspapers pops-up in Beirut
https://vimeo.com/189543978#at=0 Paper Dome recently popped up in Beirut's Sanayeh Garden. A dream team of 10...
NeSpoon adorns urban spaces with oversized doily art
NeSpoon's creations have recently embellished various walls, streets and public parks around Poland, New Zealand...
This gigantic flower carpet in Brussels is made of 600,000 blooms
All told, around 600,000 different blossoms were used to create the display. The influence of Japanese illustrations...
Solar-powered Pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California
"LAGI 2016 comes to Southern California at an important time," write Rob Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian, co-founders...
Artist “attacks” buildings with clutter to remind us of how much stuff we own
Torres has been working and living in Quebec for over a decade, where much of his artwork has been publicly displayed....