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....
Artist carves an intricate forest into an old delivery van
Artist Dan Rawlings likes to give old metal scraps a new lease on life by carving them into forest-themed art works....
Street artist constructs gigantic geometric portraits with reclaimed wood
Belgian street artist Stefaan De Croock (a.k.a. Strook) just unveiled a gigantic portrait made entirely out of...
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...
Bizarre subway-themed apartment building pops up in Bushwick
The four-story building is impossible to miss thanks to the larger-than-life and fairly accurate subway map painted...
Urbanscapes: Free art exhibition explores New York City through the eyes of six artists
Walk Dreamer by Isidro Blasco. "Urbanscapes brings together the work of six New York artists (Isidro Blasco,...
The Cubes: LOT-EK unveils futuristic shipping container structure for Socrates Sculpture Park
A futuristic new shipping container building is coming to Socrates Sculpture Park. In celebration of the park’s...
Thousands of origami birds come together in Paris’ largest urban mural
The massive Lunar Cycles mural was installed on a building slated for demolition at the end of the year to make...
Giant blooming bowl of flowers will attract bees and other pollinators to Socrates Sculpture Park
A five-foot tall soil bowl of blooming flowers will be coming to Socrates Sculpture Park this May. Designed by...
Luzinterruptus fills 3,000 giant condoms with blue “rain” for Totally Thames
Over 3,000 large and extra strength condoms were filled with blue water to turn them into large raindrops of all...
Creepy Skull Sculptures Rise from the Remains of Dead Skateboards
More frightening than those bruises, broken bones, or arthritis, your old skateboards have come back to haunt you....
Dennis Parren builds amazing light tower with a moving LED platform
Using the festival's theme of "Kiss the Sky," Parren wanted to create a unique public sculpture that would stand...
‘Cool Globes’ eco-spheres bring artful climate change awareness to Battery Park
Cool Globes in Boston. If you're walking around Battery Park soon make sure to check out the globe-trotting,...
Architect designs life-sized replica of Empire State Building made of wood
The primary objective of Metsä's campaign is to remind architects, construction engineers and builders, as well...
Barcelona artists use old tires as street art to revitalize the city
The artists have taken the repurposed tires and converted them into eye-catching designs displayed on street walls,...
Street artist turns trash into incredible wild animal sculptures
Bordalo II's amazing creatures are scattered all around Lisbon, where the artist lives. Curious rabbits, toucans,...
Giant pyramid of real flowers blooms on the Long Island City waterfront
Denes and Socrates Sculpture Park invited folks from the neighborhood to plant seeds in the Living Pyramid's wooden...
Colorful Spinning Tops transform traditional toys into large-scale interactive art in Atlanta
The architects took inspiration from the form and movement of traditional spinning top toys, which they translated...
Artist to install blooming Living Pyramid in Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens's Socrates Sculpture Park is going to be blooming with one very large flower tower this summer and you...
Spanish Artist Lucas Munoz Challenges You to Get Some Sweet Air on His Stone Skateboards
Created out of Munoz's student thesis work, Bastardism, his design method seeks to juxtapose functionality and...
Luzinterruptus Strikes Again with Luminous Street Heartbeats Installation
The clandestine artists filled the bags with a red liquid to give the final product a somewhat haunting look. The...
Reverse Graffiti: Street Artists Tag Images on Walls by Scrubbing Them Clean
Art piece by Scott Wade The UK's Paul Curtis, better known as "Moose," is one of...
Giants: Os Gemeos Convert Six Enormous Silos into Awesome Works of Art in Vancouver
In what will be the Brazilian street artists' largest work yet and their first in Canada, the project is part of...
Artist Melts 1,527 Guns to Make Shovels for Tree Planting!
The city of Culiacán, in western Mexico has the highest rate of gun deaths in the country. After speaking with...
Luzinterruptus Unveils Amazing Plastic Waste Labyrinth Made From 6,000 Recycled Bottles
To construct the maze, the Luzinterruptus collected 6,000 plastic bottles from a local manufacturing and bottling...
Check Out SpY’s Most Provocative Urban Street Art Projects of 2013
SpY has been working since the 1980's and is currently one of the world's most renowned urban artists. His unique...
HOTTEA Adorns the Williamsburg Bridge with a Rainbow-Colored Canopy of Yarn
HOTTEA and a team of assistants laced the bridge with 2,000 individual strands of yarn, which took an estimated...
What If 5 Pointz Could Be Preserved by Incorporating the Existing Graffiti-Tagged Facade into New High Rises?
What 5 Pointz looks like today. This solution would of course require working around and inside of 5 Pointz's...
Queens’ 5 Pointz Graffiti Mecca Moves One Step Closer To Demolition
In early 2012, Inhabitat reported that 5 Pointz, a Long Island City community icon and haven for graffiti artists,...
Atlas Recycled: Tom Tsuchiya’s Eco Sculpture Encourages Recycling in Cities Around the Globe
"Atlas Recycled" is a sculpture of the mythical Greek titan bearing the earth on his shoulders that doubles as...