Planet Earth is falling apart. It sounds a bit dramatic when you put it in such stark terms, but, in many ways, it’s true. The list of endangered species grows every year as humans bulldoze more habitats and belch more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. What’s an environmentalist to do?
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The winner of Turkey’s Çanakkale Antenna contest
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This outdoor sauna on stilts, designed by architect Duilio Forte, stands in the hills of Piacenza, Italy. Made almost entirely from spruce wood, the cozy cabin seats two. [Atelier Forte via ArchDaily]
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Perhaps you came here looking for the story of the guy who lived off pizza
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Admit it; you’ve thought about life in the far flung, alien future. Maybe you’ve thought about it today, whether it’s a skyscraping utopia
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When it comes to radical mega-infrastructure projects, we can only dream—but we dream big. Here is one such staggering proposal to build miles and miles of 1,000-foot tall super-walls that will once and forever save Tornado Alley from its eponymous natural disaster.
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This week marks six years since the Svalbard Seed Vault opened to serve as an agricultural Noah’s Ark for humanity. Within its walls, scientists have collected nearly one million seeds from all over the world—just in case. Now, they’re adding many more.
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Architect and designer Paul Max Berchi designed the “Bath House” located
in Latvia’s Liepaja Seaside Park, but after it was ultimately shuttered
in 1993, the iconic building sat and stagnated for over 20 years.
Homemade Dessert and Liepaja City Council are ready to pay designers up
to $5,000 for ideas to renovate this historic landmark. Are you
interested?
At St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, a massive new terminal designed by London-based Grimshaw Architects is nearing completion after almost three years and a billion dollars’ worth of work. The terminal’s 54-foot spans are carefully tilted to keep deep snow from accumulating on the roof. [Architect’s Journal]
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Just a few years ago, the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility housed a thousand or so inmates. But in a few months, this Staten Island prison will be home to one of the largest movie studio in the country outside of the West Coast.
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