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A family of English architects is rebuilding Iraq
Nasiryah, Kut, and Kufa are reimagined from afar.
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Do not fear the solar-powered hourglass; walk into its glowing eye
What is this? This is a solar-powered hourglass and it is also what God’s apartment looks like. The Argentinian designer Santiago Muros Cortes unveiled this futuristic alpha and omega as part of a competition to design an engine that would power 1,000 homes in Copenhagen. It won, because how do you
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The stunning, sparse NaissanceE comes to virtual reality
Limasse Five’s empty halls creep with life again.
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These cloud-shaped skyscrapers may give Columbia a run for her money
Only, instead of racism, it’s all about eco-friendliness.
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Videogames realize the full daunting potential of brutalism
Singmetosleep follows NaissanceE in mountainous scope and brutalist intimidation.
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You could have played Pong on a giant Olafur Elíasson building
What better way to honor one of the world’s first videogames?
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A city’s emotional tweets render vibrant 3D paintings
What mood does your city paint?
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Watch this augmented reality game make London’s Barbican Estate an epic playspace
Can games help re-appropriate underused urban spaces?
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On playing Diablo for a very long time
Breaking news: Diablo still good.
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Let’s all leave this cold world and live in a LEGO house together
This week marked the groundbreaking of the LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, a massive structure that aims to be a sort of futuristic Mecca for Lego lovers, design nuts, and artists alike. The 8,500 square foot building isn’t just a building made of LEGOs or a building made to look like it’s made of L
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Exhibition shows what the world looks like to a driverless car
Discovering the physical world through the virtual
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National Building Museum builds giant maze to open your eyes
Get lost.