The Unique Cast Iron Church of Istanbul
The Bulgarian St. Stephen Church in Istanbul, Turkey, has the detailed ornaments of an Orthodox stone church, but it’s actually made of prefabricated cast iron elements. Sometimes referred to as ‘The Iron Church’, St. Stephen Church is considered the largest prefabricated cast iron building in the world. It consists of thousands of prefabricated pieces of […]
Swim 115 Feet Above London in the World’s Only See-Through Sky Pool
Suspended 35 meters above the ground, between two new residential buildings in London’s Nine Elms business district, the highly-anticipated Sky Pool makes you feel like you’re swimming through the sky. Measuring 25 meters in length, the transparent outdoor pool was designed by HAL Architects. It is made out of acrylic and can hold up to […]
The Line – Saudi Arabia’s Controversial 170-Km-Long Linear City of the Future
In early 2021 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince unveiled the concept of a futuristic urban development called The Line, which basically consists of a linear, 170-km-long city without roads of cars and built around nature. During his presentation of The Line, back in January, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman described the future smart city as a direct […]
This Quaint Vermont House Comes With Its Own Seven-Cell Jail
If you’re in the market for a unique kind of house, this $149,000 Vermont property may spark your interest. It doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, but it actually comes with its own creepy jail. Located in Guidhall, a small Vermont town, this 2,190-square-foot white and green home has been listed on online […]
Cousins Turn Old Water Tower They Used to Play In as Kids Into Cozy Family Home
Two cousins from the Dutch town of Nieuw-Lekkerland recently received an award for turning an old water tower into a modern and stylish home for their respective families. Sven and Lennart de Jong grew up in a house right next to the old water tower of Nieuw-Lekkerland, and used to paly in it as kids, […]
Entrepreneur Builds 600-Square-Meter Floating Sea Mansion
A Chinese entrepreneur spent a year and only 400,000 yuan ($61,000) building himself an awesome, 600-square-foot floating home on the coast of Fujian province. The protagonist of our story is a young entrepreneur known only by his nickname, “Coastline”, who grew up near the sea, spending most of his time fishing and taking in the […]
Giant Dominoes – The Tilted Apartment Buildings of Santos
The Brazilian city of Santos is famous as the birthplace of Pele, regarded by many as the greatest football player ever, but also for its unique looking waterfront skyline, which looks, well, a bit tilted. The leaning apartment buildings of Santos have been around for decades, and even though the problem has been getting worse […]
Origami Housing – Foldable Tiny House Can Be Moved and Installed in Just 3 Hours
If you’ve always dreamed of packing up your house and moving around whenever you like, this foldable tiny house that comes with plumbing and electrical wiring pre-installed is going to seem mighty interesting. Latvian startup Brette Haus only started producing its ingenious foldable houses last December, but its innovative design and technology has already made […]
Waterbuurt – Amsterdam’s Floating Neighborhood
Waterbuurt (Dutch for “water quarter”) is a state of the art residential development in Amsterdam, which consists of nearly 100 individual floating homes moored on Lake Eimer. The floating homes Ijburg district are no ordinary houseboats, but real floating houses. They float adjacent to jetties and are moored to steel pilons, so they only move […]
Modern-Looking House Has the Interior Design of a Baroque Palace
Photos of a house near the Russian city of Irkutsk have gone viral on social media because of the contrast between its exterior and interior design. Located in the village of Novaya Razvodnaya, near Irkutsk, this modern house was recently put on sale, as part of a 620-square-meter property. At first glance, the house has […]
Bosco Verticale – Living in a Vertical Forest in the Middle of an Urban Jungle
Bosco Vericale is a unique residential complex in the center of Milan, Italy. It consists of two towers that stand 80 and 112 meters high and are covered in plants and trees giving them the look that inspired their name – vertical forest. Designed by a team of architects at Boeri Studio, Bosco Verticale was […]
You Can Buy This Pharaoh-Themed Apartment in Moscow for Just $1.7 Million
If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a pharaoh without having to build your own lavish palace, you can settle for this unique Moscow apartment designed to make you feel like a ruler of ancient Egypt. Over the last two decades, the Khamovniki district of Moscow has turned from a simple working-class district, into one […]
CopenHill – A Waste Powerplant That Doubles as an Urban Ski Slope and Hiking Trail
CopenHill isn’t just the world’s largest waste-to-energy powerplant, it’s also a masterpiece of architectural design, incorporating a giant ski slope and hiking trail on its winding roof, and a massive climbing wall on one of its sides. Waste processing powerplants don’t usually make great tourist attractions, but Copenhagen’s newest achievement in its quest to become […]
Robot Legs Help 7,600-Tonne Building “Walk” to New Location
Chinese Engineers have successfully moved an 85-year-old historical school building in Shanghai to a new location with the help of 198 robotic legs. Moving older buildings to make room for new construction projects is nothing new in China, but what makes this particular case interesting is the method used to move the 7,600-tonne building. Usually, […]
These Moth Caterpillars Build Tiny Log Cabins for Themselves
The caterpillar of the bagworm moth is known as somewhat of a gifted architect, building impressive and durable cocoons out of twigs, leaves, seeds and other organic materials. As larvae, bagworm moths look for a place to settle down and feed, such as a leaf or the branch of a tree. Once they’ve found a […]