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    MoMA PS1 Unveils Futuristic Solar Canopy that Reacts to Heat, Sunlight, and Movement

    MoMA PS1 just completed one of its most experimental and coolest installations to date. The Long Island City-based contemporary art museum wrapped up construction on Lumen, an immersive and interactive installation made with solar-active canopies that glow at night. Designed by Jenny ...
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    This Small Hotel In The Czech Republic Is Made From Shipping Containers

    Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel (because it’s made from shipping containers), in Treboutice, Czech Republic. Designed to be easily movable, the seasonal hotel had its first location on a surf campsite alongside the Elbe riverbank. The lower ...
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    China Breaks Ground on First “Forest City” that Fights Air Pollution

    A pollution-fighting green city unlike any before is springing to life in China. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the first “Forest City” is now under construction Liuzhou, Guangxi Province. The futuristic city will use renewable energy for self sufficiency and be blanketed in ...
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    A City-Wide Bike Lane That Wants to Be a ‘Piece of Copenhagen in Berlin’

    While Copenhagen continues to live up its reputation as the best city in Europe for cycling, Berlin continues to fall behind, with what seems like Autobahn-levels of congestion. But there is a solution that could help put it on the right ...
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    The Five Fields Play Structure Was Designed with No Purpose

    Boston-based Matter Design Studio wanted to create a space that cultivates imaginative exploration, something children and adults alike don’t seem to engage in much these days in a world where fast thumbs try to keep up with even faster technology. So, in ...
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    Minimalist Outdoor Gym Inspired by a Mountain in Sweden

    Inspired by Kebnekaise, Sweden’s tallest mountain, Johan Kauppi and Nina Kauppi designed a minimalist outdoor gym for Nola that lands somewhere between sculpture, public furniture, and landscape architecture. Kebne consists of five individual, peak-like structures built for various types of exercise, strength training, and stretching, ...
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    Santani Wellness Resort

    Sri Lanka’s long civil war literally interrupted the travel plans of an entire generation of intrepid travellers. Happily, in the eight years or so since the end of that unfortunate conflict, the country is once more back on the itinerary, ...
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    Ian Schrager Launches a 21st-Century Iteration of the Hotel Concept he Pioneered 25 Years Ago.

    Occupying the bottom half of his newly built 15 Chrystie Street tower, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the 370-room property is Schrager’s 21st-century iteration of the boutique hotel concept he pioneered 25 years ago. This time, he has smartly ...
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    The 7th Room

    As you near the seventh room from below and look up at the sky, the entire underside of the building is covered by a life size photograph of the treetops as they looked before the room was put in place. ...