Stunning Photographs of Bronze Traffic Signal Towers in New York City From the 1920s
In the early 20th century, New York’s Fifth Avenue faced severe congestion, with a mix of horses, carriages, pedestrians, street cars, bicycles, and automobiles vying for space. Continue reading »
The Grim Towers of Lovecraftian World: Minimalist Architectural Art by James Lipnickas
James Lipnickas is an artist from New Haven, Connecticut. And his coolest series of works are these sci-fi futuristic towers of horror. Here, Lovecraftian tentacles are juxtaposed with meditating characters, and engineers experiment on themselves, space, and the technobots. Each of these towers is like a separate closed world (which does not prevent them from being part of the general universe). Continue reading »
The Twin Towers During The 1970s And Early ’80s Through Fascinating Photos
The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. It opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. Continue reading »
New Vancouver’s Towers Looking Like Jenga
Büro Ole Scheeren started a new skycreeper project in Vancouver, unveiling plans for two towers composed of irregularly disposed glass blocks. This structure, that will be situated in the West End and will be called Barclay Village, reminds immediately the game of Jenga which questions the rules of balance and stability. Continue reading »
This Instagram Account Dedicated To… Japanese Water Towers
The Instagram account Top of Water Tower proves that paying more attention to your surroundings leads to interesting visual sights. Dedicated to the tops of water towers in Japan, all colorful and graphic, this is an ongoing photographic collection by Osaka-based @watertoweruc. Continue reading »
Skyscraper Competition Proposal Involves Erecting Towers Within World’s Largest Trees
Called “Tribute: The Monument of Giant”, the visionary scheme imagines buildings constructed within the empty trunks of giant sequoias, a type of redwood tree native to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The structures would be placed where heartwood has rotted away, preventing the huge ancient trees from falling. Continue reading »
Huge Zhongshan Suit Towers High in China
A 4.3-meter-tall Zhongshan suit is making an appearance at Zhejiang Textile and Fashion College in Ningbo, East China’s Zhejiang province, Sept 14, 2011. The suit, 35 times larger than normal, has been made to commemorate the centenary of the Revolution of 1911. The suit is being submitted for a Guinness World Record award. The Zhongshan suit was popularized by Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of China’s democratic revolution after the Revolution of 1911. (CFP) Continue reading »
