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Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Skyscraper City
Some might assume it to be a mirage. Rising out of the desert in the South Arabian Peninsula, ancient high-rise apartment buildings made of mud meet the eye. Centuries before the modern age of skyscrapers dawned in Chicago and New York, the Middle East had its own skyscraper city – the oldest on earth. This is Shibam in Yemen, a place thought to have existed since the 2nd Century AD.
Continue reading...The Destructive Beauty of Demolitions
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Out of destruction comes creation, for good or for bad. Like any living organism and everything else, a building has a life-cycle. And when that reaches its natural conclusion, work needs to be done to knock it down so the site can be used for something else – another Wal-Mart, perhaps, or a new Ikea. Yet whatever else may be raised on the grave of the structure being razed, demolition itself can be a thing of beauty.
Continue reading...11 Most Suggestive Structures on Earth
Monday, July 13, 2009
Suggestive cacti, boob buildings and now phallic structures – yes, we admit, there’s something on our minds here at Environmental Graffiti. But with all that suggestive material out there on the Net, what can we do? After going through hundreds of suggestive pics, here’s our very own Top 13 of phallic buildings. It’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it…
Continue reading...Architects Who Had Breasts on their Mind
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The article was proving hard to get to grips with. Fingers cramped from repeated clicking, retinas burned by pixels formed into many shapes and sizes, brain fried from over stimulation, the lonely writer laboured on, all but spent. Image search after image search was yielding many a distraction or two, but the deadline was looming larger still. It was too late to shirk from the knockers now.
Continue reading...Amazing Light Transmitting Concrete [PICS]
Monday, March 2, 2009
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What’s as tough as concrete but lets light through, allowing you to see a picture of the outside world on interior walls in the form of silhouettes? Light transmitting concrete, silly, otherwise known as Litracon. From now on, if you’re stuck in a soulless work environment without windows, trees, passersby and other shapes you'd normally miss out on needn’t be such strangers.
Continue reading...Pakistan’s Deadly Kite Flying Craze
Sunday, January 11, 2009
It might look like blossom floating in the wind, but it’s arguably the most dangerous – not to say most contentious – sport in the world. And not just for those taking part. As if Pakistan didn’t have enough troubles to contend with on the ground, kite flying in its Punjab province was deemed so treacherous it was banned there a few years ago – spoiling the fun for those who enjoyed the excitement, though probably saving a few lives.
Continue reading...Incredible Solar Facing House
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Shaun from Deputy Dog has reavealed the lengths some people will go to to get a suntan. In an attempt to have sunlight 24/7, Italian ship engineer, Angelo Invernizzi, from Marcellise, and his architect friend Ettore Fagiouli created a house that rotates to face the sun all year-round. Sporting a 43 meter tower and weighing a whopping 1,500 tons the wedged shaped...
Continue reading...5 Incredible Buildings Made of Ice
Monday, April 7, 2008
Have you ever sat back and wondered whether it would be possible for you to create a castle made of ice? Or perhaps an ice palace or frozen hotel? The Snow Castle of Kemi, Finland. Image by Dmitry Makarov Think of the unimaginable skill required to sculpt these [...]
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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