Tag: architecture

30 Nov

$2 Million House “Staves Off Death”?

Meet the most confusing home ever designed. Everything is rearranged, off-center, oddly-sized: its architects claim that its set of continuous challenges helps boost the immune system.

09 Aug

Illusory Designs & Mind-Hacking Carparks

Axel Peemoeller’s carpark signs are distorted to make them unbelievably readable– as long as you’re in the right place.

27 Jun

Taipei’s 728-Ton Pendulum– In Motion

“Tuned mass dampers” are massive counterweights at the base of high-rises. Here’s what they do during an earthquake.

26 Jun

“Shapeshifting” Architecture from Dubai

“It’s not a piece of architecture somebody designed today and that’s it. It remains forever. It’s designed by life, shaped by time.”