Gas stations these days seem to all look exactly alike: a square box with a convenience store inside and gas pumps in front. The main difference between them is the color scheme that identifies the brand, and you find th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/08/The-Architectural-Evolution-of-the-Filling-Station/New corporate headquarters for Google, Apple, and other cutting edge tech companies are hailed as innovative and “futuristic,” but besides their size, they are a lot like the facilities that corporations buil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/09/Why-Are-Americas-Most-Innovative-Companies-Still-Stuck-in-1950s-Suburbia/Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov has designed a cylindrical home made of glass and transparent solar panels that encloses a full-grown tree like a greenhouse. It’s a livable space with a full bath, kitchen, living a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/25/Tubular-Glass-Tree-House/(Photo: Jim Tshetter)Now here's a fresh, vibrant look for a kitchen! And the dining area offers a great view for a breakfast.It was a hundred-year old church in the Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago. But Linc Thelen D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/21/8-Churches-Converted-into-Modern-Homes/Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly the sort of building that every city needs to convey its splendor. A cobra tower could house a hospital, a school, charitable non-profits, or, you know Cobra.Vasily Klyukin is a Russian arc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/16/A-Skyscraper-That-Looks-Like-a-Cobra/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNGp1aviGvE](Vide... ...itects are redesigning the campus to optimize the architecture for the sensory experiences of deaf people. This...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/04/Deaf-Space-Architecture-Designed-for-the-Hearing-Impaired/These days, it's nothing new to see glass viewing areas and sky walks, but riding a clear slide 70 stories up? That's something entirely different -and pretty nerve-wracking. But the US Bank Tower in LA is now proposing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/03/A-Glass-Slide-Set-Up-on-the-70th-Floor/(Photoof a priest hole by Quodvultdeus)When she became Queen of England in 1558, Elizabeth I ramped up the suppression of Catholicism in her country. This did not deter many Catholics from adhering to their faith private...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/03/The-Secret-Rooms-in-England-Used-to-Hide-Priests/Sellin Pier, Island of Rügen, Germany | Image... ...globe. Combine that view with a striking piece of architecture built to function and interact with the water, an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/02/01/Some-of-the-Worlds-Most-Beautiful-Piers/(Images: Kirsten Dirksen)Charles Sacilotto and Marie Granmar of Stockholm, Sweden, found a novel way to keep their summer house warm all year around, even during brutal Scandinavian winters. They built an entire greenhou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/26/Family-Wraps-an-Entire-Greenhouse-around-Their-Home-to-Keep-it-Warm/
