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The Middle-Eastern state of Qatar is so keen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup , they’re building five solar stadiums to woo organizers. Each stadium looks stunning, but the fact they take advantage of the country’s sunshine is even better. More

My dad moved a brick wall once. Seriously. He used a chisel to break the four sides of the wall, moved it a meter, and then applied cement to fix it to its new position

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Did You Know That You Can Move Entire Brick Buildings? [Engineering]

At 45 gigapixels , this panorama is the largest in the world. With that detail, it’s a Peeping Tom wet dream. It also shows why Dubai seems to have materialized from another dimension.

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World’s Largest Panorama Shows Dubai Down to Girl in Bikini [Architecture]

There’s always a guerrilla undercurrent with graffiti, but the Facade Printer, which uses a computer-enhanced paintball gun to tattoo images onto buildings, really makes that aspect explicit. Judging by its work, it appears to have pretty good aim. More

It was 2008 when we got our first peek of where Google Earth was really going, from a simple topographical mapping service to a full-on 3D world simulator. That update brought us realistic buildings. This one brings spectacular detail.

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Google Earth’s Photo-Realistic NYC Will Take Your Breath Away [Google Earth]

This is Wai Think Tank ‘s proposal for the Fashion Museum in Omotesando Street, Tokyo. I miss the flying cars, but there are lots of half-naked replicants: More

Dubai’s supposedly doomed, with half-finished buildings littering the skyline as their wealth trickles away like sand through a timer. Before I get more poetic, Abu Dhabi looks to be faring better, if this eco-city is anything to go by. More

This recently designed super-elastic iron alloy has two very different potential applications. It can be used to prevent blood vessels from collapsing and to return earthquake-deformed buildings to their original state. More

I can imagine a future dry Earth in which nature only exists inside huge buildings like this Freshwater Factory Skyscraper , designed by Design Crew for Architecture to produce freshwater from sea water on the south coast of the Spain. Here’s how it works: The brackish water—a sightly desalinized water—is pumped into the self-sufficient structure using tide-powered pumps.

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The Skyscraper Water Factory [Architecture]

This is Danvers State Insane Asylum, the inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium “which in turn was the inspiration for Arkham Asylum in the Batman comic book series.” Today, the building is part of Avalon Danvers , a pleasant residential community. Right now, those buildings stand surrounded by a swimming pool, fitness center, basketball court, and whatever other amenities an apartment community might have: Still spooky looking, no? Doesn’t seem surprising that there’s been all sorts of supernatural activity reported by residents and visitors.

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Insane Asylum Inspires Lovecraft and Batman Then Becomes A Residential Community [Image Cache]