Forget about the 1km high Kingdom Tower. There will be a building higher than that. This is it, the Azerbaijan Tower. It will be 50m higher, have 189 floors and looks like a beautifully shiny glass, steel and concrete monolith of crap. More »
Does Melbourne need a 120m-tall observation wheel? The troubled attraction opened in 2009, shut down after cracks were spotted, and fixes were still underway last November when strong winds broke holds and the spinning wheel almost killed workers. But now, reports CNET, the engineers behind the London Eye have been brought in for a new design featuring 21 glass cabins and 3.6km of LED lights. More »
What do you do when you’re an unemployed artist watching your country dive into financial ruin on the back of the euro? You craft a grandiose social statement about the whole thing of course. In the case of Irish artist Frank Buckley, that means building an entire domicile out of €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of decommissioned bills. More »
Even the most patient crafter would lose their mind cutting out this intricate 12-inch model of the Eiffel Tower by hand. So thank goodness we’ve harnessed the powers of lasers that make short work of this complicated task. More »
It turns out Apple’s questionable rebuild of its 5th Avenue store wasn’t in vain — the company now has the ability to make some pretty daring glass structures. Case in point: this French shop will be almost totally transparent. More »
You know what’s overrated? Sunlight. That’s why we were excited by Amsterdam’s decision to spend $US14.4 billion to build a giant underground city in the Dutch capital. But what happened? More »
Gizmodo reader Xian Min Zhang just sent me this impressive timelapse video from his company’s latest project: a 30-storey, 17,000m² hotel built in just 360 hours. Just 15 days! I kept watching it in disbelief. More »
I always wanted to live in a lighthouse. Now I want to live in a lighthouse reformed like the Round Tower, this old English building that was restored and extended into a dream house by architects De Matos Ryan. More »
Live in Randwick, Sydney? Then you may have seen this 74m² shed-turned-house sitting inconspicuously at the end of your street. It’s been around since 1890 and served a multitude of purposes, including a blacksmiths, bike repairer, artist’s studio and warehouse. Now, its insides have been redesigned to accommodate people living in it. More »
Like the roof of a sports stadium turned on its side, these Opensun verandas can retract, turning what was once a sealed sunroom into an open patio. Letting in ample light, fresh breezes and the local wildlife. More »
