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Disaster Prevention Building Is A Disaster Itself

3:13AM December 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Turkey wants to build a Disaster Prevention and Education Centre in Istanbul. This is the project proposal by ODA Architecture. It looks like the scene of a disaster itself, which, you know, it’s exactly what the designers wanted. More »


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Tomorrow’s Stoplights Will Look Like Exclamation Points

6:00AM July 6, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Art Lebedev, the folks at ISBAK, and the city of Istanbul have together designed Isiklarius, traffic lights for punctuation lovers. Shaped like exclamation points, its hoped that they’ll stand out in busy Turkish streets. More »


The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building

5:00AM November 22, 2009 | Chris Jacob

The new terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world’s largest earthquake-safe building. You’re looking at over 185,000sqm of scaffolding that supports it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates. More »