Nimbus – Berndnaut Smilde
Berndnaut Smilde is a Dutch artist who uses a mixture of photography and installation, but is perhaps best known for creating indoor clouds. In the artist’s own words, the ‘Nimbus’ series “present a transitory moment of presence in a specific location”, something which is underlined by their existence only in photos.…
Pedestrian Bridge Over The Carpinteira Stream
Carrilho da Graça – 2009
Funky, check his other stuff out.…
European Extremely Large Telescope
“The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), with a main mirror 39 metres in diameter, will be the world’s biggest eye on the sky when it becomes operational early in the next decade”
Aside from the having a most unimaginative title, this looks like it could be the shit.…
Cubicle Apartments
‘Cubicle apartments’ – Hong Kong
A photo series published by the Society for Community Organization depicting outrageously small ‘apartments’. (source)(via)
Update 03/04/2020: Here’s a link to a National Geographic slideshow of an extended set of Benny Lam’s photographic study of ‘Coffin Houses’.…
Grangemouth Oil Refinery, The Cotnrol Room
The control room of Grangemouth Oil Refinery, Stirlingshire, Arthur Tanner 1952 …
House of the Bulgarian Communist Party
“House of the Bulgarian Communist Party” – Mount Buzludzha – 1981
The Communists new how to throw together a fine ass building. Even if it didn’t have any true purpose. More pictures and information here.
Update 03/04/2020: I actually visited here in 2015, I can confirm it’s a long drive up, and very very cold.…
The Meigs Elevated Railway – 1886
The Meigs Elevated Railway, 1886. 1800’s style concept artwork, anyone? They really went for it. (source)
Dome Projection Cinema – 1957
May have spent the day researching ridiculously out of reach project ideas. Got to start somewhere though right? Check out these fellas with their crazy spherical-filming tri-pod, and this article, even if it is wordy and offers no expansion on these images whatsoever.…
Hyundai Hyper-Matrix – 2012
Might have been easier projected…but it’s definitely 100% more awesome when it isn’t.…