Moniquilliloquies.

architectureofdoom:

Dead Cities is an eerily beautiful publication by French artist Guillaume Greff documenting the architecture of Jeoffrécourt, an artificial town of 5,000 imaginary inhabitants in Northern France. As one of several generic urban environments designed by the French military in order to achieve excellence in warfare skills, Jeoffrécourt boasts a variety of architectures, from suburban homes, housing blocks, abandoned factories, to churches and mosques, not to mention specialized components like firing ranges and trained personnel that double as opposing forces and civilians. In his unsparing photographs Greff captures an uncannily pristine, yet ultimately desolate and miserable urban environment, built with the intention of neutralizing rather than sustaining human life.

Dead Cities is an eerily beautiful publication by French artist Guillaume Greff documenting the architecture of Jeoffrécourt, an artificial town of 5,000 imaginary inhabitants in Northern France. As one of several generic urban environments designed by the French military in order to achieve excellence in warfare skills, Jeoffrécourt boasts a variety of architectures, from suburban homes, housing blocks, abandoned factories, to churches and mosques, not to mention specialized components like firing ranges and trained personnel that double as opposing forces and civilians. In his unsparing photographs Greff captures an uncannily pristine, yet ultimately desolate and miserable urban environment, built with the intention of neutralizing rather than sustaining human life.

(Source: laesquinalatina)

(Reblogged from sinnerqueenofnobody)

May 13

sometimes-you-fly:

abandonedography:

9 of the Most Fascinating Abandoned Mansions from Around the World

I want to poke around all of them.

(Reblogged from payslipgig)

May 08

erikkwakkel:

The Chained Library of Zutphen

I took these pictures during a visit to the 16th-century chained library of Zutphen, in the east of the Netherlands. It is one of three such libraries still in existence in Europe. Nothing much has changed here for 550 years.

More info: http://www.librije-zutphen.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=14&Itemid=111

(Reblogged from egnis)

May 01

taktophoto:

Most interesting abandoned places in the world

(Reblogged from southcarolinaboy)

Apr 24

insectbone:

those:

The age of green is upon us. We have reached a point in our human evolution where science, math, and creative genius have discovered a way to suspend a living forest in mid air. The answer to city pollution is now Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, the world’s first 27-story microclimate apartment towers currently under construction in Milan, Italy. Built to function as city air purifiers, these lush apartments will include over 900 trees, 5,000 bushes, and 11,000 plants throughout the tower balconies. Each perch of life will aid in reducing city noise, moderating atmospheric temperatures, absorbing CO2 emissions, and acting as an energy sustainer for seasonal weather shifts.

Read more: http://genyhub.com/page/the-vertical-forest#ixzz2Qg4ONZSa

yes

(Reblogged from necoho)

Apr 19

hoboway:

Vertical Gardening!

Run out of space? Grow vertical! There are many DIY options if it comes to gardening, and this one is not different either.

The first picture show how you can use a plastic tube to vertical gardening.

First cut holes on the side of the tube.

Insert another, smaller tube with many tiny holes.

Fill up the space around the inner tube with solid soil.

Plant the cuttings carefully into the outer tubes holes.

Protect Your garden against the wind by attaching it to something…big.

Water the garden trough the inner tube. (This method of vertical gardening is water-saving since the evaporative surface is much smaller.)

Go on, do it. It’s Spring already.

(Reblogged from hoboway)

Apr 15

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(Source: bungalowclassic)

(Reblogged from southcarolinaboy)

Apr 10

delano-laramie:

wildcat2030:

To celebrate the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang, the government of Vietnam has constructed the world’s largest dragon-shaped bridge over the Han River. Not only is it the steel bridge the largest of its type in the world, but it is covered in over 2,500 LED lights - and it breathes fire!

holy shit.

(Source: stumbleupon.com)

(Reblogged from egnis)

Jan 14

staceythinx:

E’terra Samara is a planned eco resort designed by Farrow Partnership studio that consists of twelve treehouse villas located in Canada’s Bruce Peninsula forest. The unusual suspended design was developed to minimize its footprint on this UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

(Reblogged from southcarolinaboy)