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Cityscape Chicago. Warsaw Timelapse. MADRID LONGBOARD. It's crazy how a simple mirror filter can transform a video into something else. Floating Chicago - A collection of mirrored skyline timelapses. Eskmo 'We Got More' Warsaw - City that came back from the dead. Cold mailman - Time is of the essence. Address Is Approximate. Innovative Laser Crosswalk Concept. Virtual Wall is an innovative device that makes it safer for pedestrians to cross the road by projecting laser images when the red traffic light is on.

Innovative Laser Crosswalk Concept

12 Unusual and Creative Hotels. Collection of unusual and creative hotels that are committed to providing unforgettable experiences for its guests.

12 Unusual and Creative Hotels

Floating Hotel in Sweden At this hotel, guests can work and socialize in an inspiring environment, enjoy good food and drink, and then fall asleep to the sound of lapping waves. [link] Sand Hotel in United Kingdom World’s first sand castle hotel at Weymouth beach in the seaside Town of Dorset in the UK. Jungle Hotel in Mexico V-Houses, an amazing jungle retreat near the fishing village of Yelapa in tropical Mexico. Ice Hotel in Canada Unique ice and snow hotel offers a distinctive and incomparable experience that disappears every spring. Capsule Hotel in Japan Modern hotel where the guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or fiberglass block, providing enough room to sleep.

Upside Down Gap Store. To promote the launch of Gap’s new loyalty program, Sprize, the GAP store on Robson Street in Vancouver, Canada was literally flipped upside down.

Upside Down Gap Store

The transformation was finished in only twelve hours, after 32 mannequins, four display tables, hundreds of t-shirts, one hot dog cart, and three cars were flipped to create the illusion. 17 Cool and Unusual Bike Racks. Unique bicycle stands and creative bike rack designs from all over the world.

17 Cool and Unusual Bike Racks

Car Shaped Bike Rack Clever bike rack acts as a barrier that protects bicycles from cars. [link] Bench Bike Rack Creative park bench designed to also be used as a bicycle rack. Toblerone Bike Rack Bike Hanger. Bicycle Repair Station. Bicycle Repair Station July 3rd, 2011 | Tech | Bike Fixtation allows cyclists to pump up the tires for free and make simple adjustments using supplied tools.

Bicycle Repair Station

You can even purchase needed bicycle parts in a vending machine. First self-service bicycle repair station was installed at the Uptown Transit Station in Minneapolis.If it becomes popular, we will see more Bike Fixtations around the world. If you love cycling, check out: 17 Cool and Unusual Bike Racks Share this Page: Tocáte un Tango Creative and useful. Urban Camouflage: The Art of Hiding. Urban Camouflage: The Art of Hiding March 30th, 2009 | Inspiration | Inspired by “The Hunger Games” novel, where the heroine uses camouflaging skills in order to survive, hidenow.se proves that hiding can be artistic and fun.

Urban Camouflage: The Art of Hiding

Also check out: Invisible Man and Camouflage Art by Liu Bolin. CityFabric® - Wear You Live™ — Welcome. Urban City by EVOL. German street artist EVOL has constructed this urban “X” in a field outside of Hamburg as part of the upcoming MS Dockville music and art festival.

Urban City by EVOL

The structure took eight days to dig and construct and you can see an annotated photo series showing the process here. How unbelievably fun is this? Although I’m sure eight days is enough work, I can’t help but imagine what it would be like to scale this even larger into an entire network of entrenched skyscrapers. My passion, my experience. Coming soon: Another fine website hosted by WebFaction . If you are the owner of this website and weren’t expecting to see this message, here are some potential causes and solutions: You recently created a new website record, but opened the URL before your changes were activated in the web server and DNS configuration.

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World’s Oldest Skyscrapers

It has about 7,000 inhabitants and all of the town’s house are made out of mud bricks. Some of these structures rise 5 to 9 stories high. This technique of building was implemented in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around 2,000 years, most of the city’s houses come mainly from the 16th century. Shibam is often called “the Manhattan of the desert”. [image credit] [image credit] Street Art by Sam3. Street Art Utopia just posted an enormous collection of work by street artist Sam3 spanning the last few years but includes a number of pieces I’d never seen before.

Street Art by Sam3

If you like what you see, also check out his blog and maybe pickup some stuff in his shop. (via street art utopia) Update: He also made this fun stop motion video. WRSZW.PL. Gry miejskie oraz inne działania w przestrzeni miejskiej - projekty.semp.pl.