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Surreal Floating Room Sculptures by Leandro Erlich 27 Aug 2013 | 10:33 am
Like a scene from a fantasy movie, a dilapidated room that appears to have been literally ripped out of a building remains suspended in mid air above Nantes, France. Its walls were torn apart, reveali...
Hyper Realistic Paintings by Simon Hennessey 25 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Simon Hennessey is a Birmingham, UK based artist who paints realistic images of famous landmarks around the world as reflected in the lenses of a pair of sunglasses. Like most hyper-realistic painters...
Propaganda Pictures Depicting Women’s Role in World War II 25 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm
During World War II, the American government made a conscious effort to include women in the war effort using a vast array of media to urge the public. Large scale campaigns were launched to encourage...
Nanpu Bridge in China 25 Aug 2013 | 12:16 pm
The Nanpu Bridge across Huangpu river is one of the main bridges in Shanghai, China, and the first cable stayed bridge with a span of over 400 meter in the country. The main bridge is 846 meters long ...
Charles Jencks’s Peculiar Landscaping Art 24 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
Charles Jencks is an American architect and landscape artist, well-known as the critic who first defined post-modernism in architecture, an event which led to its subsequent definition in many fields....
Food Art By Carl Warner 24 Aug 2013 | 09:38 am
London-based photographer Carl Warner uses bits and pieces of food to create incredibly realistic and intricate scenes. Heaps of bread become rugged mountains, cucumbers assume the shape of tree trunk...
Historic Black and White Photos Restored in Color 23 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
There is a long standing debate of whether black and white photos of the historic era should be colorized. Last year there was a media uproar when Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway started promoting her b...
Singapore’s Vertical Farms 22 Aug 2013 | 10:07 am
Land is a luxury that Singaporeans cannot afford. An island country of only 710 square km is already home to 5 million people. No wonder, Singapore’s skyline is thick with skyscrapers. In this high-de...
Desert Lotus Hotel In Inner Mongolia 21 Aug 2013 | 03:48 pm
A magnificent new hotel has bloomed amid the vast sea of sands in Xiangshawan Desert, Inner Mongolia, 800 kilometers west to Beijing. Named the “Desert Lotus Hotel”, the structure consist of repeating...
Victorian Era Sea Fort Turned Into Luxury Hotel 21 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
During the late 1800s, Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister of that time, commissioned the construction of several sea forts in the Solent to protect Portsmouth harbour from French invasion fol...
