Architecture
April 20, 2021

BIG Designs Giant O-Shaped “Infinity Loop” Tower in China

Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG, has just has just released images of a dramatic skyscraper for Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City. Commissioned as the new research and development headquarters for China’s largest smartphone manufacturer OPPO, O-Tower is a futuristic design that incorporates the technology-driven aesthetics of the tech company and the new business district. BIG explains that the design symbolizes an infinity loop that “connects ground to sky in a continuous loop of collaboration.

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Architecture
April 19, 2021

These Symbolic Towers Could Be the Tallest Buildings in Africa

It is hard not to get excited about record-breaking architecture, especially when that architecture includes sculptural towers that would become the tallest buildings in an entire continent. Russian architect Alex Wizhevsky’s Djibouti Towers is a complex of futuristic buildings that, if built, would beat out the Carlton Centre for the tallest skyscraper in Africa.

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Crafts
April 18, 2021

10+ All-Inclusive Latch and Rug Hook Kits That’ll Have You Creating Retro-Inspired Designs

There are plenty of crafts that seem to have had their heyday in the 1970s. Macramé is a great example. But if you think there are crafts that are destined for your grandma's house, you'll want to have another look at them. Techniques and activities that seem like they’re well in the past have had a revival over the last few years as modern crafters have rediscovered their charm.

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