Forget walking over water. How about walking through it? A little ingeniuty provides a fresh take on bridges. The Invisible Bridge by RO & AD of the Netherlands and Belgium is a sunken walkway that sits at water level providing access to Forte de Roovere, a 17th Century Dutch fortress. Not only is the bridge an optical illusion, it also benefits its natural surroundings by staying out of the way. The visual impact is nearly zero until you approach it. But when you do see it, it’s absolutely beautiful. The bridge is constructed with processed timber to prevent decay and the way it cuts through the landscape is awe-inspiring. We have a few images posted below for your enjoyment. Click Read More to view.

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Our favorite art duo is at it again. Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann – better known as Lang Baumann – created another colorful installation. This time they invaded Moscow for the Bistro Sixteen Festival. Hosted by the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Lang Baumann applied their bold technique to the interior and exterior of a bar near Strelka’s campus. While it’s not as large as their previous work, it’s still executed at a very high level. We’d love to see something like this in Philadelphia or New York. Click Read More for a closer look. Also, please note that today (Sept 1) is the last day for the interior installation, but the street part should remain for a little while longer.

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Forget xboxes, playstations and wiis. When was the last time you saw a flight simulator look this good? Recently, the creative minds at Banozic Architecture completed work on Stuttgart’s SimmINN. It’s a full size replica of the Boeing 737 cockpit claiming to offer the truest simulation of what pilots experience when flying. But Banozic didn’t stop there. As they describe it, “Our aim was to complete this impressive illusion outside the cockpit by creating a dynamic and abstract scenery of an airport runway. The simulators with their adjacent walls are positioned into the spatial concept in order to complete the remaining aircraft-parts graphically.” Click Read More for a closer look.

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The Samitaur is a spiraling tower standing tall at the edge of Los Angeles’ Culiver City on Hayden and National Boulevard. Mixing industrial grit with a hint of futurism, the structure serves two purposes. On the inside it’s an office for new media companies and graphic designers. On the outside the tower displays relevant community information for passing commuters. Smart architecture is powerful and the Samitaur marks a bold step for the re-developing zone of Culiver City. If you’re in Los Angeles definitely check it out. Click Read More for a closer look.

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Paris welcomes another fantastic installation by Jakob & MacFarlane. La Ville Intelligente is a vibrant structure serving as a visitor’s center representing the futuristic hopes of Paris. Located within the Parc de la Villette you can’t miss it as it sits boldly along the Canal de L’ourcq. Jakob & MacFarlane describe its conception as “…a future ‘Paris’ or structure into which arteries are connected to a metropolis of the future – a new space where people can rediscover within an urban network, peripheries, streets, and places.” Click Read More for a closer look at La Ville Intelligente.

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Whenever we visit NY we make time to stop by the High Line. It’s our favorite park for many reasons. But most importantly, it reminds us what can be accomplished when a few determined community members rally and convince everyone of their vision for something beautiful and innovative. At times it must have seemed impossible to get buy-in from other community members, public officials and city administration, but they did it. And, they did it with amazing effect.

This week they opened the second section of the park which doubles its size – making it one mile in length stretching from Gansvoort Street to West 30th – connecting the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. If you haven’t checked out the High Line, we highly recommend visiting. Click Read More for a closer look.

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New Role Models is an exciting urban initiative by New York based Click Boom Pow. Instead of waiting for the city to beautify their city, they took matters into their own hands by developing and distributing beautiful urban furniture throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. If you’re in the area you might see a few. The artful seating is created by bending quarter inch steel and laminating it with selected works by acclaimed designers like Chris Streger, Davla, Fawad Kahn and Milton Glaser. We hope more people are inspired by this effort and create beautiful works for their own city spaces. Click Read More to view a few photos from the project.

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