Japanese Manhole Love

Drain covers aren't the most obvious places to look for beauty. But the Japanese have an uncanny knack of beautifying even the most mundane of urban objects. And to celebrate this most unusual of art forms is photographer Remo Camerota with 'Drainspotting' published by Mark Batty Publisher (Manholes and Batty, you couldn't make it up!). You can also download the App from iTunes.

24 rooms in a small apartment

Architect, Gary Chang, makes full use of his Hong Kong apartment where space is at a premium. Cleverly designed moving walls and storage compartments provides a comfortable and spacious living area of just 344 sq. ft.

When is a window not a window?

The Bloomframe® balcony is designed by HofmanDujardin and manufactured by Hurks Geveltechniek.

Abisko Washbasin

Abisko is the result of a collaboration between Eumar Santhenica and Swedish Designer Johan Kaupii together with architect Lars Sundstrom, representing design firm We Think AB, from Gotheburg, Sweden.

555 KUBIK | facade projection |

More urban building projection art from Daniel Rossa and UrbanScreen. The idea behind this installation was to break the strict architecture of O M Ungers 'Galerie der Gegenwart'. Watch as the Hamburg Kunsthalle morphs and shifts impossibly into geometric shapes using the illusion of shadows and colours to trick our eyes.

Architectural video installation

An impressive art installation by Apparati Effimeri at the Itinerario Festival, of a video projected onto the surface of Cesena castle. Watch as the building mysteriously melts and morphs into various abstract shapes.

iPhone Travels: St. Pancras Champagne Bar

Sipping at my flute in Europe's longest champagne bar, I found myself marvelling at the view of the stunning Victorian Gothic architecture at St. Pancras International, Eurostar's latest London terminal.

The Barlow Shed was named after William Barlow, the Chief Engineer of The Midland Railway Company. The £800 million restoration includes an arched roof, one of the biggest of it's kind, stretching 210m, rising up to 30m, and spanning 74m, holding the record for the largest enclosed space in it's day.

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