archi-tecture:

Ruins, transformed into a home in Taiwan; Designed by Casagranda Laboratory, Photographed by Adda Zei

destroyed-and-abandoned:

Abandoned Mall In Bangkok became an Urban Aquarium. Album in comments

AayKay:

Album

Here’s the full story

basically, The New World shopping mall, a 4 storey former shopping mall. The top 7 floors were demolished to adhere to building codes in 1997. In 1999 the mall burned due to suspected arson committed by a competitor in the area. The disaster resulted in several casualties, and the building has remained abandoned ever since.

At some point in the early 2000′s an unknown person began introducing a small population of exotic Koi and Catfish species. The small population of fish began to thrive and the result is now a self-sustained, and amazingly populated urban aquarium.

Original Op’s website is pretty cool and you should see the other travel related pics

rhamphotheca:

The World’s Most Beautiful Wastewater Treatment Plant

by Chris Tackett

Let this wastewater treatment plant show you how to live.

This may sound crazy, but it is exactly why the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York constructed their Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL), also known as the Eco Machine. We can learn some valuable lessons from this building.

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living may be the most beautiful wastewater treatment plant in the world. It is powered by solar and geothermal power, so it requires no additional power to operate. Unlike other wastewater treatment plants, the OCSL does not use chemicals to treat the water, but rather mimics the processes of the nature world, such as using a combination of microorganisms, algae, plants and gravel and sand filtration to clean sewage water and return clean drinkable water back to the aquifer.

In addition to doing all of this, the OCSL also functions as a classroom, to help educate and inspire people about the power of nature to provide solutions…

(read more: TreeHugger)

photograph by Omega Center for Sustainable Living

valscrapbook:

cabinporn: Abandoned stable turned family dwelling in Cáceres, Spain designed by architecture firm ÁBATON.

fuckyeahawesomehouses:

Australian Warehouse Conversion with Garden Oasis

publicdesignfestival:

Heaven is a place on earth and is located in an abandoned paper factory in the Shihlin district of Taipei (Taiwan). Interbreeding Field mantained the existing elements of the building and created Paradise Lost in Time, adding wooden boardwalks, sitting areas, a nice cafè and a green public space.

mothernaturenetwork:

Beautifully simple design: The plastic bottle light
Cut a hole in a developing world roof big enough for a plastic soda bottle to fit snugly into. Fill a bottle with water and a little bleach and set it halfway into the hole cap side up. Voila, you now have a daytime light bulb. The sunshine is diffused by the water in the bottle and kicks off the light equivalent to a 50 watt bulb that costs nothing to run. See how it works.