World’s Most Creative Buildings

The Astra House (Germany)

The Basket Building (United States)

 The Blue Building (Netherlands)

The Crooked House (Poland)

 The Dancing House (Czech Republic)

Kansas City Library (United States)

The Piano House (China)

 The Robot Building (Thailand)

 Sam Kee Building: six feet deep, world’s thinnest (Canada)

15 Metro Stations That Make Travelling A Beautiful Journey

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a Metro or Subway. But not all metro stations tell the same story. The ones, listed below, are a class apart boasting of spectacular architecture. These stations are so impressive, they can make any travelling transform into a beautiful journey, day after day.

1. Formosa Boulevard Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2. City Hall Station, New York

3. Toledo Metro Station, Naples, Italy

4. Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai, China

5. T-Centralen Station, Stockholm, Sweden

6. "The Water Lily Station", Stockholm, Sweden

7. Liege Guillemins, Belgium

8. Arbatskaya Station, Moscow, Russia

9. U-bahn Station Westfriedhof, Munich, Germany

10.  Kremlevskaya Metro Station, Kazan, Russia

11. Namur Station Lighting, Montreal, Canada

12. Rathaus Spandau U-bahn Station, Berlin

13. Atocha, Madrid, Spain

14.  "zoloti Vorota" Station, Kiev, Ukraine

15. Hafencity Metro, Hamburg

102-Year-Old Abandoned Ship is a Floating Forest

The SS Ayrfield is one of many decommissioned ships in the Homebush Bay, just west of Sydney, but what separates it from the other stranded vessels is the incredible foliage that adorns the rusted hull. The beautiful spectacle, also referred to as The Floating Forest, adds a bit of life to the area, which happens to be a sort of ship graveyard.

Originally launched as the SS Corrimal, the massive 1,140-tonne steel beast was built in 1911 in the UK and registered in Sydney in 1912 as a steam collier which was later used to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the Pacific region during World War II. The ship went on to serve as a collier between Newcastle and Miller's terminal in Blackwattle Bay.

Eventually, in 1972, the SS Ayrfield was retired and sent to Homebush Bay which served as a ship-breaking yard. While many ships were taken apart, about four metallic bodies of vessels that are over 75 years old currently float in the bay, though none are enveloped by nature quite like the Ayrfield. The ship continues to attract visitors to its majestic presence, rich with mangrove trees.

Wood Bridge In Netherland

Commissioned by the Province of Friesland, Oak (Onix and Achterbosch Architecture) has developed a road bridge that connects 2 districts of Sneek on either side of the A7 motorway. The bridge was designed for a municipality that wished to establish a new city marker along the motorway. Framework The Department of Public Works, the user of the bridge, stated that it wished to use more wood in its constructions.

We regarded it as important to elaborate the wooden bridge in such a way that it would be both recognizable and new to Sneek. The contours call to mind the traditional cheese-cover farmhouses of Friesland; the construction evokes reminiscences of the building expertise that it still abundantly present in the old city; the wooden beams reflect the shipbuilding industry, with Sneek as the water recreation city par excellence in the North Netherlands. All these aspects led to the first uncovered wooden bridge in the heaviest load class. This bridge is not only a novelty for the Netherlands but also for countries such as Canada, Norway and Switzerland where the covered bridge is a well-known feature. The bridge consists of Accoya wood, an acetylated type of wood that has been produced in a factory in Arnhem for around one year now. The acetylation of wood is a process that makes wood almost imperishable. The design of the bridge is a fusion of infrastructure, construction, art and architecture. As a component of the renewed A7 motorway, the wooden bridge was envisaged at two positions.