This massive bench now on display at the Industry Gallery in Washington, D.C. stretches over the warehouse space like an oversized coiled snake. Incredibly, the sculpture — called "Spun" — weighs just under ten pounds thanks to a unique carbon fiber construction process.

This water fountain located in Osaka Japan is more than just a bubbling display acting as a public meeting place. This water fountain projects streams and sheets of water; they flow in patterns creating everything from flowers and vines to helpfully telling the time.

Several millennia from now, future archeologists will excavate through to our level of Earth strata and brush aside the layers of cigarette butts and Capri Sun pouches to uncover the remains of an architecturally schizophrenic civilization. These future Indiana Joneses will be forced to reconcile the lives of an ancient people who left behind humble, mostly square-shaped dwellings, but also erected gigantic asymmetrical behemoths that defy the very laws of physics and practicality. Were these towering multi-planed dwellings from the third millennium a tribute to some ancient war god, a misguided attempt to harness the Earth's magic, or just a terrible mess of engineering? Perhaps they will never know. Here we present 14 designs for brain-meltingly unique buildings from around the world that will be coming to a cityscape near you.

Tokyo celebrated the Hotaru Festival (Firefly Festival) in style with the release 100,000 glowing blue LEDs orbs into the Sumida River flowing through the center of the city. After bobbing their way down the river, the special solar powered orbs were collected by giant nets so they could be reused.