Courtesy of Rebar Design Group

Day spas aren’t known as being incredibly green, but San Francisco-based masseuse Nell Waters has launched the SOAK campaign to build eco-spas out of shipping containers. Waters selected San Francisco-based Rebar Design Group to master-plan the bathhouse. The plan features off-grid solar panels mounted on the roof, rainwater collection facilities, and a dynamic dashboard in the public courtyard displaying real-time data on water and energy usage. Containers will be placed in vacant spaces near public transit. [The Atlantic Cities]

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Photographer Víctor Enrich warps shots of buildings in totally bizarre ways. [Gizmodo]

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New York’s New Museum is converting one of their galleries to look like the inside of a spaceship. [New Museum]

Dallas' Galleria updates Phillip Johnson's department store façade design. Johnson's 1981 design for Marshall Field & Co. featured an elegant curved exterior. Saks Fifth Avenue later occupied the building until this year, when Belk moved in. [Dallas News]

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