Being friendly can go a long way. Even if you only have a brief interaction with someone, showing a bit of kindness can make their day and inspire them to spread a little more positivity as well. And contrary to what you might believe, people and animals are not the only ones who can be friendly. Apparently architecture can be too. Here is a list of interesting and friendly architecture.
1. It’s Not For People But It’s Still Friendly
2. They Put Rails Under The Benches In This Park So You Can Always Be In The Shadow
3. In Case This Counts: Braille On The Rail To Describe The View
4. Sympathetic Architecture
5. Bioswale, Seattle Wa. (A Channel To Concentrate, Clean And Move Stormwater)
6. These Benches That Turn Into Tables
7. Hedgehog Highway (Dolly Parton Called These Out This Week), UK
8. Cover For Bicycle Saddle So It Doesn’t Get Wet When It Rains
9. Modskool – Design Museum Winner For Best Architecture 2020, India
ModSkool is a school that is designed to be easily erected and dismantled in response to forced evictions of farming communities on the floodplains of the Yamuna river in India.
First built in 2017 in less than three weeks by students, school staff, parents, and local volunteers, the school was dismantled one year later due to land-ownership issues. The new school, relocated further south, was held together with the form of weave used for a charpoy, a multifunctional piece of furniture traditionally used as a daybed.
10. This Drinking Fountain Allows You To Gill Your Bottle, And Saves The Extra Water For Passing Dogs
11. A Friendly Urban Cycle Path In Girona
12. Solar Park Bench With USB Charging Ports
13. Wheelchair Resting Spot On A Long Hill. Also A Bench In A Pinch
14. Giving Back To Pedestrians! Poland.
15. Wine Windows, Mostly Florence, Italy, Originally For Plague And Now Reopened And Revived
16. Cycle Leaning Rail, Horsens, Denmark (So You Can Hold On While Waiting For The Light To Change)
17. Little Free Rocks, Shells And Toy Exchange, Siletz Bay, Oregon
18. Bat-Friendly Spacing In Bridges, Texas And Elsewhere
19. These Benches Were Designed By Velopa So That Those With Walkers Could Park Them Discreetly And Still Be Part Of The Conversation. The Footrests And Large Armrests Are To Help People Get Up Again
20. This Droste Effect Little Library At A Community Org, Washington Dc
21. Polite Of This Building To Not Distract From The Beautiful Sky
22. How To Stop Skaters Without Hostility
23. Hand Sanitizer Station, Calgary, Canada. Photo By Sergei S. Scurfield
24. Giant Chess In Sarajevo
25. Social Distancing Circles, Domino Park, Brooklyn, USA
26. Blast Proof Trash Containers
27. If You’re Going To Dry Lumber Anyway, Why Not? Vancouver, Bc
28. Cellphone Lane And No Cellphone Lane, Chongquing, China
29. Emergency Stopping Lane/Runaway Truck Ramp
30. Hazelwood School, Glasgow, Scotland
