This week we discovered place-making at a bus stop, turning data into art, and the fanciest backyard playhouses around.

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Making a bus stop into a pleasant place to pass some time instead of a place people are eager to leave.  

Sheesh, the cost of some of these playhouses rival that of an actual house.

Nathalie Miebach doesn’t let the weather rain on her parade — she turns it into musical scores and sculptures. (via Brain Pickings)

These artists are turning records and floppy disks into art.

Think you can trust that barista with the Hulk Hogan ‘stache or the mailman with the seemingly innocent neck beard? Think again.

Images: Nathalie Miebach’s weather-inspired art.

Home Depot re-branding? It’s almost too good…

Goooooooal! Awesome animation of Gareth Bale’s hat trick against Inter Milan.

Do you think they had the kids colors these pictures before or after they doused them in drugs? (The pages, that is, not the kids.)

A bright green idea in athletic field lighting.

It’s a squid! It’s an alien! Oh no, wait, it’s just a Zaha Hadid-designed civc center — and it’s created quite a rift in this central California town.

It may look like a pipe, but trust us, Ceci n’est pas une pipe (and other great art pranks).

Super Bowl commercials, speaking like an architect, and building our own fine art collections has kept us busy this week. What about you?

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Google helps you “collect” valuable art pieces and visit the world’s museums from the comfort of your desk chair.

AOL Artists created one-of-a-kind Super Bowl footballs (above) to donate to the American Heart Association.

Coolest bike transit center ever: this modern, sustainable Bikestation in Washington, D.C. fits right in with the architecture of neighboring Union Station.

If you use words like “methodology” and “typology” when you just mean “method” and “type,” you might be a victim of architecture speak.

Is the best way to get people to watch your Super Bowl ad to create on that’ll get banned?

Halloween Edition: Zombies, election-sign typography, designers’ sketchbooks, and more!

Typography’s influence on the election race.

Take a peek into the brainstorming process of a designer. 

Stunning photos of awesome architecture.

Some great works in the history of graffiti are being recreated in New York. 

978 zombie movies, books, and games. 1 amazingly detailed poster.

Photo: The fantastic pumpkin carving of James Pope.

Here’s a sampling of the interesting stories that caught our eye this week.

Pelli Clarke Pelli unveiled its designs for San Francisco’s new futuristic-looking transit center. (Inhabitat)

Is architecture art? (Life of an Architect)

Cool typography can make ads so much cooler. (Best Free Web Resources)

Cover your house in ivy that converts solar energy into electricity. (Dwell)

Zero-waste fashion design. (New York Times)