The latest issue of Heterotopias, a very cool magazine about video games and architecture, is out on September 22. It’s got pieces on bathrooms and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, among other things.

When redditor officialvide showed Minecraft to his dad, his first order of business, after picking up the basics, was to recreate the NYC United Nations Headquarters in-game. Impressive for a WIP, and especially for a first project. Much fancier than a wooden hut, anyway. There are five more renders below.

Anyone else getting the urge to climb this, deactivate the scrambler and then descend via zipline? The towering “Dr. Seuss House” in Willow, Alaska, via Colossal, is giving me serious Far Cry flashbacks.

This is what progress on a Minecraft survival map looks like. The GIF was made by redditor plexigras who, along with several other redditors, is playing on a map called FinalNewWorld (named after the seed used to generate it).

Manhattan's Sony Tower, slightly modified, in Minecraft form. Built by Tiresh of Planet Minecraft, it's part of a larger, unreleased city map called The Capitol, which should look damn great when it's done, judging by Tiresh's other builds. Hi-res shots, interior shots, and ingame shots below, map download here.

This is what happens when a talented Minecraft player Google image searches "modern house" and rebuilds what he finds in-game. I'd say redditor ELWORRIER did a darn good job. Look below for the full comparison pic, and an imgur album filled with more exterior and interior shots.

City 17: Through War, We Remember is an essay on Half-Life 2's architecture. If you take anything away from it, it'll be a better appreciation of the work of Lebbeus Woods.