Why use Instagram to look at pictures of beautiful people, when you can use it to look at beautiful buildings and spaces? Not to mention get mad about how poorly America’s cities are designed.

Check out these 8 architecture and urban design accounts on Instagram!

Dank Lloyd Wright – @dank.lloyd.wright

What: Architecture memes sound boring, right? Especially when you aren’t an architect, nor studying to be one??? WRONG. The lived spaces we inhabit are interesting, and get this, pOLiTicAl. Read more about this account and others in the world of architecture in Dwell by Alana Hope Levinson.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/dank.lloyd.wright

brutgroup – @brutgroup

What: Brutalism is having a come back. And with good reason! Check out Brut Group for a smattering of brutalist buildings.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/brutgroup



Segregation by Design – @segregation_by_design

What: Segregation by Design explains and shows how the building of freeways through our cities destroyed the often communities of color that resided in those neighborhoods.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/segregation_by_design

Car Free America – @car_free_america

What: Get a glimpse of what life in America could look like if we scaled back our dependency on cars.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/car_free_america

Brick of Chicago – @brickofchicago

What: Love me a nice brick. No city’s use of brick is more storied and historic than Chicago. See some beautiful brickwork and learn a bit of Chicago Brick history.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/brickofchicago

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Studio Magga – @studio_magga

What: Pretty picture of architecture and design elements. That’s what you’re here for, right? What more do you want from me?

Link: https://www.instagram.com/studio_magga

Brutal Zen – @brutal_zen

What: A Japanese based account, see that concrete-y goodness of Japan.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/brutal_zen

Archidit – @archidit

What: Design and the spaces we live in. This account has it all. Architecture from across the world. Check them out!

Link: https://www.instagram.com/archidit

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