What would an urban landscape be without thousands of dripping, mismatched air conditioning units? There's something charming about a steaming window unit propped up on a couple of packs of baby wipes. Slate has scoured Flickr for the most beautiful and humorous photos of air conditioning boxes across the globe. Take a look through our homage to creative cooling.
What truly differentiates the Hotel Dom Jose in Quarteira, Portugal from other seaside hotels is its pleasantly organized positioning of air conditioning units.
Not sure what to do with all the junk in your apartment? Stick it in the window. The more the merrier, and theoretically more secure, your air conditioner.
Photographer Jason Eppink, creator of the documentary, "The Migratory Patterns of the Air Conditioner Window Unit," is a big fan of foam as a means to secure a box. "If some styrofoam accidentally falls during installation, no one dies!" he writes.
