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French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Pejus have taken a redundant building in the grounds of their arts centre and turned it into a ghost-like architectural structure. Looks like the perfect venue for next year’s Halloween bash.
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The year was 1977, and Oberto Airaudi (who prefers the name ‘Falco’) and a small band of merry men began digging in the valley of Valchiusella, in northern Italy. The plan was to build a series of nine ornate temples, over five levels and 100 feet below the surface, later dubbed the Temples of Damanhur. The temple designs came from visions Falco (who, by the way, didn’t record Rock Me Amadeus) had experienced from a young age of a past life, a world of beauty in an advanced civilisation. Hmmm, I wonder what kind of mushrooms grow on the foothills of the Alps?
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Coming in at just under 12 square meters, this student living space may be the smallest house in Sweden. Located in Lund, the compact cottage boasts all the essentials” a sleeping loft, a kitchenette with a table, a bathroom and an under bed study. Despite the potential for cabin fever, the space is actually hotly contested amongst students. But if you’re going to invite friends over for dinner, three’s definitely a party. So choose wisely.
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Remember the floating cinema? Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s Ole Scheeren, the architect behind it, has also designed a number of other intriguing architectural structures.
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Frank Gehry’s over-scaled cornice surprised the conservative town of Boston when he renovated the Tower Records building with Schwartz/Silver back in 1989. His penthouses in New York now take their sculptural cues from the experience of exaggerated bay windows where a person can step beyond the facade of a building. What is interesting is the promotional video for the new penthouses uses tilt shift views which imply that your view 870 feet up from the tallest residential building in the U.S. will make New York seem like your personal playset.
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Only in the Indian village of Abhaneri can you find a well like this: the 1,200-year-old Chand Baori step well. Built in the 9th century, the 13-storey, 100-feet deep structure is entirely surrounded by maze-like steps — all 3,500 of these — for easy access to the water. It looks pretty mindblowing.
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In general, the Japanese are a pretty healthy people. But besides eating healthy, some Japanese intertwine exercise with architecture. These five Japanese houses are designed to make exercise unavoidable for their inhabitants. One house has a built-in rock climbing wall, another features a mini-golf course, and another house has floor-to-ceiling sliding poles and undulating concrete floors. If you’re ever a guest in one of these houses, be prepared to break a sweat.
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From the country that’s home to some of the ‘worlds weirdest hotels’ comes the latest in luxury tourist attractions: The Mirrorcube. Located 60 kilometres south of the Arctic circle, in Harads, Sweden, this stunning hide-out, designed by Tham & Videgard architects, is made of light-weight aluminum which is hung around the base of a single tree.
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Moscow-based architect Peter Kostelov has created an origami-inspired house for Russian television show Dachniy Otvet in which the client and architect only met once before construction. The brief for the house specified that it was to be a summer home for enjoying outdoor activities and hosting parties. The owner also specified it wasn’t to be [...]
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Edward Ogosta Architecture has created an interesting and inspiring space for a creative media company based in Los Angeles. The 6,000 square foot room is decked out with individual cubicles that look like little houses, hollowed out tree trunk chairs for private sitting, and a raised discussion space. Perhaps print this post out and pop it into your office suggestion box. You never know your luck.
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Casa das Caldeiras is a masonry brick factory built in the 1920s to serve as power generator for the old Matarazzo Industries. It’s an historic heritage building in São Paulo City, restored and revitalized in 1999, when it became a new location for the some of coolest events in town.
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When ArchTriumph arranged the competition to design a contemporary bridge in Paris, the French Atelier Zündel Cristea decided this should be fun. So they came up with an inflatable bridge that consists of trampolines, permitting the Parisians to cross their beloved Seine in a very playful and innovative way. And this lovely idea let them achieve an excellent third place.
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Paris-based architecture firm Christian Pottgiesser-Architecturespossibles designed this segmented house where each family member gets their own little tower area to live in. Each of the five towers contains a bedroom, bathroom, and a dressing room. The towers project upward from a one-story general living area, and the entire house blends in harmoniously with the surrounding terrain.
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It doesn’t get more terrific than this: a picture of famous architects dressed up as their buildings they’ve designed, not looking too thrilled. It’s a bit hard to make out the buildings, but, in order: Fuller Building (Stewart Walker), Waldorf-Astoria (Leonard Schultze), Squibb Building (Ely Jacques Kahn), Chrysler Building (William Van Alen), 1 Wall Street (Ralph Walker), Metropolitan Tower (D.E.Ward), and, of course, the Museum of New York (Joseph H. Freelander). Chrysler Building looks really fancy.
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Having worked at a tyre store for number of years on weekends, I’ve met some people that are pretty enthusiastic about their cars. But this is taking it to the next level. Polish firm Kwk Promes has created a house that incorporates the good old automobile in a clean and important way. The owner of [...]
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