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Bullet-Proof Bird Houses - The Architect's Bird Feeder (GALLERY)
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Soojin Hyun designed this strange concept called the House on the Table. What looks to me like a tree house on a desk is a structure conceived as a sort of personal fortress intended to safeguard a person's privacy. The House on the Table comes complete with a bookshelf, a vaulted ceiling, four wall…[More]
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Doll House Tables - Desk Mini Fortress (GALLERY)
John Körmeling's house, which looks like a real house, can rotate completely over a span of 20 hours.
"The house will not be fit for human habitation; it consists of a steel construction covered with red brick strips and tiles," Gizmodo says. "The windows are made of laminated glass with white wi…[More]
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Moving Architecture - John Körmeling's Rotating House (VIDEO)
Things are looking much greener at the solar energy front these days. After recently reporting on inflatable solar panels, we bring you another efficient and cost effective solar power innovation that will make opting for a solar roof a viable and more convenient option.
The key innovation in the L…[More]
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Peel & Stick Solar Panels - Lumeta PowerPly (VIDEO)
This very creative four-story Alley House is cleverly integrated between the walls of two buildings in Antwerp, Belgium.
Although the distance between the two structures was only 2.4 meters (7'10") wide, the architects were able to see it as a unique experience to flex their design skills. The bott…[More]
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Alley Houses - 8 Ft Wide, 4 Story Home (GALLERY)
Who knew Gothic architecture could be so unbelievably funky and hip? Kruisherenhotel, located in Maastricht, Netherlands proves that it can be. We've seen renovated churches as homes, but this 15th century monastery is a beautiful example of how the ancient old world architecture can thrive today an…[More]
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Hip Gothic Church Hotels - Kruisherenhotel (GALLERY)
The HOMA Libre, or Hotel of Modern Art in the Yanshan District of Guangxi, China can well be described as extreme eclecticism in terms of architecture and design.
With bedrooms featuring giant silver, padded headboards, the HOMA Libre mixes ultra modern furniture with rugged, Tarzan-style canopies…[More]
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Modern Art Hotels – HOMA Libre (GALLERY)
The new Graz Theater (also known as Mumuth Theatre) at the University of Graz, in Austria is a fusion of music, architecture and futuristic vision.
Designed by Ben Van Borkel and Caroline Bos, the theater has two entrances, one for the performers and one for the patrons. It's all about springs tho…[More]
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Spring-Inspired Buildings - Graz Music Theater (GALLERY)
The FLARE is a building facade that allows the exterior of an edifice to "express" itself and interact with its environment, therefore acting as a living skin or membrane. The system consists of a series of tiltable metal flakes supplemented by pneumatic cylinders that can be controlled individually…[More]
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Living Skin Building Facades - The FLARE (VIDEO)
The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block, they will create a 150,000 square meter ecologically-friendly quarter in downtown Singapore with c…[More]
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Eco-Friendly Singaporean Architecture - Beach Road Complex (GALLERY)
It seems there are many artists who share a fascination with the San Francisco skyline. We've already seen a Jell-O SF landscape, and now there's this cityscape made of pots, pans and other kitchen tools.
Zhan Wang, a Beijing artist, is the creator of this metal masterpiece, which is currently on …[More]
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Cookware CityScapes - San Francisco by Zhan Wang (GALLERY)
With a one mile wide base and a staggering two mile high rooftop, the Ultima Tower by Eugene Tsui is inspired by nature: the elegant termite mound. It is aerodynamically efficient, resistant to earthquake shock waves, and is cooled by flowing water.
OK, so let's put aside the fact that if the Eart…[More]
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Termite-Inspired Mega Buildings - Ultima Tower
Some people's love of LEGO doesn't fade with age, in fact, for some people, the desire to build structures out of the plastic toys becomes even stronger. To demonstrate the possibilities of the architectural models you can build, LEGO created a 100 foot building made of 500,000 plastic bricks, makin…[More]
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100 Foot LEGO Building - 50th Anniversary Tower
These futuristic buildings can be found in Spain and can be attributed to the creative brilliance of architect Enric Ruiz-Geli. His highly modern words combine clean edges with a lot of spherical design, blending fluidly to create spaceship-like structures.
He is best known for his Cloud-9 studio,…[More]
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Spanish Space Architecture - Cloud 9 by Enric Ruiz-Geli (VIDEO)
Nearly a year after our first post, we have more info about the personal skyscraper being built by Mukesh Ambani, the head of the Mumbai-based petrochemical Reliance Industries. He is also the fifth richest man in the world with a net worth of $46 billion. Ambani is making the most of his bank accou…[More]
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$2 Billion Homes - Antilla is World's Most Expensive House (FOLLOW-UP) (VIDEO)
Beijing looks like they're just about ready to host the Summer 2008 Olympic Games. At the very least, they've got the Beijing Capital International Airport ready to receive athletes, media and visitors from about the world. In fact, the new Terminal 3 building alone is reportedly capable of facilita…[More]
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Mega Terminals - Beijing Terminal 3 is World's Largest Building (VIDEO)
GeoSimCities is a website that provides a 3-D virtual representation of cities.
This is a wonderful idea. I visited the site and checked out the virtual Philadelphia tours of offered on the site. Also included in virtual Philly was E-shopping, city planning, human interaction with other visitors to…[More]
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Virtual Cities - GeoSimCities 3D Philadelphia Tours (GALLERY)
Believe it or not, this is a dog house that, in all likelihood, was patterned after the dog owner's own house design.
Doggie Dream Homes will build a smaller version of a real home for dogs that may include furniture, curtains, air conditioning, satellite TV, internet and even a phone line.
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Canine Mansions 2 - Doggie Dream Homes (GALLERY)
This is the design of a sustainable, eco-friendly house shaped in the form of a bee orchid. The house, which is called The Orchid and is located in the UK, uses geothermal heating and an underground pump to create its own energy. So far so good.
The Orchid, designed by Sarah Featherstone, sits on 5…[More]
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Eco-Luxury Architecture - $15 Million Orchid House (GALLERY)
A lot of people aspire to be designers, but in order to get mentioned on Trend Hunter, there's got to be something pretty cutting edge about your company. The Apartment definitely makes our list.
The New York City design agency uses every opportunity to innovate and try new marketing, branding and…[More]
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Cutting Edge Design Firms - The Apartment (GALLERY)
Stitch chairs by Adam Goodrum were presented at the Milan furniture fair earlier this month. The stitch chair is made from 3mm laser cut aluminum and when folded closes to 15mm. Rods are applied to create the hinges and assemble the chair.
I like the multi-color patchwork chair best but I would no…[More]
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Foldable Furniture - Adam Goodrum Stitch Chairs (GALLERY)
Although Marchesa's fall/winter 2008 collection paid subtle tribute to Queen Elizabeth I, the complex detailing and pronounced structure of the collection reminded Trendinista of tapering spires and tiered pagodas found on temples and sanctuaries. To help others see the resemblance, each gown was pa…[More]
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Fashion Inspired by Architecture - Marchesa For Spires and Pagodas (GALLERY)
The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to support the street art so prominently displayed through the city.
The entire project took three…[More]
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Collaborative Hotel Designs - 20 Graffiti Artists Design Habita Hotel
The Nomadic Museum, built for the Ashes and Snow Exhibition which displays the work of Canadian photographer, Gregory Colbert, is a removable structure built mostly of bamboo.
The iron part of the architectural marvel is made partly of shipping containers, so when moved to another destination, not…[More]
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Disappearing Buildings - The Nomadic Museum
Designer Naho Matsuno has designed a classic piece of furniture called the Cube 6 made of birch plywood and maple. The cube unfolds into six tiny stools that would be ideal when you have a small group of friends pop by one morning and all of them start whining that they want to sit down.
The piece…[More]
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Expandable Furniture - Cube 6 (GALLERY)
Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular burner units and use them as hot plates while serving the food. Each of the modular units has a r…[More]
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Burners as Hotplates - Sovrappensiero
The Teuco Hot Tub “Sorgente” by Lenci Design has a seamless sunken profile design. The tub ensures a tranquil experience with 8 Hydro-silence whirlpool jets. But what makes this tub stand out from the rest is the features. It has a control panel or remote control operation, underwater lighting, …[More]
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High Tech Designer Tubs - Teuco Sorgente Hot Tub (GALLERY)
Recycled and Organic are two keywords which are defining what's fashionable this season. Check out this large, round mirror covered with coils of recycled magazine pagers. Rolled into coils, the pages of the magazine are attached to the mirror's frame and then sealed for durability and shine. It's f…[More]
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Recycled Magazine Art - Paper Coil Mirror (GALLERY)
Beach huts on the Lincolnshire coast of the UK have had radical makeovers as part of the Bathing Beauties festival, the first part of which was in 2007.
The festival makes beach huts truly for the 21st century. In addition to Jabba the Hut (pictured) there is one titled Eyes Wide Shut which featur…[More]
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Reinventing British Beach Huts - Bathing Beauties Festival Architecture
Fiat UK has just opened a stylish new Flagship Store in London’s West End and celebrated the occasion with a design exhibition and fabulous party.
The exhibition, called Fiat Workpop 500, featured the work of 22 young designers competing to design an accessory for the Fiat 500 that will go into …[More]
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