 Post-Disaster House-To-Go - Fresh Start::The owners of Martin House-To-Go lost everything after Katrina, then came up with the Fresh Start, a 2008 moving post-disaster house which retails for about $30,000. They describe it as a 'fully equipped… [MORE] |
 Landmark Toilets - Plastik Architects Design in Kent::Why should you hire an architect to design public toilets? The answer can be found in the work of trendy, young designers Plastik Architects in London have completed their first public commission: a building… [MORE] |
 International Design & Architecture Winner - Cape Town House J::House J is now the proud winner of the WAN house of the Year award - designed by South African architect Kevin Fellingham - and recognises the stunning characterisitics of this Simonstown house in Cape… [MORE] |
 Updating Futuristic Architecture - Disney's New House of the Future::Millions visited Disney's "House of the Future" 50 years ago when it opened in 1957.
What they witnessed in the pod-shaped plastic dwelling were cordless phones, wall-sized TV's, electronic razors for… [MORE] |
 Luxury Creation In Cancun - NIZUC Resort Residence Spa::Set in 28 private beach-front acres the NIZUC Resort Residence and Spa is the creation of the ‘masters of hospitality’ Adrian Zecha and is sure to raise the bar even higher in the travel and vacation… [MORE] |
 7 Floors & 7 Stars Below Sea Level - Istanbul Underwater Hotel::This seven floor underwater hotel will give its guests a new view of the famous city of Istanbul. It is due to open in 2010, and will coincide with its Culture Capital of Europe nomination and lay down… [MORE] |
 Renewable Energy Solution To Power The Entire World - Energy Islands::We’ve already seen the power of waves and the oceans current harnessed into useful electricity, and solar and wind almost seem like they have been around forever, however no one has really conjured up… [MORE] |
 Lumberjack Chic - Canadian Design Seeks An Identity::With designers around the globe carving out specialist niches and style that add to the reputation and recognition of not only the designer but also the design identity of a whole country or a region.… [MORE] |
 Living in a Shell - The Nautilus House::As far as unique houses go, this one is pretty up there. The Nautilus House is designed as a snail shell by architects at Senosiain Arquitectos for a Mexico City young couple with two children who, after… [MORE] |
 World's Largest Gucci Store - Gucci New York::New York can add another feature and tourist attraction to its already long list - the new Gucci flagship store about to be opened on 725 Fifth Avenue. The new store will be the world's largest Gucci store… [MORE] |
 Backyard Landmarks - Mansions Next to Hollywood Sign::Up to five mega mansions may soon pop up on one of the most cherished symbols of shallowness. The park behind the famous Hollywood sign in L.A. is up for sale.
"A Chicago investment group said Tuesday… [MORE] |
 San Francisco in Jell-O - Landscapes by Liz Hickok::If the graphic isn't enough to entice you (that's what got my interest sparked) then maybe you need to see the video of one artist's creative vision of what the San Francisco landscape would look like… [MORE] |
 Secret Urban Fort - Car Tent::At first, and even second or third glance, this white object looks like a car covered in a protective auto blanket, but be assured, there is no vehicle hidden underneath.
The structure is actually hollow.… [MORE] |
 Post-Disaster Design Competition - “What if New York City. . .”::New York City sought innovative ideas for providing provisional housing for residents who may lose their homes as the result of a catastrophic coastal storm. Because of the city’s high population density… [MORE] |
 Flood Adaptive Accommodations - Waterstudio Designs::If you live in a place with a high possibility of being submerged under water and frequent floods, it only make sense to move away from conventional architecture and design when it comes to home building.… [MORE] |
 Dreamworks Joins Dubailand - World's First Dreamworks Theme Park::As the new Trend Hunter resident Arab, I am proud to announce that Dubailand, billed as the biggest tourism, leisure and entertainment complex in the world, just landed an important partner, DreamWorks.… [MORE] |
 Ultra-Green Office Building - Hidden Eco-Friendly Corporate HQ::The perfect excuse for being late for work has inadvertently been created by the architect and interior design team at the Penson Group. This proposed headquarter, called the Vestry, of a major UK company… [MORE] |
 Redesigning Holland To Deal With Global Warming - Entire Country Will Float::The climate change is already starting to influence architecture and building design. In order to adapt to rising sea levels and the fact that 20% of the country is already below sea level, Holland officials… [MORE] |
 Ice Cool Modern Living - Snow House::When you think of Norway (if you ever have, that is), you would probably think of rocky fjords, cold weather, warm people, and an abundance of very lucrative goods like fish and oil. Most would not think… [MORE] |
 Going Green With Plant Power - Cradle 2 Cradle Spinach Concept Home::Stop the presses, they have found a good use for Spinach other than for torturing young children. Get this house design that uses Spinach for much of the exterior surface. It was conceptualized by Cradle… [MORE] |
 Reinventing The Wheel - Folding Bicycle Wheel::The folding bicycle wheel is a very innovative space saver for the courier or commuter who, for security measure, removes their front tire. Now instead of having to take the awkward wheel with you to your… [MORE] |
 Movie Theatre House - Hagy Belzber's Theater Wall::Where else but L.A. would home architecture be so dominated by the media? The owner is Hagy Belzberg. If there is nothing worth viewing on the screen, then a view out any of the glass walls will be just… [MORE] |
 The Simple Life Experience - Living in Suburban Tipi::Do you feel sometimes like ditching your complicated house and lifestyle and opting for a simpler one? Inspired by yuris, tipis, and igloos, designer John Paananen wanted to see if living in such an iconic… [MORE] |
 Hovering Furniture - Star Wars Armchair::If you’ve ever seen Star Wars and wanted to lavish your house with the stylish Jedi furnishing, you’ll be happy to hear that it is not only available in a galaxy far, far away. Very literally Keith… [MORE] |
 Chic Outdoor Weddings - Chapel of La Estancia::This beautiful little chapel in Mexico will provide simplicity and tastefulness for those who desire an outdoor wedding but are still looking to have the feel of a chapel for their vows.
Bunker Arquitectura… [MORE] |
 Upscale Bath Focal Points - Organic to Surreal::No sinking feeling here. From stunning Bauhaus to mass manufactured Eljay, bathroom designers are breaking all the rules to come up with striking choices so you can emphasize your personal pleasure and… [MORE] |
 Beijing National Aquatics Center - Water Cube::The count down to the 2008 Summer Olympics is getting tighter as the Beijing games approach. In an effort to prepare the city for its international tourism explosion, Beijing has been erected some phenomenal… [MORE] |
 Luxurious Greek Art Hotel – Classical Baby Grand Hotel Athens::I’ve dreamed of going to Greece my entire life; there’s a magical lure to the Mediterranean I just can’t describe. Planning trips (even if I won’t actually be going in the near future) is half… [MORE] |
 Room Made Entirely from Chocolate - Oh My Godiva::Godiva unveiled a room made entirely from chocolate in Manhatten this week.
And it really is simply ALL chocolate. For example, opening the books will reveal piles of chocolates and not words. Lighting… [MORE] |
 Eco Check-In – Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport::The greenest way to check in for a flight may also be the most yellow. Madrid wants visitors to know from the moment they land that its citizens are concerned with the environment.
The $7.4 billion Terminal… [MORE] |
 Cleaning up South Korea - Seoul's $31 Billion Yongsan Project::Seoul, South Korea, is a city that is continually transforming itself, from huts a hundred years ago to high rises now. A new project is scheduled for the Yongsan business district that will cost $31 billion… [MORE] |
 All Wonders of the World in Dubai - Pyramid, Taj Mahal and More in Falcon City of Wonders::The biggest pyramid in the world will no longer be in Egypt; rather, it will be in Dubai. As part of a new project called Falcon City, Dubailand will be adding replicas of the world's wonders that will,… [MORE] |
 World's Longest Arch Bridge - 667 Meter Bridge in Dubai::On why Dubai would want the longest arch bridge in the world and spend lots of money on it, I wouldn't know. The most publicized emirate in the UAE has already chosen the New York architectural firm FXFOWLE… [MORE] |
 Anti-Smog Architecture in Paris - Vincent Callebaut's Green Innovation Centre::In a battle to claim title to world's cleanest cities, Paris has come up with a concept for anti-smog architecture.
What looks like the top half of a drinking straw poking out of the water, and a giant… [MORE] |
 Ingenious Flat Pack Furniture - Small Space Living Made Eco-Easy::Flat pack furniture is exactly what it sounds like: furniture that starts out entirely as sheets of wood, metal or even cardboard.
There is a range of home decor items and furnishing availabe in thsi… [MORE] |
 Fuel Cell Powered Cell Phone - NEC Flask::NEC has designed a phone that in itself is the fuel cell. A hollow “flask” will hold the fuel, and what looks to be a valve at the bottom of the phone will be used to re-fuel your fuel cell powered… [MORE] |
 Striving For Ultimate Eco Friendly Movement - Car-on-a-stick::The search for the ultimate eco-friendly transportation continues with the Car-On-A-Stick. Or Largest-Streetlamp-Ever. The idea behind Ross Lovegrove's car is that doubles as a street lamp, so there are… [MORE] |
 Baby Fairy Tale - $15,000 Carriage Crib::We’ve seen the foldable crib for the nomad, and the bullet proof crib for 50 cent’s kids, but we haven’t really seen a crib that comes with a 3 year warranty and option of fairy godmother, Tinkerbelle… [MORE] |
 Renovating Religion Part III - Before and After Church to Home::I've always loved the idea of renovating a church or warehouse as a living space. The people at Zecc just reinforced how cool it would be to take a structure that perhaps has outlived its usefulness and… [MORE] |
 Dubai's Next Man Made Island - The Universe::Seeming trying to prove that too much is not nearly enough the Dubai developer of “The World” has just announced plans to build the “The Universe” which they will squeeze in between “The World”… [MORE] |
 Renovating Religion Part II - Converted Churches as Hotels::Less people go to church today, hence these buildings are often converted to other uses. Some of them for instance become hotels, and here are a few examples.
Located in the heart of Royal Deeside, Scotland,… [MORE] |
 Human Bone Chapel - Sedlec Ossuary::If you're afraid of haunted places, this church is probably worth avoiding. The inside of this historical Christian building near Prague is covered in the remains of over 40,000 people. The matter in which… [MORE] |
 Renovating Religion - Converted Churches as Homes::These heavenly buildings are actually churches which have been converted into modern homes.
The richly historic architecture of these U.K. buildings makes for a fascinating framework for modern design.… [MORE] |
 Eco-Tourism Falls To New York - Olafur Eliasson Waterfalls Will Grace City::New York will get four giant waterfalls during the summer as a city art project and tourism draw. NYC tourism got a huge boost when Christo put his panels in Central Park. Seeing a great opportunity, the… [MORE] |
 First Flat Pack Home - The Maison Tropicale::When will IKEA offer this? The Maison Tropicale, a revolutionary design by Jean Prouvé is going on display at Tate Modern, a design museum in London.
The building originally designed to help with the… [MORE] |
 The Ring House - Best Private House::This weekend house has been voted the Best Private House in the Wallpaper Design Awards 2008, and it is obvious to see why. The work of architects Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima (TNA), this weekend house… [MORE] |
 World's Highest Residence Has Prices to Match - Chicago Spire::Condos in the ultra luxurious Chicago Spire went on sale recently. The condos are not for the faint-hearted because the sky high structure has sky high prices too. At 2000 feet, the building is the highest… [MORE] |
 Mushroom House - Zube's Whistler Toadstool::In July I saw an HGTV profile on a man who lived inside a mushroom in Canada on the show World's Most Extreme Homes. I wasn't able to get any names, making research difficult.
Months later, I was finally… [MORE] |
 Wheel Shaped Hotel - Dubai Promenade::Dubai property developer Nakheel announced the construction of the world's first wheel-shaped hotel this week.
The Dubai Promenade is a new waterfront community in development, and one of these buildings… [MORE] |
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