Archive for the ‘Architecture’ Category
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12 Pics Of The 1948 White House Renovation
Imagine our surprise when we learned that Washington’s White House needed to be gutted and renovated in 1948 after the building started to show it’s age. The White House was originally rebuilt in 1814 after having been burned to the ground by the British, and all the fancy 20th century innovations like electricity, indoor plumbing and ventilation were implemented. By November 1948, the New York Times ...
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Golden Era Film Stars Photographed In Their Own Homes
Ever wonder what the houses of some of Hollywood’s most famous stars and starlets look like? We were so happy to come across an article by Architectural Digest featuring photographs of some remarkable actors and actresses of the Golden Age in their own homes. Who do you think has the most style? Our votes go to Elvis Presley (the warm, bold colours in his living room ...
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5 Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Seven million people living in 423 square miles. The local government makes no attempt to hide this fact, noting the superlative on a fact-sheet (PDF). Although 49 percent of the city’s residents live in public or subsidized housing, the city has rents 35 percent higher than New York City. The Chinese city’s government ...
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The World’s 5 Most Mysterious Buildings
A little bit of mystery keeps the world interesting, and there is no shortage when it comes to mysterious buildings. Sure, they may not look overly interesting or mysterious in terms of architecture and location, but the stories behind some of these buildings have left us curious, to say the least. And made us utter, “WHOA!”. #5: the Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida. Made from 1,100 ...
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Funky House Made From Wood Pallets
Chilean architectural firm, James and Mau Architects, is best known for their prefabricated houses, including this uniquely designed house made called the Manifesto House (as built by Infinski) that was built using mostly recycled, reused and eco-friendly materials. 85% of the house boasts a green building standard. Materials like cork, iron, wood, aluminum, noble woods and eco-ceramics were combined to create a pretty cool design aesthetic ...
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Cool Electrical Tower Design Built In The Human Likeness
Kudos go out to American architecture firm, Choi+Shine Architects, for this innovative and fun design concept featuring 30-metre tall electricity towers that are shaped like human figures. The project, entitled Land of Giants, was awarded the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award for its unique conceptual approach to power solutions in the Icelandic landscape. The Land of Giants design also received an honourable mention ...
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Wicked Trampoline Bridge Concept in Paris
Thanks to Parisian architectural firm, AZC, Paris could be home to one of the best bridge designs we’ve ever stumbled across. Associate architects, Irina Cristea and Grégoire Zündel, put together a proposal for a new “Bridge” in Paris as part of their entry for a new Bridge design competition. Here’s an excerpt from AZC explaining the concept behind their design: “The competition brief, A Bridge in ...
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Amazing Portraits Chiseled into Building Walls
Just when you think the street-art world has exhausted ideas for new types of expression, an artist like Alexandre Farto aka Vhils from Lisbon Portugal comes up with these marvellous feats. Vhils is one of the youngest artists who specializes in street-art; at 25-years-old he is already represented by Steve Lazarides (also the agent that represents Bansky). Vhils’ chiseled wall portraits of ordinary citizens have made ...
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These Cool Pods Suspended in Trees Sleep 2 People
These unbelievably cool pod-shaped spheres are called Cocoon Trees – they are spheric aluminium structures that are covered with a water-resistant tarpaulin that allows for ventilation and air flow that is designed to hang in trees. The pod weighs only 60 kilos and is apparently really easy to install because it is rigged with ropes and secured by nets.The pods are accessed by either wooden walkways ...
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This Australian Children’s Park Could Be The Coolest In The World
The Blaxland Riverside Park in Sydney Olympic Park in Australia was designed by JMD Design and is proving to be one of the coolest children’s entertainment parks in the world. The park was officially opened on June 1st 2012 and makes extensive use of the 300 meters wide of land to house a variety of play experiences and elements that cater to the entire family. The ...
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Crazy House Decorated With Over 30,000 Bottle Caps
Russian retiree Olga Kostina has decorated the exterior of her house in the Siberian taiga in the town of Krasnoyarsk using over 30,000 bottle caps – a wonderful way to upcycle the thick plastic caps and turn her house into a work of art. Kostina used the caps to create macramé motifs – a beautiful technique that has a pixelated quality to the imagery, or almost ...
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Retro Photos of The Very First McDonald’s Restaurant
We owe all things McWonderful to Maurice and Richard (“Mac” and “Dick”) McDonald who moved their father’s restaurant from Monrovia to San Bernardino in California in 1940. The restaurant was renamed McDonald’s Famous Barbecue and served over forty types of barbecued items – a big change from the menu we’ve come to know now. The brothers quickly realized that the majority of their profit came from ...
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Amazing City Scape Art Made From 100,000 Staples
Artist Peter Root has been busy collecting staples and turning the boring metal office supplies used for bundling paperwork into mesmerizing city scapes. Using 100,000 staples to cover an approximate area of 600cm x 300cm (118 inches x 236 inches), Root’s work of art entitled Ephemicropolis was born. Root broke down the stacks of staples into varying sizes, the tallest of which measures 12cm high (5 ...
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World’s Largest Building Made Of Recycled Beer Bottles
Las Vegas is now home to the world’s largest building made from recycled bottles called the Morrow Royal Pavillion. The 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility was created by LAs Vegas Entrepreneaur, Scott McCombs, and is made from more than 500,000 beer bottles that were collected from Las Vegas strip hotels and crushed into tiny glass bits. The crushed glass was then formed into a concrete composite ...
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Luxury Yacht Inspired By The Streets Of Monaco
Have you heard of Yacht Island Design? This amazing company is striving to make major changes in the hatch design industry, most notably with their design concept to recreate the streets of Monaco upon an innovative floating platform…i.e.: a yacht. Leaving the conventional hull shape behind, this company is taking complete and utter creative freedom in order to offer clients a truly unique vacation experience. The ...
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Dubai’s Luxurious Underwater Discuss Hotel
Dubai is proud to call numerous architectural feats her own, and now, she can add the Water Discus Hotel to the roster. Designed by Depp Ocean Technology, the Water Discus Hotel will be the first of several in the emirates to feature an underwater section of 21 rooms that will bring new meaning to the phrase “Sleeping with the fish…”. The Water Discus Hotel will also ...
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Luxury Watch Made From Fragments Of The Statue Of Liberty
Swiss luxury watch company RJ-Romain Jerome, has unveiled the Liberty-DNA watch to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. Fragments of the statue were recovered during the centenary restoration work and were passed to Romain Jerome, who incorporated them into the Liberty-DNA dial. The bronze bezel of watch is adorned with 12 spikes reminiscent of the statue’s crown. The verdigris dial echoes the color ...
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An Under Water Guinness Bar
The next time you are enjoying a delicious pint of Guinness, imagine what it would be like to be drinking your dark, frothy brew deep-sea style. Thanks to London-based architecture firm, Jump Studios, you don’t have to come up with all the details in your imagination. Jump Studios recently completed the design of a submarine interior for the first ever deep-sea bar that is located in ...
