Artists takeover the ICE HOTEL in Sweden
In it’s 23rd year, artists from all over the world come to Jukkasjarvi, Sweden to design specific features of the ICEHOTEL, involving more than 1,000 tons of pure ice and 30,000 cubic metre of snow hewn from a nearby frozen river. The artists shape the ice using various tools – irons, chainsaws, hand chisels and heating implements. Thin metal frames...
El Viento Residence
The ‘El Viento’ residence is a project built by Spanish architect, Otto Medem. Located in on the Villalba region of Madrid, the residence sits across a stunning view of Madrid’s mountainside. The structure itself is arranged in a haphazard manner with the house being divided into several intersecting planes strategically placed to capture light and views into the structure, as...
Rainbow Igloo by Daniel Gray
New Zealand based engineering student Daniel Gray came to visit his girlfriend’s family in Canada for the holidays and was asked to build a rainbow igloo in the backyard. The igloo was built out of almost 500 ice bricks that were made by freezing colored water in milk cartons. The whole process took around 150...
Fictions by Filip Dujardin
Filip Dujardin‘s series of imaginative buildings and impossible architecture photographs titled “Fictions” will have you looking at every detail in search of those details that are basically implausible. His architectural images presents inspiring and inventive propositions and statements that go beyond the autonomous realm of architecture, extending our common perception of space. From single houses and...
Basement Shops in Sofia, Bulgaria
These charming klek (knee) shops are miniature convenience stores operating out of basements of old buildings in Bulgaria’s capitol, Sofia. Once the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, residents living in Sofia wanted to move quickly away from communism so they began to open their own businesses. But because of high rent prices, business owners...
‘Fast Track’ – a 170 foot long trampoline
Over at one of my favorite inspirational sources Designboom I came across the ‘Fast Track’ – a 170 foot long trampoline in Russia developed by estonian architecture Studio Salto for the Archstoyanie festival. The trampoline demonstrates the integral elements of park planning. Expressed as a road installation, the project challenges the concept of infrastructure that...
Apartment Designed with 25,000 Ping Pong Balls
Brooklyn-based designer Daniel Arsham of Snarkitecture has made sure that his 90-square-foot residence is nothing less than amazing. Using approximately 25,000 of the plastic white and grey spheres, Arsham lined the walls of his room, transforming it into a pixelated paradise. The experimental personal project took approximately two months to complete, costing less than $100 per...
Paper Architecture
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris, France, has organized an exhibition entitled “Paper Architecture” featuring designs by Ingrid Siliakus, Beatrice Coron, Stephanie Beck, Mathilde Nivet and Peter Callesen. The collection of work looks at iconic buildings and the creation of imaginary cities made of thin sheets of paper. During the presentation children will...
Trollwall by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
The new visitor center in Trollveggen, Norway, is an outcome of the sites’ close connection to the impressive mountain wall, also called Trollwall; Europe’s tallest vertical, overhanging rock face in The Romsdal Valley, also famous for it’s base jumping, including ‘birdmen’ jumping off cliffs in Wingsuits. Reiulf Ramstad Architects used this exciting setting to carefully...
Italian Restaurant Set Inside a Cave
In the small town of Polignano o Mare, on the southern coast of Italy lives this wonderful natural secluded limestone cave which is a now transformed into an exclusive hotel and restaurant with a unique dining experience. With about twenty rooms located on the cliff tops overlooking the town, the Grotta Palazzese offers a fantastic...
Coca Cola Beatbox
Recently completed was the ‘Coca Cola Beatbox’ which is a pavilion designed specifically for the London 2012 olympics by the London based architectural duo, Pernilla & Asif. The main inspiration for the pavilion was the summer’s anthem ‘Move to the Beat’ by setting up a feature which allows it’s visitor to play a unit of...
Bologna Guest House
Italian-based architects, Enrico Iascone have designed a new and exquisite guest house set in forest in Bologna of oaks, maple and ash trees. The house itself is divided into two levels which is constructed of wood panels, allowing it to blend in it’s woody surroundings. This is furthur achieved by Iascone’s input of a large window...
