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...
Eden Hotel’s Batman Suite
Over at HighSnobiety I came across this amazing Suite. The Eden Hotel’s Batman Suite, is a hotel Suite designed entirely around the theme of Batman. I love everything about it. This shit has just earned a spot on my “Places to See Before You Die List”. The Hotel is Located in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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...
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...
Garagenatelier by Peter Kunz Architects
Over at Ignant.de we came across the Garagenatelier by Peter Kunz Architects. If, by any chances James Bond would like to park his car in Herdern, Switzerland, he would most certainly do it classy at Garagenatelier by Peter Kunz Architects. The volume preserves space for eight cars. The cubes, embedded in the terrain serve as...
The Minister’s Treehouse
The Minister’s Treehouse in Crossville, Tennessee is a 100 feet structure built by minister Horace Burgess from the early 1990s through 2004. The entire building wraps around a giant tree and was built completely without blueprints, sprawling to an estimated 10,000 square feet inside, including a four-story swing set. We have heard that the ministers...
Do-Ho Suh: Fallen Star
An exciting and extraordinary new project by the famous Korean artist Do-Ho Suh has just opened at San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering. The precariously positioned house sculpture is a permanent addition to the building and has been seven years in the making, costing a total of $1.3 million in private donations. The home has...
