Inflatable Church on the Beach

Sun worshipers in Italy who do not want to change out of their swim wear and flip flops can now attend services at an inflatable church on the beach.

Kids House by Studiomama

The kids house created by Nina Tolstrup was build as an intriguing and playful structure that both could serve as a sleeping space or playhouse.

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Dolder Grand Hotel in Zürich

Designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, the Zürich’s Dolder Grand Hotel has a wonderful city location overlooking Lake Zürich and the Alps. The health/spa hotel has been re-invented as a modern luxury hotel by a famous team of architects from London’s Foster and Partners, by United Designers, also of London, and by spa-industry visionary, Arizona-based Sylvia Sepielli, for the spa concept.

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Casa Kike by Gianni Botsford Architects

Casa Kike located in Cahuita, Costa Rica (30 miles south of Puerto Limon) is designed by Gianni Botsford for his father, the writer Keith Botsford. A simple parallelogram was developed, relative to the sun’s path, ensuring complete shading throughout the day, yet open on the front and rear to allow sea breezes to naturally cool the house.

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Styx Valley Project Protest Shelter by Andrew Mynard Architects

The Styx Valley Protest Structure is a project by Andrew Maynard to attempt to save the Styx Valley Forest , a unique ecosystem in south western Tasmania. It is home to the tallest hardwood trees in the world averaging over 80 meters. Many of the trees are over 400 years old. In 1996 only around 13% of these trees remain. A large area of south western Tasmania’s pristine wilderness is world heritage and is therefore protected. Unfortunately the Styx Valley falls just outside the South West National Park and it is now under attack from logging companies.

The logging companies clear fell such areas in Tasmania and burn any remnant vegetation once they have removed any timber considered of value. The high quality timbers that are then removed are reduced to nothing more than wood chips that are then exported mainly to Japan.

From this rape and pillage of Tasmania’s previously untouched, pristine landscape, Tasmania receives only AUD$10 per ton of woodchips.

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Beautiful Car Parks

Usually, aesthetically pleasing design and concepts are limited to traditional architecture, such as public buildings and homes. But utilitarian spaces such as car parks are a unique opportunity for architects and designers to practice theirs skills and bring elegance to the everyday functional spaces that are often ignored by most design geniuses. These good-looking car parks are the proof that beauty and originality can be found anywhere.

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Voussoir Cloud by IwamotoScott Architecture at SCI-Arc Exhibition

The SCI-Arc Gallery present Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific installation by San Francisco based architecture and design practice IwamotoScott in collaboration with Buro Happold. Voussoir Cloud’s design explores the coupling of potentially conflicting constructional logics – the pure compression of a vault with an ultra-light sheet material.

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Gangster Builds Amazing Skyscrapper

The Russian gangster who built this awesome building call it “the eighth wonder of the world,” while others dismiss it as an abomination. But one thing is certain: Nikolai Sutyagin’s building is not something you see everyday.

What is believed to be the world’s tallest wooden house dominates the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia’s far north-west. It soars 13 floors to reach 144ft and is built to last according to its owner, but it’s under threat of demolition from city authorities determined to end the former gangster’s crazy 15-year project.

I believe that this artwork is simply amazing and I’m convinced it could easily become a touristic attraction. Legends could be told to children about the construction which looks like the lair of a wicked fairytale character. Too bad neighbours consider it a monstrosity and are afraid that fire could cause the whole suburb to go up in flames.

Watch a video of the world’s tallest wooden house after the jump.

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Louis Vuitton Store in Tokyo

This impressive and futuristic building designed by dutch architects UNStudio will soon become the new flagship store for Louis Vuitton in Japan. There will be 10 floors in this 54 meter tall building which aims at establishing an architectural equivalent of the identity of Louis Vuitton. Blending classical and modern conception, it will inspire the qualities that make up the essence of the Louis Vuitton and its products.

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Old Chapel Converted Into An Apartment

We always says that the ways of God are inscrutable, but at least his temple is inhabitable. That’s what the ZECC Architecten probably thought when they converted an old Dutch chapel into a magnificient apartment. The church-turned-apartment is located in Utrecht in The Netherlands. It wasn’t an easy task because there were no windows at floor height, so the firm designed one to be cut into the front of the street to bring light in. The white colored walls add to the “fresh” look of this luxury apartment, together with the original stained-glass windows up on high. However, the bedroom and bathroom were left dark, because these rooms are more like cocoons. A nice touch is the original organ which remains as a reference to the history of the building. Simply amazing!

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Portas Novas by Victor Cañas Arquitecto

Portas novas House by Victor Cañas architects is situated in Guanacaste, a dry tropical province of Costa Rica. It is perched on a large ledge on the north side of a mountain spine that climbs south parallel to the coastline. On the western side it has a spectacular near 180° view of the Pacific Ocean and it’s coast line and to the inland side of the spine it looks over a small valley. This means that the house has two very different view: the openness of the horizon with the sunset to the west and the more intimate but still very wide view of mountainside and isolated neighbors to the east.

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Method Cabin by Balance Associates Architects

The Method Cabin prefab designed by Balance associates architects combines high design with social and environmental responsibility. They have three different lines of prefabricated cabins available from 800 to over 2000 square feet.

This design has been conceived for sustainability and energy efficiency, and includes FSC certified framing materials, reclaimed fir and cedar siding, energy-efficient lighting and plumbing fixtures, hydronic radiant heating, whole-house ventilation systems, solar options and enhanced insulation
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Munetsugu Hall by Norihiko Dan

At the end of March, Munetsugu Hall by  Norihiko Dan was established in Naka Ward, Nagoya. It is located in a residential area, so particular attention was paid to sound insulation. The ceiling of the hall is nearly six meters high, while the flooring is made of 200-year-old Japanese red pine that had been used as beams in an old house.

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Snee-Oosh Cabin by Zero Plus Architects

The Snee-Oosh Cabin is build by Zero Plus Architects created by Joshua Brevoort and Lisa Chun.The Cabin sits in the underbrush at the water’s edge near Deception Pass on the Swinomish Indian reservation. Snee-Oosh cabin draw inspiration from an insect warming itself in the sun.

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Stage House by Takei Nabeshima Architects

Takei-Nabeshima-Architects (TNA architects) have designed Stage House, a week end house in karuizawa, nagano. The relationship between inside and out is important to create seamless indoor-outdoor living. This hudge wall of glass allow you to look straight into the forest, so the whole house appears to dissolve into the forest.

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Multi Family Housing in Mexico City by Taller 13

MultFamily housing in Mexico City by Taller 13 (elias cattan + patricio guerrero) is Located in central Cuauhtemoc neighborhood.  Eco technologies were used, as rain water caption, reuse and recycle. Green roof garden with low maintenance plants, native to the place. A lot of importance was given to all the vegetation and lighting design.

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Jeffery Broadhurst’s Shack at Hinkle Farm

This lovely little shack is built by Architect Jeffery Broadhurst for his family in a 27-acre mountaintop property in West Virginia.

Built by himself, friends and neighbors, using off-the-shelf materials. Board-and-batten siding and a standing-seam, terne-coated steel roof sit atop a wood platform. A ladder unhitches and swings down, providing access to the entry door. Oil lamps provide light and a woodstove heats the space. Hand-powered, gravity-fed plumbing system, and water is heated using the woodstove. Rainwater from the roof supplies the outdoor shower. The front wall is an overhead-acting aluminum and glass garage door, opening to a cantilevered deck.

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June 23, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0

Hotel Aire de Bardenas by Monica Rivera & Emiliano Lopez

Single-story design surrounded by nature, forming part of the landscape.Designed by Monica Rivera & Emiliano Lopez to be on only one floor, there are 22 rooms from which to choose; some featuring a private garden, some a large outdoor designer bath, others are designer bungalows set apart from the main complex in the middle of wheat fields.

Patios of almond trees and the native vegetation serve to blend Aire in with the natural landscape. In the restaurant, you will be able to delight in the authentic feasts on offer in this natural setting.

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