Cliff House by Khosla Associates Architects
March 15, 2012
The Cliff House is located in Chowara, a fishing village 30 minutes from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in southern India. Designed by Khosla Associates the house features a 180 degree panoramic view of the sea with an inviting pool and terrace, but its main feature has to be sail shape roof. The…
Tiny PodHouse Hotel Rooms in Switzerland
March 13, 2012
These cozy little hotels rooms are called PodHouses and are located in a small the small village of Flims Switzerland. Covered in snow and tucked away in the forest, this is the perfect getaway for anyone looking to enjoy a one of a kind experience unlike anything else around the…
Six Senses Con Dao in Vietnam
March 12, 2012
Situated on the unspoiled, untouched and breathtakingly beautiful paradise island of Con Dao, the Six Senses offers luxurious villas with private infinity pools and unobstructed views of the deep blue sea. The five star resort features 50 villas rest along a mile of sandy beach, they are built with natural,…
Watervilla by Plus 31 Architects
March 10, 2012
Amsterdam is crossed by hundreds of channels, making it a perfect city for anyone living in the water. This modern house situated in De Omval, was designed by Dutch +31 Architects. The 200-square-foot house boat divided into two floors, features modern lines and has 2 bedroom apartments. Part of the…
Stunning House in Florida by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects
March 10, 2012
Located in Jupiter Island, Florida, this amazing beach front residence was designed by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects. The house has some impressive features, the amazing sea views and the roof terrace by the pool with a glass bottom looking dow into the main hall….
Container House by Adam Kalkin
March 9, 2012
Containers are already used by civil engineers as bedrooms or offices, but more recently many containers have been reused as temporary shops and studios for artists or designers. Now American Architect Adam Kalkin has revolutionized our idea of containers, he is expert in turning containers into very well decorated, sophisticated…
Shark Filled Atrium Belongs In a Supervillain’s Lair, Not a Museum
March 9, 2012
Miami recently broke ground on the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, which incorporates a planetarium, science galleries, and a wildlife center. But its most striking feature is a shark-filled aquarium with an underwater viewing window located on the atrium’s ceiling….
Tree Dining Pod – Soneva Kiri Resort in Thailand
March 8, 2012
Soneva Kiri by Six Senses is a “six star” eco-resort located in Koh Kood, an island almost inhabited in Thailand. This dream location offers a 29 Villa Resort and several private residences, but the main atraction has to be the 16ft suspended tree dining pod, Soneva Kiri’s exclusive eating experience….
Stunning Rental Villa in South Africa
March 8, 2012
Designed by Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA), this villa named “First Crescent” is a stunning minimalist home commanding a 270 degree view of Lions Head, Campus Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The living spaces are highly transparent to take full advantage of the views. This breathtaking villa can be…
The Water Cube Gets Happy Magic
March 8, 2012
You may remember the Water Cube as the venue for the swimming events 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The exterior of “The Cube,” with its translucent walls that seemed as though they were made of giant living skin cells,
became one of the iconic images of the games.
The Water Cube received a…
Stunning Soho Loft by Dub Studios
March 7, 2012
The “Wooster apartment” is a dream pad, it has an impressive 7,200sf and occupies the entire top floor of a landmark red-limestone building at the corner of Wooster and Broome Streets, New York City. The loft was renovated by Natalya Kashper of “Dub Studios”, she is also the lucky owner….
Watertower Home by Zecc Architects
March 7, 2012
Located in Soest, Netherlands, the Watertower is a one of a kind residence. It´s a old industrial watertower (which dates from 1931) converted in to a house with 9 floors! This ambitious project was developed by Zecc Architects, they encountered many challenges like: maintaining the interior’s industrial characteristics, letting more…
Floating House by MOS Architects
March 7, 2012
Less is more, MOS Office translated into architecture all the simplicity of a landscape with trees, rocks and a huge frozen lake. Built on the icy waters of Lake Huron, in Pointe au Baril city in Ontario, Canada, is the Floating House, it demands more pictures than words. Made entirely…
Finca Bellavista – Tree House Community in Costa Rica
March 6, 2012
The residential treehouse community Finca Bellavista is inspired by the movie Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, there was a village in the trees called Ewok. You move arround mostly with cables that pass through platforms up to 28 meters high, you can fly over mountains and waterfalls. Finca BellaVista…
Lego PMD by Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord
March 6, 2012
Who wouldn’t want to rush to work everyday if they got to work in an office like the designers in LEGO’s development department? Located in Billund, Denmark, the open-concept plan was designed by Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord and completed in 2010. The open space allows the designers to not…
Duplex Apartment in NY with a Slide by Turett Collaborative Architects
March 6, 2012
This is something different, the Galfond Residence located in a recent multi-residential development, in the East Village of NYC, the owner approached Turett Collabortive Architects and requested something they had never seen before, combining two penthouse condos… with a helical slide! The half-tube stainless steel slide starts on the top…
Stunning Infinity Pool – Farrar Residence
March 5, 2012
The Farrar Residence in Park City, Utah, was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects. The stand-out feature of the house is the stunning 25 meter infinity pool that seems to flow in to the woods. The pool cantilevers over a seasonal stream, with an acrylic panel that extends from the…
Breathtaking Villa Abborrkroken for Sale in Sweden
March 5, 2012
A jewel between heaven and earth, suspended on a rocky plateau 23 metres above the sea, this home is a stunning masterpiece of international architecture, built with feeling and style. This enchanting masterpiece built in 2008, with an area of 250 sq m, leaves the viewer simply breathless. The architect,…
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