Category: ARCHITECTURE

June 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Beautiful Backyard Home Theatre

Picture of the Day: Beautiful Backyard Home Theatre

BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD HOME THEATRE Photograph via Home Designing on Facebook How sweet would it be to watch a movie with friends in this backyard home theatre setup? Posted earlier today to Home Designing’s Facebook page, this looks all kinds of wonderful (so long as no rain is in the forecast!). Now the…

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June 12, 2012 at 5:08 pm

The Skywalkers of Shanghai

The Skywalkers of Shanghai

Recently featured on Behance’s Photography Served, an artist by the name of Blackstation posted an incredible series of images entitled, ‘The Sky City: The Jin Mao Tower and SWFC‘. Featured are two of Shanghai’s most iconic skyscrapers, the Jin Mao Tower (421 meters/1380 ft tall) and Shanghai World Financial Center (492 meters/1614 ft tall).…

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June 5, 2012 at 7:06 pm

Picture of the Day: The Coolest Drainpipe in Dresden

Picture of the Day: The Coolest Drainpipe in Dresden

THE COOLEST DRAINPIPE IN DRESDEN Photograph by Erika & Rudiger Located in Neustadt Kunsthofpassage, an artsy student neighbourhood in Dresden, Germany, is a funky building with the coolest drainpipes the Sifter’s ever seen for an apartment. Designed by resident artists Annette Paul, Christoph Robner and AndrĂ© Tempel, the drainage system is reminiscent…

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June 2, 2012 at 11:09 am

The World’s Most Beautiful Bookstore

The World's Most Beautiful Bookstore

Photograph by Ross Aldershoff Completed in 2007 by Merkx + Girod Architecten, the Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore in Maastricht in the Netherlands is an incredible church conversion that was originally consecrated in 1294. Located between Maastricht’s two major squares (the Markt and the Vrijthof), the bookstore is run by a large Dutch chain in…

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June 1, 2012 at 2:09 pm

Beautiful Edwardian Home with Modern Interior

Beautiful Edwardian Home with Modern Interior

Located at 3481 Washington Street in the affluent neighbourhood of Presidio Heights in San Francisco, this stunning Edwardian home has been completely overhauled with an open-concept design with modern finishings. Listed by Teed Haze for $7.495 million, this gorgeous three or four bedroom home (depending on configuration) is just shy of 5,000 square feet.…

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May 30, 2012 at 2:41 pm

Crescent Lake: A Desert Oasis in China

Crescent Lake: A Desert Oasis in China

Photograph via UrinalCakes on Reddit Located approximately 6 km (3.73 miles) from the outskirts of the city of Dunhuang in Western China, lies Crescent Lake, an incredible oasis in the Gobi desert. Known as Yueyaquan in Chinese, the crescent-shaped lake is a major tourist attraction where one of the world’s great shrines to…

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May 29, 2012 at 2:33 pm

The Amazing Stilt Houses of Soneva Gili in the Maldives

The Amazing Stilt Houses of Soneva Gili in the Maldives

Photograph via Soneva Gili by Six Senses Soneva Gili by Six Senses is located in one of the largest lagoons in the Maldives, with jetties threading across crystal clear water out to spacious over-sized villas, providing spectacular water views of the ocean from every room. Set on the private tropical island of Lankanfushi…

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May 27, 2012 at 12:11 pm

Amazing Rooftop Boardroom with Panoramic Indoor Garden

Amazing Rooftop Boardroom with Panoramic Indoor Garden

Design by SADAR+VUGA The Panoramic Garden of CCIS (Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia) designed by Sadar+Vuga completely transforms the large summer banquet terrace and current VIP boardroom into a lush indoor garden space with dramatic swooping garden beds and plants throughout. Sadr+Vuga formed an inner interior winter garden, where a spatial…

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May 23, 2012 at 5:01 pm

Unique Loft Space with Hanging Bedroom

Unique Loft Space with Hanging Bedroom

Design and Photography by ECDM Architects In this unique, open-concept loft space, ECDM Architects were challenged by the owner to create a bedroom in this relatively small 50 square meter (538 sq ft.) apartment. The solution of a hanging or suspended bedroom is both elegant and functional. The living room area now has…

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May 22, 2012 at 9:06 am

15 Photos Looking Straight Up the Eiffel Tower

15 Photos Looking Straight Up the Eiffel Tower

Built in 1889 as the entrance arch to the World’s Fair, the 320 meter (1,050 ft) tall Eiffel Tower, located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, is undoubtedly one of the most iconic structures in the world. For 41 years it held the title as the world’s tallest man-made structure until the completion…

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