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    Chill on the Hill!

    Most architects don’t even attempt the Mountain CliffHOTEL idea. It seems incredible, but poses some serious engineering risks. However that doesn’t stop us from creating concepts, does it! The Alps hotel may be conceptual, but it does make a bold ...
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    Living & Working have their own Transparent Spaces in these Zen Houses

    The way our spaces are designed can go a long way in helping us find that harmony between work and leisure. For some, it means combining both into one space and using clever transformer tricks to alternate between the two; ...
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    This Prefab House with a Lush Green Roof was Built in Six Weeks

    With a construction time of just 6 weeks, ArchiBlox were able to create this two bedroom prefab home in Australia. The home, which was prefabricated offsite, is wrapped in FSC certified external blackbutt hardwood timber milled from sustainable forestry methods. The ...
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    Glamp in a Glass Box to Experience the Great Outdoors in New Zealands PurePods

    If camping is too pedestrian and glamping is not quite cool enough, then the best way to enjoy nature is surely using PurePods. Three New Zealand locations outside Christchurch are now home to this new kind of accommodation which seems ...
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    A Modern Addition Arrives At This Boutique Hotel In The Mountains Of Northern Italy

    Sitting on the edge of a forest overlooking the town of Merano sits the MiraMonti Boutique Hotel. What was once just a three room guest house in 1932 is now a luxurious hotel with 36 rooms and suites, 3 restaurants, ...
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    Mind-Blowing Building Built From Thousands of Books

    We’ve covered Matej Kren’s amazing feats of book-stacking before, but his ‘Scanner’ installation may be one of the most magnificent. Installed at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna (MAMbo) in Italy, the piece is a gigantic tunnel of books ...
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    Vertical Forest Mountain Hotel will Clean the Air in Guizhou, China

    After two wildly popular vertical forest creations, Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA) has unveiled a new project that will take green design to the next level. The MountainHOTEL project will be a 250-room inspired by nature and so green that it will actually ...
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    ARCHITECTURE Energy-Harvesting “Spacecraft” Tops Belgian Apartment Block Concept

    Belgian proponent of sustainable architecture Vincent Callebaut has unveiled his vision for renovating Brussels’ Botanic Center apartment block (named after a nearby botanical gardens). The concept involves transforming the existing 1970s-era concrete structure into an energy-producing and greenery-clad building that ...
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    Giles Miller Designs Shingle-Covered Pavilion for English Countryside

    Shingles inscribed with personal messages cover this squat hilltop pavilion, created by British designer Giles Miller as a rest stop for ramblers. Located in the Winterfold forest in the English county of Surrey, the Perspectives installation is situated along a ...