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700 Palms Residence The Venice

I wouldn’t mind having a living space like this one with a beautiful mature tree in the garden blending in nicely. The home is The Venice, a California based 700 Palms Residence[ READ MORE ]

Casa Kimball Overlooks The Atlantic

A dream villa. This is Casa Kimball, a private beach house on the North Coast of The Dominican Republic. A grand setting. Cliff. Deep Blue sea.Waves crashing on the rocks. more[ READ MORE ]

Design Driven Schubert In G Major

G is for garage. Maserati and Architectural Digest held a “Design Driven” Existing Garage Contest. See why Schubert won it. Not terribly practical but it is nicely done. Size is 1200 sq. ft. And it’s in LA. And you can watch TV comfortably while waiting for wifey to get ready. nextautos[ READ MORE ]

A Home With Great Views And A Beautiful Julia Palmer Interior

It’s a villa in Mallorca with sweeping views of the bay. Julia Palmer of London transformed it into a livable home with her vision for the interior. By using a contemporary neutral scheme with accents of colours reflecting the artwork & furniture as well as the colours of the Mediterranean to create a calm, elegant [ READ MORE ]

Sunset Strip Bader House Now Only Four Million

Was Six Million! Great views of LA! Beautiful decor and lighting. Just so classy. Original design by the Russell group and Palumbo Design. va Adelto Offer 3.5million and you might get lucky![ READ MORE ]

Paperhouse Kiosks To Dot The London Streetscape

These are wooden newspaper kiosks reinforced with brass and having an underlying steel frame. Roof gets a toughened glass to keep things bright and cheery. Designer Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio has been commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to produce kiosks that look good and are robust enough to survive the [ READ MORE ]

Build Your Home In A Single Day

Or if you’re not in a big hurry, take a couple more days. This is the MasterFit system from Japan. And skilled labour is NOT required. Frame components are labeled and shipped to building sites as a kit of parts. Because they are assembled with interlocking metal pegs and plates, the frames can be erected [ READ MORE ]

Rock Solid Concrete Transmits Light

LiTraCon is Light Transmitting Concrete and the 2001 invention of Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi. Optical glass fibres in parallel are mixed into concrete to achieve the special effect. Gizmag The silhouette of a girl can be seen through the translucent concrete. Here: Litracon appeals to architects because it is stronger than glass and translucent unlike [ READ MORE ]

Harbour Isle Apartments Copenhagen

This is the work of Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg. 236 apartments in two U-shaped blocks with inner courtyards. And only 8 storeys at its tallest[ READ MORE ]

Electric Pole Looks Like Sculpture

Soon to appear on the Swedish landscape,the Yggdrasil Electric Pole looks like sculpture. Great design! Yanko Yggdrasil is Norse for the holy world tree[ READ MORE ]

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