Beach Retreat Makes a Perfect Vacation Destination

While not everyone can afford to build a Beach Retreat like the one in the images below, such houses exist and they are simply amazing. Built by the Pitsou Kedem Architects, the Beach Retreat is a vacation destination for a family that loves coming back to their native country. Besides the Mediterranean, which is very close by and always accessible, we’ll notice the amazing floor-to-ceiling windows that create an impressive effect on the visitor. The

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Museum Of Comic And Cartoon Art MoCCA

Comic or rather”graphic novel” fanatics will soon get to share their love with liked minded fellows and no I don’t mean Comic-Con. The proposed Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art MoCCA will sited on a 14000sq ft lot in Manhattan’s lower east side near the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn and seeks to be a hub for the most comprehensive comic and cartoon art collection. The design proposal lists spaces for gallery, classrooms, café, retail, theater,

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Archinoma’s Y-BIO Foundation Free Housing Shelters

Archinoma’s Y-BIO housing shelters may just be a glimpse into the future. These ad-hoc or temporary structures encourages nature friendly habitation in the open air and have been currently set up on the Black Sea coast. Connecting with the natural elements both physically and spiritually, are dominant themes in Y-BIO philosophy and the design has been inspired by the Sierpinski pyramid mathematical model. Made up of demountable modules that don’t require a permanent foundation, the

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Ocean House Comes With Its Own Rock

We’re used to keep seeing stellar design ideas and outstanding architectural masterpieces that make us seek more and more modern solutions to improve our day-to-day living conditions. But from time to time we should be thinking back and remember where we came from. We’re part of nature and we should, at least in theory, live in a harmonious way with it. That’s exactly what this ocean house seems to be doing. Built on a rock

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Studio Octopi’s “A Room for London” Is Like a Nest Watching Over the City

“A Room for London” is a fun architectural competition and Studio Octopi has quite an interesting candidate available in the images below. We’re looking at an elliptical nest-like building placed on Queen Elizabeth Hall that overlooks the whole city. The whole apartment is built using various pre-fabricated elements of insulated structural timber panels and can be moved at any time to a different location. Inside this Studio Octopi creation you’ll find anything you need to

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