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These Examples of Surrealist Architecture Will Make You Feel Dizzy. Contemporary art — many find it inaccessible.

These Examples of Surrealist Architecture Will Make You Feel Dizzy

These structures are amazing, though. For some reason I completely love the idea of run-down provincial French houses tethered only by electrical cables. For the top image, I imagine the architect rolling his eyes as the penthouse owner for the 20th time demands an even bigger balcony, and the other tenants follow suit because it blocks out their sunlight.

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Japan shows how to demolish a building in style. Design Drool: A Green House You'll Actually Want to Live In. Architectural Beauty: Chenequa Residence, Wisconsin. Posted on September 6th, 2012 This curvaceous Wisconsin home was custom built by architect Robert Harvey Oshatz.

Architectural Beauty: Chenequa Residence, Wisconsin

The inside features a gorgeous spiraling hem-lock roof that “sweeps over the entry and lifts the upper floor before disappearing from plain view”. The Great Geek Manual » The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries. I make no secret of the fact that I’m a hardcore bibliophile, but we’re a common enough lot these day.

The Great Geek Manual » The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

And the one sight that always makes me linger over a webpage is rows and rows of neatly organized books. So, in an effort to draw more like-minded read here to my little blog, I decided to round-up a gallery of photos of some of the most beautiful libraries I’ve ever seen photos of. Facebook.