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Top 33 World’s Strangest Buildings (sorted by 4.520 visitors votes)
There are a lot of ways to make a nice bedroom, but for kids there is an element of excitement that is just as important as bedroom size and style.
Cool Interior Tree Home: Best Kids Bedroom Design Ever?
10 Amazing Tree Houses: Plans, Pictures, Designs & Building Ideas
10 Amazing Tree Houses: Plans, Pictures, Designs & Building Ideas Article by Urbanist , filed under Houses & Residential in the Architecture category. (Check out our complete collection of Green Art, Design and Technology .)For those of you wanting to make your own stairs, perhaps an addition to your home where it needs it, here’s a great tutorial/example on how to make stairs out of plywood . The amazing part? This guy used just one sheet of plywood to make the stairs you see here right now. The hardest part about making your own DIY stairs seems to be planning and making sure you cut out the right pieces. Nevertheless, I think I will bookmark this, surely there will be a time when someone needs it.
How to Make DIY Stairs Out of Plywood!
PICTURE OF THE DAY | TwistedSifter
Mar 28, 2013 Picture of the Day: Kamchatka Ice Cave, Russia <img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/kamchatka-ice-cave-russia.jpg?w=800" alt="Picture of the Day: Kamchatka Ice Cave, Russia" class="large " /> KAMCHATKA ICE CAVE, RUSSIA Photograph by Marc Szeglat @ vulkane.net In the incredible photo by Marc Szeglat (taken Sept. 12, 2012), we see a surreal-looking ice cave on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia.
Architect and programmer Michael Hansmeyer has undertaken a most ambitious project, designing an incredibly ornate and complex column with over 16 million individual facets! Hansmeyer has taken his initiative beyond the computer design phase and actually fabricated a full-scale 2.7 meter (8.8 ft) column made from stacked cardboard sheets. Check out the pics and information below for more details on this fascinating exploration. The project involves the conception and design of a new column order based on subdivision processes. It explores how subdivision can define and embellish this column order with an elaborate system of ornament.
The World's Most Complex Architectural Columns
We’ve told you before about “Metropol Parasol”, the Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación in Sevilla , designed by J. MAYER H. Architects . March 27 marks the opening, while the final completion of the project is scheduled for April 2011. More images and complete press release after the break.
J. Mayer H. Architects’ Metropol Parasol opening this Sunday
33 of the World’s Strangest Buildings
33 of the World’s Strangest Buildings Posted by Editor on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 · 27 Comments 1. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) 2. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)
50 Strange Buildings of the World
This is the original list of 50 strange buildings which has been and is being copied (stolen) by many bloggers. If you wish to post it on your blog or website, feel free to use up to 20 buildings from this list and give a proper link to our website ( http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange.. ) as the source article. Ok, now enjoy this weird, odd, bizarre and incredible looking arcitechture! After reading it, don’t forget to check Part II and Part III .
Stylish modern stairs and creative staircase designs from all over the world. Helical Stairs The gradual upward rotation if this staircase is extremely elegant and the user is almost unaware of the change in elevation. [ link ]
15 Unique and Creative Staircases
Make Room! Cool Color-Changing Walls for Your Home « Dornob
This may be the best room-changing design idea since interior house paint: forget your white living room walls, green bedroom or brown kitchen and bring your favorite rooms to life with these incredible, changeable and colorful do-it-yourself pixelated wall displays. Feeling dark? Switch from colorful rainbow patterns to a pitch black surface in seconds. Want a bit of a flavorful accent? Spin the wheels again to display words or patterns of your choice. This ingenious pixel-perfect wall design renders paint redundant.Organic Architecture, Sustainable Lifestyle, Permaculture