Despite the fact that in our country we cannot drink the coffee of the most famous chain of coffee shops, Starbucks, we know its taste at least from wanderings abroad. Their newest, largest restaurant in Seattle will not leave anyone indifferent.
Architecture & Interior
In Prague, it is possible to rent a Partyhouse container, converted into a combination bar and living room, which offers visitors everything to organize an unforgettable party.
Last summer, architecture students Federico Forestiero and Mark Torrens at Beam camp for children in New Hampshire, together with them, built a floating structure, the floating mill "creatura", whose photos flooded the Internet.
Following the example of larger cities, the first Start Up coworking spaces were recently opened in Velenje, which offer young entrepreneurs and self-employed creatives a perfect working environment.
Some dogs are tireless eaters, they eat at the speed of light and instead of chewing their food well, they inhale it. While there's nothing wrong with a healthy appetite, eating like this can lead to bloating and choking and digestive issues. The Oppo Food Ball dog bowl helps prevent such accidents.
What is the future of furniture? Paper and tape. At least according to Bulgarian designer Petar Zaharinov. His latest collection of TapeFlips is made entirely and exclusively from these two components. Adhesive tape, which is glued in a checkerboard pattern, thus enables strong and collapsible tables, chairs, bookshelves, beds and even storage boxes.
Orwell is a piece of furniture that represents a sofa, a bed and a "house" at the same time. The name echoes the original idea of the product, which embraces the intimacy that we sometimes lose even inside our own home.
Close to the Spanish Valencia stands the minimalistic designed Casa Balint - a house that hides a game of geometry, light and shadow in its design. With this project, the architectural studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos wanted to bring some urban art to the green surroundings of the golf course.
While winter is relentlessly knocking on our doors, the presence of the sun's rays is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity and an even more important factor for our good mood. Although the power of sunlight on mood has been documented, not much time has been devoted to research on home design that maximizes the power of natural light, especially for health benefits. The Photon Space is a modular construction of residential architecture, designed specifically to allow more access to natural light, while providing instant privacy at the touch of a switch.
The Al Noor Tower will be finally built next year in Morocco, making it the tallest skyscraper in Africa with its height of 540 meters. When his photos flooded the web, everyone started wondering if he doesn't look too much like the famous Sauron's Tower from the Lord of the Rings trilogy? What do you think?
The desert, unrelenting and harsh, is certainly not the place you imagine your dream home to be. Bev Doolittle and her husband imagine it differently, who decided to buy four acres of dry land and rock outside California's Joshua Tree National Park and build The Desert House, one of the most stunning and unique pieces of residential architecture we've ever seen. It was for sale a few days ago, today it is sold.
Living in a houseboat on the water can be quite elegant. And also "sexy". We can get that incomparable feeling of freedom, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. We've put together a selection of twelve houses on the water that you certainly wouldn't want to miss.