Luxury in London is about to get a whole new definition. A bridge will grow between two 10-story residential buildings, which will actually be a pool with a glass bottom. The so-called Sky Pool will be part of the Embassy Gardens residential complex, which is planned by the Ballymore Group in the prestigious London district near the River Thames. The sky pool will be 25 meters long and five meters wide, and will rise to a height of 35 meters. And don't worry, if you forget your bathing suit, the pedestrian bridge will run parallel to it, not just for bathers.
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A treehouse was every child's dream. But many people did not let their childhood dreams take away with adulthood. We are no strangers to the concept of tree houses even in Slovenia (Bled, Luče), and in Atama, Japan, Takashi Kobayashi, in cooperation with Hiroshi Nakamura from NAP Architects office, "raised" the largest structure of its kind in the land of the rising sun in the crown of a 300-year-old camphor tree. called Kusukusu.
The future is absolutely fantastic. At least as far as the buildings that will rise on our planet are concerned, even if it is the last thing that will rise from the ground. And if we recently presented you with the finalists for the best and already realized architectural solutions as part of the 2015 World Architecture Festival, this time we present you with the category of buildings competing for the title of the best building of the future.
Developed by BMT Asia Pacific, Seascape floating modular villas herald a luxury life at sea like never before.
Like the great architects, the greatest film directors also have their own recognizable signature, something by which they are instantly recognized. This was proven by the artist and architect Federico Babino from Barcelona, who imagined what the houses would look like if famous directors were architects. He packaged the architectural ideas that are inextricably linked with their cinematic masterpieces into the Archidirector project. And for an architect, the solutions are absolutely phenomenal, just as their films are phenomenal.
The Lofoten Opera Hotel will not be an ordinary hotel. Because not only will it lie in a magnificent location in Norway, where the Atlantic and high mountains meet (in an area called Glåpen near Lofoten), but with its serpentine shape it will be a unique attraction that will complement and emphasize both the beauty and the harshness of nature . The authors at the Snøhetta company imagined the hotel wedged between the mountains and the ocean as a golden snake resting in living rock.
The Slovenian architectural office, Ofis arhitekti, completed the renovation of a traditional Gorenje barn, which was converted into an airy loft made of local spruce wood. During the renovation, the original exterior appearance of the building was preserved, while the interior was given a completely fresh look.
The vision of the apartment of the future, which is timeless and universal and at the same time distinct and unique, comes from Poland, where the apartment is currently located. The team of architects wanted to create an open space that responds to technological changes and to the different needs of the user.
The Sandiba Okavango Safari Lodge proves to us that ecological construction from biodegradable sustainable materials can also be luxurious. The residence is built almost entirely of wood and resembles an upturned boat with curved pine beams.
In love with London? Then meet the most unusual overnight stay in the city right now, a floating house in the middle of the River Thames in London? It's a fully functional houseboat that will be sailing down the River Thames these days, passing Chelsea, Westminster and Canary Wharf, among other places.
Architecture from the mid-20th century has not stood the test of time. People didn't love her. This is especially true for ex-communist countries in Europe and Central Asia. The communist ideology, which flowed through all phases of life there, was imposed and consolidated through socialist architecture, among other things. This gave not only boring, but sometimes also extremely bizarre objects. Some of them are still standing 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Do you love modern houses? Some Chinese still can't see them. Here are 15 Chinese houses whose owners are resisting the progress growing around them.