It's the season of architectural awards, and again this year, the American Institute of Architecture awarded awards to very special projects - those that put the most emphasis on the ordinary Earthlings who really live in these completed projects or houses.
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Steve Areen has succeeded in a stunning project to build a dome house in the middle of a dreamy landscape in Thailand. He completed the unusual architecture of concrete and clay bricks in six weeks and for 6,500 euros.
The ancient Egyptians, many monarchs and many modern presidents were fascinated by the secret passages and the magical secret rooms hidden behind them. Let's wrap ourselves in a blanket of security and conjure up a secret place for ourselves.
The Dutch studio Wessels Boer turned one of the remaining dime houses into a living storyteller. An imaginative installation of cut-out sculptures summarizes a centuries-old story with a different approach to typography.
Today, while studying architecture, it is difficult to escape some of the greatest masters of architecture. The late American architect John Lautner signed many famous works of modern architecture of the twentieth century. Today, architecture is more and more inclined towards the need for preservation and maintenance and, last but not least, careful renovation, which would bring functionality into today's time and ignore original ideas and subtlety.
Modern designed architecture is located in Khandala, western part of India. The landscape there and the openness of the space with the play of light play a key role in the entire project called Monsoon Retreat by Abraham John Architects.
Californian studio Belzberg Architects has created a spacious modern home on a Hawaiian island that rests on the cooled lava of an extraordinary volcanic landscape. Interweaving elements of Hawaiian tradition and culture with modern ones, it brings an exceptional architectural example.
You may already know Klara Zalokar and Klemna Zupančiča from the creative tandem Handmade in Moste. If this is not the case, be sure to read on, because their story inspires and takes you to a place and time where nostalgia and creativity reign.
House on the Edge is a modern architectural creation located on top of the Chilean rocky coast in Tunquen, about 50 meters above sea level. House Tunquen floats on the edge of a cliff with a dramatic view of the sea. It was designed by Nicolás Lipthay Allen. Each room is made of white concrete and divided into three separate areas.
Modern construction always surprises. This fact is also confirmed by the building, which with its interestingly arranged balconies resembles a mighty tree spreading its leaf-strewn branches towards the warm Mediterranean sun.
The photographs of the massive constructions of the Spanish artist Dionisio González bring a fantasy of transcendent architecture placed in an urban space of total desolation, as a futuristic protection against natural and other disasters.
Just a few kilometers from Joshua Tree National Park, in the middle of the Californian desert, there is a true architectural achievement. It is the so-called Desert House, which is the work of architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg.