The exclusive project of LAAV architects is called Maralah: a house to escape from everyday life. The house is in Calgary Nature Park, Canada. It was erected in June 2017 for the filming of commercials, but now the house is intended for vacation.
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If you live a fast and stressful life, then you need to recharge your batteries from time to time. It would be best to just imagine yourself on a lonely island, where there are no phones, computers, newspapers and people tugging on your sleeve. Unfortunately, this is not possible, but a slightly different solution is possible.
If you want to move away from the dreary winter weather, from the office or a place you are already tired of, at least for a few moments, then browse through our gallery, where dream destinations have been collected, where we want to escape to this winter.
There is almost no worse nightmare for a traveler than the one when, after a long day of wandering, he wants to check into the hotel, it is already very late, and the receptionist informs him that, unfortunately, all the rooms are occupied. But now there is a hotel where, when you book a room, you will be told the same news, but it will make you happy. Um?
Fast and efficient! This is how we live or strive for it. Modern technologies naturally enable us to live this way, and why not use them to the fullest or turn them to our advantage. For example, why not build a house in a single day and pay for it a third less than before?
In 2014, southwest China was rocked by a terrible earthquake that claimed nearly 600 lives and destroyed too many homes. More than 23,000 people had to be evacuated. Scary numbers. And after such horrors, the professional public always asks how it could be better protected against the forces of nature, which, unfortunately, we cannot escape. The Chinese University of Hong Kong won first prize at the World Architecture Festival 2017. Let's see why.
Life by the sea! Ah! Warm sun, light breeze, healthy food, reading books and fishing every day. That's life, isn't it! Each of us has wished for this at least once. What if we offered you a life right at sea? All of the above remains, except that you are surrounded by nothing but salt water.
Until recently, hostels were hostels and luxury hotels were luxury hotels. Nowadays, however, the line is sometimes so thin that we can be justifiably confused. What led to this, it will be difficult to find out in this place. A little bit of each, probably. Anyway, they have opened a hostel in the Czech Republic that will surely charm and enchant you.
Do you ever get tired of constantly talking on the phone, answering e-mails, waiting in a line of cars, jostling at a coffee shop and the noise that all of these make? We would need a few days of wilderness, disconnection from everything, you could even say solitude. For nothing but charged batteries, lungs full of fresh air and clear thoughts.
Hiking or trekking has been a very popular recreational physical activity of all generations for many years. We usually only go on the trip for one day, but sometimes we also stay overnight. Traditional mountain huts are often overcrowded, some even slightly dilapidated. In the architecture studio Envelope Architects, they designed a completely off-the-beaten-track cottage that will make you think it came from the (distant) future. Introducing The Perch.
Shall we build you an island? No problem. Such an answer would be offered to you by the company Migaloo, which is also famous for the design and manufacture of luxury submarines. But now they offer something else. Something that is like an island, something where we can stay in the middle of the open sea.
When we think of the Philippines, we usually think of scorching sun, paradise beaches and a picturesque underwater world. But we rarely know that the country is facing serious environmental problems, such as lack of fish in the sea due to hunting, pollution caused by mass tourism, and so on. Now they have set up a luxury eco-resort, which usually brings all the mentioned problems in a package. But not this one.