When Ricardo Bofill came across a dilapidated cement plant in 1973, he immediately saw its potential. Thus, La fábrica was born and almost 45 years later, the cement factory has been transformed into a spectacular and unique home. Its interior will take your breath away!
The Norwegians already have the longest road tunnel in the world (Laerdal), and in the future they could get the world's first shipping tunnel. From 70 to 120 ships will be able to sail through the tunnel daily, which will thus avoid the challenging weather conditions around the Stad peninsula. Both ferries and tourist and fishing boats are supposed to sail through it.
Angelo Mastropietro is a modern day caveman. Why? He lives in a 700-year-old cave. But that doesn't mean that he feels bad about it. Quite the opposite! His cave or cave is so luxurious and dreamy that even the biggest five-persons would not be able to defend themselves against it.
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a real train passing through a real apartment building. And on purpose. This is Chongqing Rail Transit No. 2, a railway line in China. It also passes through a 19-story residential building, where the train passes every day.
In Manhattan, New York, skyscrapers are growing taller and taller like mushrooms after the rain. But Greek architect Ioannis Oikonomou hopes to break a new record. His company Oiio Studio has designed a U-shaped tower block called Big Bend, which, if all goes well, will become the 'longest building in the world' (it will measure approximately 1,219 meters in length).
Times are changing and maybe, just maybe, the image of mountain houses as we have known them until now will also change. Log cabins built from solid wood and logs, sometimes even thatched roofs, etc. of course they have their own charm, a fairy-tale touch if you will. In the Slovenian Studio Pikaplus, they designed a slightly more modern version of the house, but it is no less fairytale-like.
Cape Town Tree House is the most unusual tree house. It is designed in harmony with the surroundings and placed in a very strategic position to offer visitors wonderful views. If there is a paradise on earth, it is surely in the Cape Town tree house.
Do you admire different architectural styles, but admire them more or less online? Do you sigh deeply when you see unusual buildings and wish you could take a peek inside them? Not just take a peek, maybe just spend a day or two in them? Well, you can, you just have to turn in the right direction.
Nashik is an ancient city in the north-west of India, famous mainly for the production of fresh fruits and vegetables and vineyards. Now you can get to know it also because of the architecture, because the Gumpha houses now stand there, which look like a fairy tale. What did the architects want to say?
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.
"Bon Appetit!" and a school of fish swims by. You probably think that we are describing a scene from some wacky movie or children's cartoon. No, we are not describing the movie or the cartoon. It is the work of the Norwegian architectural studio Snøhetta, which, among other things, took care of the reconstruction of Times Square in New York. The first underwater restaurant in Europe is planned in the north of Norway.
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?