
With the icebergs melting and the oceans water levels increasing I’d sure be interested in living in a floating house. Architect Robert Harvey Oshatz has done his best to design this modern Fennell House.
Completed in 2004 the spectacular wooden house features a facade that resembles with the shapes and curves of a river and even [...]
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Published under Architecture, House

Jessica Kay Bodner is a San Francisco lighting artist who creates unique sculptural steel lighting through her company Bodner Chandeliers.
The Beehive Chandelier is a cold rolled steel sculpture inspired by beehives found in nature.

This house by Lundberg Design is located in San Francisco, California.
From Lundberg:
This project is the joining and remodel of two adjacent row houses in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. While the existing structures had little to recommend them aesthetically, they do occupy an extraordinary site. From the front façade they look out upon [...]
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Published under Architecture

Mindseye Lighting Design has sent us photos of the reception area of an apartment block within the recently completed Bermondsey Square regeneration project in London.
From the designers:
Mindseye Lighting Design were approached by Munkenbeck and Marshall Architects to design the lighting for the residential reception area. When briefed, Mindseye quickly realized that illuminating the space would [...]

Imagine if your house came delivered to you in over a 1,000 precisely-cut jigsaw-like pieces. This is the idea that New York-based, Jeremey Edmiston of System Architects and Douglas Gauthier of Gauthier Architect had for NYC Museum of Modern Art’s Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibition, when they created BURST*008. Combining architecture and [...]
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Published under Prefab Home

Pitched as having over 800 uses, the Palmyra Palm (or Borassus) is recognized as one of the most important trees in Cambodia and India. Earlier this year, Indian born architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai illustrated the ecological potential of the palm when he designed and built the beautiful Palmyra House. Constructed entirely from locally [...]

If the idea of escape seems all the more enticing now that the rest of the world is caught in the back-to-school rush, here’s another amazing prefab remedy for your wanderlust. Escape to the beach, the mountains or the trees in San Francisco-based Kyu Che’s sustainable Lifepod. Loosely based on the traditional Mongolian ger [...]