Architecture

March 4, 2018

This Hawaiian Hillside Hideaway Was Built for Entertaining

This story was originally published on Domino. Greg Warner and Marion Philpotts are experts when it comes to taking advantage of Hawaii’s rich landscape and deep-rooted agricultural history in their personal aesthetics. After all, the architect and interior designer both grew up in Hawaii, and their styles were wholly influenced by the island’s bold ocean colors and rustic, mountainous topography.

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February 7, 2018

College Student Didn’t Like Dorm Life, So He Built a Tiny Home on Wheels for $15,000

As the cost of attending college goes up in the U.S., students are coming up with creative ways to save money on (and for) their schooling. A college student named Bradley from Jacksonville, Florida has avoided the dorm life by opting to build his own tiny home on wheels. Nestled among trees with a creek nearby, he calls his 230-square-foot abode Rolling Quarters.

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January 20, 2018

Designers Use Aerial Scans to Turn Any Street in Chicago into Detailed 3D Models

A master of transforming architecture into sculpture, Microscape, is back with another highly detailed site model of a beloved American city. After the enormous success of their New York City scale model, they are back with another 1:5000 scale replica of Chicago. Microscape's 3D printed cities are fully customizable, coming in square sections that allow you to select the areas of the city you love the most or fit together several areas like pieces of a puzzle.

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December 21, 2017

Sweden’s Ice Hotel Reveals This Year’s Incredible Art Suites Carved from Ice and Snow

The iconic ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, just 200km north of the Arctic Circle, has once again unveiled its annual art suites. As well as being the world's first and largest hotel made from ice, the frozen kingdom has become famous for exhibiting incredible, fully functional art suites every winter, carved from thousands of tons of ice.

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