Architecture


April 8, 2012

Modern Villa Built Inside a Mountain

I've always wondered what it might be like to hibernate in the mountains for the winter. This incredible villa–built directly into the side of an Alpine slope–could be just the ticket! Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Mller, from the architecture firms SeARCH and CMA, collaborated in 2009 to build this vacation home near the world famous thermal springs of Vals in Switzerland.

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January 14, 2012

Artificial Sea Trees Restore Environment

Waterstudio.NL is an architecture firm that specializes in creating projects that are on or near water. One of their newest projects is a towering multilayered structure called the Sea Tree. In an effort to bring back healthy environments to large cities, these structures would be built in the rivers, lakes, or harbors that often border large metropolises and house not only sea life but also various birds, insects, and plant life.

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August 16, 2011

Inside Philippe Starck’s Stunning San Francisco Hotel

A few weekends ago, I went up to San Francisco to conduct an on-site interview with Pixar story artist Josh Cooley. While there, I was able to stay a few days at one of my very favorite places – Clift Hotel, a gorgeous luxury hotel designed by the one and only Philippe Starck.

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