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Body modification is a broad category that covers anything from socially acceptable ear piercings to culturally mandated circumcisions, but there’s a small niche in this category that involves the most extreme manipulation of the human body. Some trendsetters treat their bodies like a work of art and some cultures are simply handing down tradition, but [...]

Bland, unattractive and cookie-cutter? Try modern, elegant and surprising. These incredible remodels transcend all stereotypes about apartment and condo designs with unexpected materials like galvanized steel, design tricks that make small spaces appear bright and open and a masterful balance of vintage and contemporary.
Industrial Modern Metal Apartment Design

This minimalist, monochromatic metal apartment design in Moscow [...]

I hope you are not afraid of heights, because there aren’t too many YouTube videos capable of inducing measurable feelings of vertigo while you watch comfortable at your desk, but this is one of them. In this video you can see the view from the highest man-made point on earth …Burj Dubai’s spire. The tower [...]

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Video with the View From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai

This 1,520 s.f building called Private Library was designed by Andrew Berman Architect as a library and studio for a writer. We wrote about this project and published a few images in 2008 ( here ), but today I’ve found a short film about New York architect Andrew Berman’s dream project. Commissioned to design a [...]

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Writing Studio in the Woods by Andrew Berman

The perpetual wall calendar is a beautiful collage of photos that Littlebrownpen has collected while in Paris. Chalkboards, license plates, doorways, bottles, monuments. 49 glimpses of Paris that capture the the essence of the city at street level. All you have to do is to arrange the photos according to the current month and clip [...]

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Photo Collage : Perpetual Wall Calendar

Taipei 101 is famous for being one of the world’s tallest buildings. In the next 18 months the skyscraper is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of “World’s Tallest Green Building.” In 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed Taipei 101 in [...]

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Taipei 101 to Become the World’s Tallest Green Building

Stylish bathroom elements, modern finishes and a striking attention to details is what characterizes this new project from Cerasa. The designers stated that “Noah is a product that wants to express rigorous beauty through research of simple shapes and pure lines“. You will notice that the shapes are very original and that new elements are [...]

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Noah Bathroom Project from Cerasa

Johnston Architects PLLC designed this original project for a couple with “sustainable” carriers. Scott Shell and Margaret Wheeler are both mountain guides, a profession that makes them both open to the ideas meant to conserve the environment. The house was built by company Tall Tree Construction in a forest from the logs that were brought [...]

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Shell-Wheeler House : A Sustainable Private Residence by Johnston Architects

Sometimes having a large sofa can prove to be a bit of a drag. Even though its dimensions make it a practical furniture item when it comes to “accommodating” more people, there are some negative sides as well. For example, moving it from place to place requires a lot of effort and usually more than [...]

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Living Landscape : A 90 Degrees Twisting Sofa