Saturday, January 12, 2013
Glass Igloo
Embrace the winter! Hotel in Finland offers individual glass igloos so you can watch the northern lights from your bed.
From inhabitat to hotel> http://www.kakslauttanen.fi/en/
Japanese Magnet Hut
In homage to a celebrated 10 foot square hut -- written about by Kamono Chomei (1153-1216) -- this portable hut is made with plastic sheeting, magnets, and cedar strips.
Story & more pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/b5sdyoy
The Perfect Indoor Hut
Pause Indoor Hut is my new "home within a home." Our apartment is so big we need this retreat! Yes, the ARTOPIATECTURE mandate includes huts.
txt & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bdbdxmd
Italian Vertical Forest Apartment House
Vertical forest in Milan actually nears completion. Please copy in NYC!
Story and pix via inhabitat. http://tinyurl.com/b3m6vqg
This House Is Not A Toaster
"Rooftecture OT2," Osaka. When there is no choice but to shut out the world.
Txt & more pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/ayzld2z
Murphy Beds Appraised
Last fall we stayed in a tiny studio apartment at the end of a pier in Provincetown. It had great views and.....a Murphy bed. Cheers to William L. Murphy, b. Jan. 1, 1876. Is the Murphy bed your solution?
Via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/apveu7u
History of, via Murphy Bed Company> http://tinyurl.com/atvsbfn
Garden Shed Becomes a Studio
Green Box --- A shed in Italy turned into a studio....
Subitlitas.tumblr.com>http://www.actromegialli.it/architecture/green-box
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