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Quell your fangirl squeals: here is the Mies van der Rohe post-punk song that no one ever asked for, but that the internet gave us anyway.... Learn more »

Read More : A Cafe Designed To Look Like The Inside Of A Packaging Crate







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Divercity Architects have designed the IT Cafe in Athens, Greece, that also doubles as a multi-functional space for exhibitions and... Learn more »

Read More : Curbed Features: How a Texas Elementary School Came to Look Like a Tech Hub







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The exterior of Richard J. Lee Elementary. Photo by Greg Folkins.
Immediately inside the newly built Richard J. Lee Elementary school in the... Learn more »

Read More : Palette Table Mixes People Like Paint to Encourage Interaction







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Taking its shape from an artist’s palette, this highly unusual conference table design mixes people like paint colors to produce new c... Learn more »

Read More : This Bathtub Is Like A Bowl In The Floor







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When Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects designed the remodel of this house in Piedmont, California, they included a bathtub in the master bathroom... Learn more »

Read More : Castles: Ain"t No Castle Like a U.S. Castle "Cause a U.S. Castle is Cheap







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Wednesday, January 21, 2015, by Spencer Peterson



Once seemingly the rare, ungainly bird of the U.S. real estate market, the American castle... Learn more »

Read More : How To Photograph Your Home Like A Professional







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Getting a magazine-worthy photo of your home is challenging but possible. Image Source: Eskuche

There are several different reasons a person... Learn more »

Read More : Rendering Reveals : What a Snohetta-Designed Obama Library Might Look Like







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Monday, December 22, 2014, by Jenny Xie


Rendering via Design Boom
Competition is getting fierce for President Obama’;s future library.... Learn more »

Read More : Amazing Underground Survival Shelter Looks Like A Cozy Home







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Do you see this hidden trap door in the ground? I am pretty sure that when you see what is down there, you would say “WOW”. This... Learn more »

Read More : Hemingway Goes to Ikea: Here"s what it would be like...







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Wednesday, December 3, 2014, by Amy Schellenbaum



Here’;s what it would be like if 20th-century author Ernest Hemingway, (famous for his... Learn more »

Read More : Architectural Craziness: Belarus" New Football Stadium Looks Like a Slumbering Python












Thursday, October 30, 2014, by Rachel B. Doyle


Photo by Tomaz Gregoric via Design Boom
The dictatorship of Belarus just debuted a €40M ($ 51M) football stadium with a rounded edifice perforated by blob-like windows—a building that very much resembles a python. Designed by the Slo... Learn more »

Read More : Expansive Rotterdam Market Hall Shaped Like A Giant Horse Shoe by MVRDV













From 9 o’;clock in the morning, until 8 o’;clock in the evening, the inhabitants of Rotterdam will have a chance to evaluate fresh food and other goodies inside a new massive arch-shaped venue. The Rotterdam Market Hall was described by the architects at MVRDV as “a... Learn more »

Read More : Trend Watch: 10 Rammed Earth Buildings That Don"t Look At All Like Dirt












Thursday, September 25, 2014, by Curbed Staff


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Not to be outdone by prehistoric humanity, contemporary architects are rediscovering an ancient building technique that presses natural materials to produce walls with excellent insulating... Learn more »

Read More : Cascading Staircase is Like an Indoor Frozen Waterfall
















This cascading set of stairs in a Mumbai home is a perfectly executed example of architecture that mirrors nature. The wooden treads flow and curve to resemble a peaceful frozen waterfall.



Designed by Mexican studio Arquitectura en Movimiento, the staircase is defined by... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Japan"s "Rain Shelter House" is Like a Village Under a Tarp












Thursday, August 7, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo via Design Boom
Aptly titled Rain Shelter House, this recently completed home by Japan’;s Y+M Design Office is comprised of a handful of gabled boxes organized beneath a canopy of folded steel. Taking the aversion to walls... Learn more »

Read More : Nursery school in Tuscany illuminates "like a lighthouse"













A cantilevered glass-walled room lights up at night to create a beacon on top of this kindergarten in the Tuscan town of Sinalunga by Siena firm Studio di Architettura Andrea Milani (+ slideshow).


The nursery building was developed by Studio di Architettura Andrea Milani to... Learn more »

Read More : Layered Glass and Wood Table Looks Like Ocean Depths















The Abyss Table – is an amazing nautical-themed coffee table that looks like ocean depths; I think this layered glass and wood table is a bit more work of art than it is a piece of furniture.
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Read More : Tree-Topped Rectangular Houses Look Like Giant Potted Plants












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