We love alternative housing and creative architecture. Searching MoCoLoco , a fabulous mod architecture web mag, we found this duplex geodesic dome designed by architect Nicholas Fones of F3arquitectos for Chilean eco-hotel Elqui Domos, a one-of-kind (actually 7 worldwide) astronomy hotel.
The first floor has a living room and bath. The second floor is […]
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Stargazer Dome Home
Published by August 7th, 2006 in Cool Buildings, Getaways, Vacation Properties and Residential Real Estate. 2 CommentsBell Labs Focus of Preservation Magazine
Published by August 3rd, 2006 in Commercial Real Estate, Cool Buildings, Hot News and Technology.Yesterday, Preservation Online Editor Margaret Foster published an article on the Bell Labs facility in Holmdel, NJ. Preservation is the award-winning magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization dedicated to preserving historic places.
On June 29, 2006, we posted on the future demolition of the Holmdel lab building, designed by famed architect Eero […]
Death Defying Architecture
Published by July 10th, 2006 in Cool Buildings, Residential Real Estate and Weird News.Deciding not to die, artist-architect-poets Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, have designed residential housing they say “boosts immunity and increases longevity“. The architecture is clearly infuenced by the Dada anti-art & cultural movement of the early 20th century. The above complex is located in Mitaka, Japan. […]
Rotating Home: Sit & Spin in California
Published by July 10th, 2006 in Cool Buildings, New Construction and Residential Real Estate.The rotating house atop Mt. Helix in San Diego County California has been written up many times, most recently by Erin Biba of Wired Magazine. The owners are Al & Janet Johnstone. It seems Al Johnstone was a former Bell Labs employee. (Those who regularly read us, know of our interest in […]
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School Bus Conversions: Skoolie Days
Published by July 1st, 2006 in Cool Buildings and Residential Real Estate.Gypsy’s Skoolie
We have posted on shipping container houses, tumbleweed tiny houses, treehouses, cubes, modular mansions, kit house prefabs, earthships, dome homes, and other alternative housing options. We now present SKOOLIES. Skoolies or Schoolies are school buses converted to housing.
Classic school buses are cheap to buy, easy to maintain & make for a […]
Marmol Radziner PreFab Wins 2006 IDEA Award
Published by June 30th, 2006 in Awards, Cool Buildings, New Construction and Residential Real Estate.Desert House
Modernist prefab designer/builder Marmol Radziner was awarded the 2006 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the Environmental category. The IDEA awards are among the world’s most prestigious. They are awarded yearly by the Industrial Designers of America.
Marmol Radziner prefabricated steel frame homes are:
made from recycled steel and are completed in our […]
Endless Summer: Ocean Dome JAPAN
Published by June 27th, 2006 in Cool Buildings and Getaways, Vacation Properties.Picture a sandy beach with a permanent blue sky (when the world’s largest retractable roof is closed), ideal temperature & humidity year round, fresh water & perfect waves. Welcome to Ocean Dome in Miyazaki, Japan at the resort complex Seagaia.
While you’re there watch a volcano erupt, ride the waterslides or take a walk […]
Photo Of The Day: World’s Highest Tennis Court
Published by June 24th, 2006 in Cool Buildings and Getaways, Vacation Properties. 1 CommentLocated in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where else. {Sreedhara.com) See video here. more pics at burj-al-arab
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Dome Sweet Dome: Hurricane Proof Home
Published by June 19th, 2006 in Cool Buildings and Residential Real Estate. 1 CommentSigler Residence, Pensacola, Florida
Architect Jonathan Zimmerman claims his dome design is hurricane proof. The dome homes are air-formed thin shell concrete structures which are very similar to geodesic domes.
Don’t believe it? Well, the test came September 14, 2004. The Sigler Residence above survived Hurricane Ivan unscathed.
Here is the happy owner […]
