Austrian National Library, located in the imperial Hofburg Palace in Vienna. It was built in the 1720s to house the court library and holds about 200,000 books. The hall is divided into two sides: the War and the Peace sides, reflected by the statuary and frescoes.
Man builds $5,200 Hobbit House which features plenty of sustainable materials. It uses scrap wood for flooring and bales of straw on dry-stone walling for the interior walls. Other unique attributes to the house include lime plaster instead of cement for the walls and a compost toilet.
We’re hypnotized by this amazing series of Twisted architecture photos by Nicolas Kennedy Sitton.
Twisted: Distorted San Francisco Skyline
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Magic Mountain Lodge, is a beautifully constructed hotel on the privately owned natural reserve of Huilo Huilo in Chile. The lodge, which is built to look like a volcano, spouts a refreshing waterfall in place of actual lava. If you’re interested in seeing a real volcano, Chile’s Arenal Volcano can be viewed right from the hotel. The Magic Mountain Lodge is a hotel like no other, providing its guests with a remarkable experience and breathtaking atmosphere. The vacation spot offers countless, unique amenities including hot tubs made out of giant tree trunks, large windows that overlook Chile’s majestic rainforest, and a monkey bridge, which is the only way to enter.
Rearrangeable Pop-up Garden Shed
The collaborative design between architect Vile Hara and designer Linda Bergroth is a stunningly simple design that offers an array of customizations. The prefabricated Garden Shed is a greenhouse and storage space that can easily be assembled with just a screwdriver. It’s constructed out of Finnish pine and safety glass and also includes automatic openers to help control temperature regulation.
