Tag: architecture
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A Giant Pair of Hands Lift Vietnam’s Da Nang Golden Bridge Into The Sky
A bridge located above Da Nang’s Ba Na Hills, in Vietnam, has attracted a lot of attention for its two giant hands which seemingly lift the structure into the sky. Standing on the Golden Bridge, visitors can admire the whole infinite scenery and majestic mountainscape of Ba Na. Visitors can already visit the Fantasy Park,…
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Some of the Best Elevator Designs We’ve Ever Seen
On the whole, elevators are pretty boring. Their main function is to get you from Level A to Level B, after all. But every now and then a smart designer or marketer comes along and elevates the elevators. Add something unique or witty to make us smile. Here is a list of our favorites. Make…
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Amazing Staircase Designs From Around the World To Inspire
For most people, staircases are simply a mechanism that takes you from level 1 to level 2 and level 2 back down to level 1. Not so for these designers, who have created some of the most mesmerisingly beautiful works of art we’ve ever seen. And they also double as a staircase :) What’s your…
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Cliff House Has an Amazingly Terrifying View
Greece’s economy may be going through some issues at the moment, but that hasn’t dulled the creativity of Greek architects Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos from Opa Works who have up with an amazingly terrifying cliff house. The concept design is called “Casa Brutale”, and it is designed to mesh well with nature. The building is completely…
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The Amazing Gravity-Defying Worlds of Cinta Vidal
In her latest series of paintings, Barcelona-based artist and illustrator Cinta Vidal Agulló defies gravity and architectural conventions to create encapsulated scenes of intersecting perspectives. Painted with acrylic on wood panels, Vidal refers to the paintings as “un-gravity constructions” and says that each piece examines how a person’s internal perspective of life may not match up with…
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See the World’s Largest Monastery Library in Austria
Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. It is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria and contains the largest monastic library in the world. The abbey is known for its Baroque architecture, art, and manuscripts. While the abbey itself was completed in 1074 the library (late…
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Stunning Clifftop Cave House in the Blue Mountains of Australia!
Lionel Bucket has one of the most stunning views in the world from the stone outcrop that makes up the veranda of his clifftop cave home. He has an outlook over the Blue Mountain range in Australia from the cave home that was built on 600 acres of bush land that has been in his…
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An Australian House That Floats Above the Sea
If you’ve been lucky enough to take a trip down the famous Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia, you may have seen a house seemingly and precariously placed on the size of a cliff face. Using tricks of perspective and elegant modern architecture, this amazing house was designed and built by architects F2 Architecture. The…
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Artist Spends 10 Years Digging an Amazing Cave Alone With His Dog
For the last 10 years, American artist Ra Paulette has been walking alone into New Mexico’s desert to work. He spends his time carving a sandstone cave that he found, turning it into a wonderful subterranean space full of light. Without no one but his dog for company, Paulette created different designs and styles for…