Hanging Pool – The Joule Hotel, Dallas USA The hanging pool on the Joule Hotel in Dallas, Texas, extends eight feet out and over the side of the building at the tenth-floor. InterContinental Festival City Hotel, Dubai A transparent plexiglass section extends beyond the edge of the hotel building, overlooking the Dubai Skyline. Hilton Hotel,
Category Archives: Architecture
Zombie Mobile Safe House Device
Designed by Austin Fleming and winner of Bustler’s annual Zombie Apocalypse Safe House competition, the Vagabond is a conceptual mobile shelter based on the shell of an armadillo…Not a turtle. The ‘safe house’ features reflective camouflage on the outside, allowing it to blend in with its environment, and it features photovoltaic cells that can provide
Like Being in the Belly of a Fossilized Beast – HR Giger Bar
If the architecture inside this bar looks vaguely familiar, it may be because it was designed by artist HR Giger (the designer of the Alien film character). Located at Museum HR Giger in Gruyères, Switzerland, the sensation of being in this extraordinary setting recalls the tale of Jonah and the whale, lending the feel of
Sculptural Spine Staircase
With limited options in the creativity department, the staircase is just a staircase, unless you happen to have designer Philip Watts at the drawing board. Specially designed for one of his clients’ homes, perhaps Jason Voorhees? This striking spine staircase turns function into spook-fabulous and truly makes going from floor to floor a spine-tingling experience.
Bizarro World Skyscraper – Earthscaper
In what would seem like an episode of Bizarro World, Mexican architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, has come up with a concept for a 65-story “upside down” skyscraper or the subterranean “earthscaper” right in the middle of Mexico City. Shaped like an inverted pyramid, the Earthscraper will burrow down 35 stories beneath the heart of Mexico
Perfect for Serial Killers and Psychopaths – C-124 Cargo Bed
Looking about as comfortable as an overnighter in a cell at San Quentin prison, the C-124 Cargo Bed is crafted out of two authentic cargo floors from the heavy-lift cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-124 Cargo Bed comes in a raw sanded finish with a padded leather footboard and lots of spare
AK-47 and 9mm Home Decor Lamps
What better way to make a strong statement about your serial killer personality in home decor than with an AK-47 lamp. From the minds of Loaded Objects, comes these highly detailed, sleek and sexy handmade slip-cast ceramic lamps, featuring a 9mm and AK-47 lamp stems and bodies. Fixture, shade, cord and plug are included. $150
The World’s Largest Tree house in the World is a Mansion
Supported by a live, 80-foot-tall white oak 12 feet in diameter at its base this massive tree house rises 97-feet into the sky, making it the largest in the world. Is it up to code? Not so sure, but it is the real deal, as this particular tree house will soon be featured in the
Han Solo Carbonite and Millennium Falcon Coffee Tables
I have to say that I am pleased as punch…the Han Solo in carbonite table would be a perfect fit to eat my frozen dinners and set my beers onto… The millennium Falcon coffee table comes a close second. Designed by UK based R9 Studios, the cold cast aluminum, machined hardware and toughened glass geeky
