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Tea Houses by Swatt Miers Architects

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Tea Houses by Swatt Miers Architects

Californian studio Swatt Miers Architects has designed the Tea Houses project.

Completed in 2009, these three tea houses are located in the Silicon Valley, California, USA.

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Amazing Funnel Wall in Dresden, Germany (Video)

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Amazing Funnel Wall in Dresden, Germany

The Neustadt Kunsthofpassage is an artsy neighborhood in Dresden, Germany.

Designed by artists Annette Paul, Christoph Roßner and André Tempel, this wall all covered with funnels and gutters is one of the strangest and most enjoyable attractions in Dresden’s student district in the new town.

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Hat Teahouse by A1 Architects

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Hat Teahouse by A1 Architects

Prague-based studio A1 Architects has completed the Black Teahouse project in May 2011.

Completed in 2010, this 35 square foot tea house is located in Ostrava, the third largest city in the Czech Republic.

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Shore Vista Boat Dock by Bercy Chen Studio

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Shore Vista Boat Dock by Bercy Chen Studio

Bercy Chen Studio has sent us photos of the Shore Vista project, a two story boat dock located on a bend in Lake Austin, Texas, USA, across from Canyonland Nature Preserve.

Describing their structure, the architects say: “the site is suggestive of the elliptical form that maximizes the beautiful views of the undulating hills beyond”.  

“The rounded edges of the dock peel away, allowing more of the landscape to be captured into the visual frame.”

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Toys for Boys: Dream Garage for a Dream Car (Video)

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Toys for Boys: Dream Garage for a Dream Car

Holger Schubert lives in Los Angeles, California, and he loves dream cars.

He loves them so much he designed a dream garage for his dream car.

With his 1,200 square-foot one a kind garage, he won the 2009 Maserati – Architectural Digest “Design Driven” contest in the category Existing Garage.

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The Sequence, a Urban Sculpture by Arne Quinze

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The Sequence, a Urban Sculpture by Arne Quinze

Arne Quinze is a Belgian artist, well known for his trademark sculptures made out of wooden planks.

His installations are built to provoke reaction and to intervene in the daily life of passersby confronted with his sculptures.

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Hardanger Retreat by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen

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Hardanger Retreat by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen

This log cabin retreat was designed and built in 2003 by Todd Saunders, principal of Saunders Architecture, in collaboration with Tommie Wilhelmsen.

The 215 square foot cabin sits on a wood lot in Kjepsø, Hardanger Fjord, Norway.

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Melvin the Machine by HeyHeyHey (Video)

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Melvin the Machine by HeyHeyHey

In this movie filmed in the beautiful “De Ploeg”, a former factory designed by Gerrit Rietveld on the outskirts of Eindhoven, the ringing of an alarm clock triggers a chain of events that opens umbrellas, spins paper windmills, starts a fire and releases a set of parachuting toy animals.

Dutch design studio HeyHeyHey originally constructed the machine, named Melvin, during Dutch Design Week 2010 but reassembled this improved version a year later.

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Black Teahouse in Česká Lípa by A1 Architects

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Black Teahouse in Česká Lípa by A1 Architects

Prague-based studio A1 Architects has completed the Black Teahouse project in May 2011.

This tranquil tiny tea house is located at the edge of a family’s property in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic.

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Tea House by David Jameson Architect

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Tea House by David Jameson Architect

Virginia-based studio David Jameson Architect has designed the Tea House project in 2009.

Located in a backyard of a suburban home in the city of Bethesda, Maryland, USA, the 180 square foot hanging structure functions as a tea house, meditation space, and stage for the family’s musical recitals.

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