Russian Pharaoh Puts His Apartment to Sale
Just an apartment of an ordinary Moscow pharaoh living in Khamovniki district, who decided to get rid of his “pyramid” for 150 000 000 rubles ($1,937,250,00). Continue reading »
From Amazing To Downright Scary, These 69 Design Decisions In Soviet Apartment Buildings In Lithuania Are Far From Boring
Anyone who’s ever visited a post-soviet country would’ve probably noticed some dull and depressing Eastern Bloc apartment buildings. Designed solely for one purpose—to put a roof over the heads of as many residents as possible, as quickly as possible—these buildings are definitely not the greatest example of charming architecture. Continue reading »
Amazing Views From These Wave-Shaped Apartment Buildings In Denmark
Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects are literally and figuratively making waves in Denmark’s cityscape with their latest housing design, The Wave. Sculptural and organic in form, the distinctive peaks of the apartment buildings are visible from rail, road and sea; a feast for the eyes in a country dominated by a flat landscape. Continue reading »
This Apartment Has A Full-Size Supercar Pagani Zonda As A Room Divider
Contractors Finish My Condo, partnered with Artefacto Home Staging, to install a $1.5 million black Pagani Zonda R in an oceanfront condo in Miami, Florida, as requested by their client, Argentine race car driver Pablo Pérez Companc. Used as both art and function, the Pagani Zonda R is the eye-catching centerpiece of the private residence, and serves as a partition between the living room and master suite. Continue reading »
Bublik – Circular Apartment Building In Moscow Is The Pinnacle Of Brutalism
During the socialist time eastern Europe was a home to many unusual ‘brutalist’ structures, Moscow especially. Communist authorities had to industrialize and expand the cities as soon as possible because of large influx of rural population in capital cities. Continue reading »
This Cozy Coffee Shop Was Inserted In An Apartment Block In Overpopulated Chinese City
Architecture firm FANAF, have designed the Pause Cafe that’s nestled within a 1980s apartment building in Nanjing, China. Continue reading »
Family Leaves Husky For 3 Hours, Dog Redesigns The Apartment
Who said interior design is not for dogs? One Husky decided to prove the doubters wrong as soon as his owners went out to the movies. In only 3 hours, the aspiring artist turned the whole apartment into his canvas. The pooch released his inner artist by inking his paws and turning the floors (and anything else that got in the way!) into a giant piece of art. The artist even left his signature on the bed to prove the authorship. Although his new design had to be cleaned up by his humans, we hope that one day his artistry will be recognized. Continue reading »
This ‘SWAT’ Cat Has A Better Apartment Than Most People
A stray calico cat is the unofficial mascot of the Boston Police Department’s SWAT team. The members of the team have tried to convince her to come indoors, but she just won’t do it because she’s set in her ways. Instead they built her an awesome apartment that most people would be jealous of. Continue reading »
Why Did A Brazilian Millionaire Winch A Formula 1 Car Up The Side Of An Apartment Block?
Yep, you read that right! An anonymous Brazilian is a huge Ayrton Senna fan, and he managed to get hold of Senna’s 1985 Lotus 97T Formula 1 car. But where do you keep such a car if you live in an apartment? Er… in your apartment obviously! Continue reading »
Meet A Woman Who Keeps 500 Plants In Her Brooklyn Apartment
As far as multi-hyphenate models go, Summer Rayne Oakes may be the most impressive we’ve come across. More than being a cover beauty, Summer is also a writer, businesswoman, activist, chef (she’s working on her first cookbook, also the second book she’ll publish), and an ecologist by training (she graduated from Cornell with degrees in Environmental Science and Entomology). Continue reading »
Man Spent $13,000 To Turn His Apartment Into A Baked Beans Museum
61-year-old Barry Kirk from Britain just can’t get enough of baked beans. He loves them so much he transformed his apartment into a museum for his favorite snack spending $13K on his baked bean memorabilia. His baked beans love started after he set a world record for the longest amount of time spent in a bath filled with the beans. He has been in love with them for 30 years now. He even changed his name to Captain Beany in 1991. He also works as a U2 Bono impersonator. Continue reading »
Russian Artist Turns Boring Soviet Apartment Building Walls Into Art
How can one fight the greyness and blandness of everyday life? With mad painting skills, apparently. Boris Chernichenko, who comes from the Russian city of Astrakhan, smote banality by decorating the stairwell in his apartment building. No more plain, white-ish walls – they’re now decorated with murals of natural landscapes. Continue reading »
Ready to Move In? Mystery ‘Furnished Apartment’ Found In Berlin Subway
Employees of the Berlin subway discovered a fully furnished apartment in one of the abandoned subway tunnels, according to Berliner Kurier. The walls were complete with wallpaper and decorated with paintings. The apartment had a bed, television, chair, dresser and even a palm tree. Power was supplied by a cable network that provides electricity to a nearby metro station. Continue reading »
Weird Architecture – The Apartment Block With “Chicken Legs”
This apartment block has 22 floors and 221 apartments. It’s situated in Saint Petersburg, Russia (Google maps). It was built in 1988. Continue reading »
Sculptural Mesh Structures Give This Apartment Building Its Own Personality
Tetrarc Architects have designed an apartment building in Paris, France, that has a number of sculptural features, adding visual interest to an otherwise plain building. Continue reading »
Thoughtful Design Of 30 Square Meter Apartment In Tokyo
That isn’t easy to live in a 30 square meter apartment. Although Akis has managed to design her apartment in Tokyo so thoughtful that there is everything that she needs. Continue reading »
384ft-Tall Apartment Tower To Be World’s First Building Covered In Evergreen Trees
Stefano Boeri, an Italian architect with an affinity for innovative green structures, is set to build a 117m-tall (384ft) apartment tower in Lausanne, Switzerland, that will be the first building in the world to be covered in evergreen trees. Continue reading »
These “More Sky” Window Concepts Give Small Apartment Dwellers Some Outdoor Time From Within Their Homes
Architect and designer Aldana Ferrer Garcia, has created More Sky, a variety of window concepts that allow people living in apartments to experience more sunlight in a unique way.
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KLM Airlines Transformed An Airplane Into An Apartment, And It’s Beautiful
By now, almost everyone has spent a bit of time browsing AirBNB. You may not always be able to get away and plan a holiday because it’s not the right time of year, or you have too much work, but just browsing the site can be a whole ton of fun. There are often many vibrant and creative spaces to choose from, and some are just so impressive, beautiful, and eclectic that we just have to share them with you. Continue reading »
A Closer Look Inside the Student Apartment in Hong Kong
LYCS Architecture have designed Campus Hong Kong, a shared apartment created specifically for students.
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Star Trek Theme Apartment
Interior designer Tony Alleyne stands in his «Star Trek» theme studio apartment in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. The apartment took nearly 10 years to redesign in the style of the «Star Trek» Starship Enterprise on approximately US$1.7 million. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) Continue reading »
Children’s Rooms in Two-Story Apartment, St. Petersburg, Russia
Children`s rooms in Two-Story Apartment, St. Petersburg, Russia by Yurii Suhov, a freelance visualization artist based in Riga, Latvia. Continue reading »
1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment Discovered in Paris
This real-estate story sounds almost like a fairy tale or the beginning of a big Hollywood production.
Back in 2010 a Parisian apartment on the Right Bank, near the Opéra Garnier, left unoccupied since 1942 was discovered. It was owned by Madame de Florian – a socialite and an actress – who fled to the South of France during the second world war, leaving everything behind. She never came back to Paris but kept on paying her rent until the day she died when she was 91. It’s only after she died that someone – a Commissaire Priseur – Auctioneer – re-enter her apartment for the first time in over 70 years. Continue reading »
Brand New Wall for Your Apartment
New collection of wall murals from Pixers, Poland design and interior studio, covered with pop-art and comics theme. Continue reading »
Cute Chinese Cargo Van Apartment
A car owner in Kunming, China has converted a cargo truck into a mobile home. There is 8.5 square meters of usable area, and one can cook, sleep, go online, and watch television in the car. This mobile home including the vehicle and renovations cost under 130,000 yuan, and because of its low cost and comprehensive features. It features a small kitchen with a sink and electric stove, bunk-beds, refrigerator, flat screen TV and a computer. (chinaSMACK) Continue reading »
