Monday 18 August 2014
Wednesday 16 July 2014
A Small Retreat House Built in the Forest on a Giant Boulder
Czech
architecture agency Uhlik Architekti, (which includes architects Petr Uhlik,
Jan Sorm) presented an innovative concept of leaning home. As the pictures states; the house is actually
called Forest Retreat, which is constructed in a diagonal formation with the
upper section resting upon a giant boulder. The agency established this
beautiful idea for their clients who requested a hideaway that could help as a
quiet escape from the urban pandemonium of his life in Prague. We selected an
area between Central and South Bohemia where the customer comes from and where
he has loved going to since his childhood. He took us to a spot in the midst of
fields, woods, and meadows, full of strange boulders, to a remote and somewhat
forgotten place.
Although it
is not spacious house but it construct the home, measures 10x20 feet, the
architects used wood and fallen trees found along the owner's land in the
forest, along the skills of local craftsmen. The main flat room proffers space
for one person to stand and look out at the landscape through the large,
floor-to-ceiling glass entryway. Large steps lead up towards a 2nd window that
proposes a second view of the forest. However; interestingly each step functions
as a resting place as well as storage and, moreover, one of the benches can be
turned over to create a double bed. General, the multifunctional house is a
straightforward space where the owner can relish a quiet escape from city
living.
Saturday 5 July 2014
Fabulous Table Layers Wood and Glass to Shape Dramatic Ocean Depths
We’re sure you would like to
bring some nautical wonder into your house with the Abyss Table, indeed a spectacular
coffee table that mimics the depths of the ocean with stacked layers of wood
and glass. The table is made by popular London-based furniture design company
Duffy London; the limited-edition quantity makes a geological cross-section as fascinating
as the sea, completing the table as a three-dimensional representation of a
geological map. With the significant price of £5,800 (approximately $10,000),
the Abyss Table is as much a work of art as a functional piece of furniture.
The Founder Christopher Duffy
says, I was looking into sheets of thick glass at my glass manufacturer’s
factory, and I noticed that how the material darkened as they added more layers
the similar way the sea does as it deepens. I got an idea to use this effect to
replicate a real piece of the earth’s sea bed. Similar to a mythical power had
lifted an accurate rectangle straight from the earth’s crust to use as his
personal ornament." The Christopher Duffy is famous for creating inventive
and idiosyncratic products that combine art and function. The perfect examples
is of their creative furniture designs comprise a Little Red Riding
Hood-inspired table with axe legs, a coffee table supported by floating
balloons, and a playful swing table with hanging chairs. Source: Mymodernmet
Thursday 3 July 2014
Greg Klassen Graceful Wood Tables Embedded with Glass Rivers
Greg Klassen is a furniture maker
in the Pacific Northwest who catches motivation in its landscape and translates
that into his work. His beautiful River Collection is a series of intricately
designed and handcrafted tables that feature embedded bluish-green glass “rivers”
running throughout each piece. The lovely jagged edges of the wood and their clear
grains offer the perfect “shore” to mimic bodies of water.
Each of Klassen’s tables showcases
stunning details within the wood; we grasp knots, swirling grains, and other
imperfections that make his tedious work truly one-of-a-kind. It’s complemented
by the specially-cut glass that attaches two separate pieces of wood or fills
in its natural holes. Greg Klassen used trees that were sustainably harvested
from the banks of the Noonsack River, so with every new table he made;
discarded trees have a natural new life through his functional art.
Monday 23 June 2014
Amazing Tree House Gives Natural Fanciful View From The Outside World.
This amazing Tree house is built
around two large oak trees; the Tree house djuren was made as a relaxed retreat
for a family on a wooded property in northern Germany. This lovely Tree House
is constructed by designer Baumraum. The house features includes an
eye-catching, egg-shaped silhouette book-ended by two oval windows and a glossy
white facade. The balance of its modern exterior is a beautiful combination of
wood and zinc metal, which provides small structure a minimalist feel as its
supported by four steel rods.
Therefore; the convenient and
inviting interior space includes sleeping benches well covered in gray felt set
against medium-colored wood planks. Moreover; there’re ample of windows that gives
gorgeous, unobstructed views of the treetops and bathes you in natural light. To
reach the getaway, you’ve to climb two ship ladders that are separated by upper
and lower wooden decks. The trees pierce the terraces and bear their weight,
which sits as high as 18 feet. Similar to the other three houses you must admire
before, this small dwelling offers a fanciful escape from the outside world.
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