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The countryside of Groningen

April 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Art, Culture, Food, Life

Yesterday Jan and I made ​​a tour in the countryside of Groningen, that’s the province north of Friesland in The Netherlands, beautiful skies, many grassland birds, beautiful art and a small but nice Spring sun … We started at museum Het Kunstpaviljoen, an exhibition space in a home environment where architecture, interior and nature coincide. [...]

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Imagine

March 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Architecture

Today I’ll like to take you to a beautiful dream home, flip here through the slideshow and enjoy the bright colors, clean lines and the beautiful way of presenting a project. Enjoy! HOUSE OF A PHOTOGRAPHER II Project by OAB Architects in Barcelona.

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Awesome reconstruction

January 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Architecture

Adding new elements to the old… This is a small outbuilding, which has been extended and transformed into a house – now a bed and breakfast. The house is located in Belgium and the design is by AABE Architects. Please click over here to see more stunning pictures of the project.

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Freya’s Cabin: A Woodland Love Story

December 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Architecture, Art, Nature

This beautiful prefab wooden cabin was inspired by a love story. It sits on the bank of Kielder Water and Forest, Northumberland, UK. It’s actually a tiny decorative piece of art, providing a stopping place for visitors walking or cycling along the lakeside path, while its beautiful surroundings serve as a stage set or backdrop [...]

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Barnhouses and memories

December 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Architecture

Many times I asked myself; now why is it I like (modern) Barn Houses so much? Was it the many beautiful old Barns I saw while traveling the U.S.A? Or maybe the good memories of  my two dogs playing around in the hay of the big old Barn behind our house in Georgia, U.S.A.? Who [...]

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Toadstool

October 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Architecture, Design, Fashion, Nature, Textile Art

The porter’s pavilion at the entrance to Guell Park in Barcelona, Spain. A typical fun design by Antoni Gaudi, with a toadstool cap on the roof and lots of coloured tiles and rough stone. Japanse textile artist  Tiny Toadstool inspired by… The Tendo Mushroom Stool was designed in 1961 And the last beauty just sits [...]

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An other barnhouse

October 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Architecture

Today I red a nice article in the newspaper about Weeber Weeber, two architects who have created a wonderful concept for a simple Barn house. The regular readers of my blog know that I am a big fan of this type of house; an affordable home with the silhouette of an agricultural barn. Big simple [...]

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Eucalyptus trees

August 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Architecture, Nature

Spanish architecture firm MYCC created a beautiful getaway in a remote location in the northeast corner of the Iberian Peninsula where there are ocean views and an abundance of eucalyptus trees. Inspired by nature, this prefabricated home features a forest design created from perforations on the surface of the exterior. Wonderfull isn’t it? For those [...]

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Barnhouse?

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Architecture, Uncategorized

I don’t think you can call this house Barnhouse but I like the simpel shape of it. Twice before I wrote about Barnhouses, please klick here and here. Substance Architecture have completed this contemporary renovation on an Iowa City residence that was originally built in 1941. After the renovation Before Much more photos and the [...]

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Tiny houses

June 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Architecture

Not everything is bigger in Texas. Tiny Texas Houses, based in Luling, Texas, is a company that builds tiny houses made from recycled salvage materials. As the company says on the website: “After a generation of having it all and wasting so much, perhaps it is time to consider keeping it small and preserving what [...]

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