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Located in Remsenburg, New York, the Barn House by D’Apostrophe Design is clad in 200-year-old wood salvaged from an outbuilding.

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The Rotterdam by Rem Koolhaas (by MBarendse)

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Amsterdam seems like the coolest place to be in

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Peter Kogler — Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2014 

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Antoine Predock, Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1985-90

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MAXXI - National Museum of XXI Century Arts Zaha Hadid Architects

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Phillip K Smith III : Lucid Stead, 2013

Phillip K. Smith III, an American artist based in Indio, California, has recently completed a stunning light installation in the middle of the California High Desert, near the small town of Joshua Tree. Titled ”Lucid Stead,” the work is actually an artistic intervention on a 70-year-old abandoned homesteader shack that plays with the concepts of light and shadow, reflection, projection and change. During the day, the structure reflects its surroundings through mirrors placed in both the shack’s openings and some of the boards on the walls. This acts to create an optical illusion of transparency, while at the same time transforming the desert into a material in its own right.  As the sun sets, light gradually begins to emanate from the shack, with the door and windows transforming into solid-colour blocks that change from one colour to the next at an almost imperceptible pace. Interior white lighting seeps through the cracks on the walls, revealing the internal bracings and the shack’s supports. The installation plays beautifully with the concepts of receiving and transmitting: what during the day is a passive reflective object, at night becomes a dynamic illuminating presence that projects itself outwards in bold, bright colours.

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via YATZER

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Subterranean Museum | Via

What was once an enormous salt mine in turda, romania, has now been carefully renovated by the regional cluj county council into the world’s first salt mining history museum. the salina turda salt mines were excavated in the 17th century, proving a crucial source for salt that brought the romans much wealth. today, the durgau lakes at the mine’s surface – responsible for much of the salt deposits in the area – are popular tourist attractions that guarantee a steady flow of visitors all year around. a trip down the vertical shafts that once transported thousands of tons of salt will slowly reveal the immense scale of the excavated earth, made blatantly clear upon reaching the very bottom of the mine which is covered in a sand-like layer of salt.

Almost borrowing a certain aesthetic from the deep sea, the bottom of the mine features almost alien structures made of timber members and illuminated with suspended tube lights. the interior maintains a steady 11-12 degrees celsius and 80 percent humidity, completely devoid of any allergens and an almost absence of any bacteria, making the unique micro-climate a destination for those suffering from allergic respiratory diseases.

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City Maps

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Claus Hermansen - Summer house, Dyngby 1999. Via, photos (C) Anders Kavin.

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Conde Duque by architect Carlos de Riaño Lozano in Madrid Spain

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Besòs Water Tower

Images by Joan Guillamat

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(by Adrian Klein)

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