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Escape To This Pristine Cabin!
The cabin was constructed out of a desire to directly design and build as a singular act. The structure consists of douglas fir columns, rough sawn fir lumber, and planed fir interior finish. Click here to read more!
Check Out This Incredible Tropical Cantilever!
A topographical approach was developed to sculpt the land and to integrate the architecture with nature…concrete structures and garden slabs bind into the topography and others subtly stand out through a mesh of wood in the landscape, created through a succession of structural frames. Click here to read more!
Scared of Heights? Vertigo-Inducing Paintings by Fabio Giampietro!
Milan-based painter Fabio Giampietro creates trippy bird’s-eye views from the tops of hi-rises in his series “Vertigo”. Each painting consists of monochromatic warping towers that ‘rush’ toward the ground, the perspective diminishing at an exceeding rate. Click here to read more!
Check Out This Coastal Peruvian Villa!
The dwelling is a summer home developed in the coastal desert of Lima. The stretch of land stands on a moderate slope in a privileged location with a frontal view to a golf course and a lateral view to the sea. Click here to read more!
Check Out This Surreal Photo Series Exhibited Underwater!
Combining his mastery of photography and passion for deep-sea diving, Austrian artist Andreas Franke transformed the shipwrecked USS Vandenberg into a subterranean gallery 130 feet below sea level. Accessible only by scuba diving, Franke’s surreal photographs decorated the outer-walls of the Vandenberg, breathing new life into the haunting silence of the ruined majestic vessel. Click here to read more!
Check Out This Phenomenal Beach House by Horst Architects!
“The parti reflects the program through a composition of three diaphanous pavilions around a central, unifying courtyard…A series of overlapping reflecting ponds contained within the central courtyard instill a sense of meditation and retreat where one can contemplate the ocean and sky.” Click here to read more!
Schoolgirls Look Out onto China’s Alienating Urban Landscapes
In his beguiling photo series “Sitting on the Wall: Haikou V,” Chinese artist Weng Fen captures young women and new cities on the precipice of change. The backs of the young women face us, giving no hint of a personal identity, save for their slightly varied school uniforms. Meanwhile, the booming new buildings dominate the background, their postmodern facades signifying an increase of investment and oncoming changes throughout Chinese cities. Read more!
Check Out These Surreal Shots of Arctic Hunting Cabins
Barrow Cabins, a photo series by Seattle-based photographer Eirik Johnson, depicts homebuilt Alaskan hunting cabins during the seasonal extremes far above the Arctic Circle. Built by the native Iñupiat people, the hunting cabins are vernacular shelters built of cast-off and found materials, used for only part of the year. The result: immaculate, paired images of vernacular structures amid the Arctic’s climactic extremes. Click through to see the photos!
![Photo: Kim, Saik. Seoul, South Korea. [via illusion.scene360.com]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/3d892dcaef7b47db38f15897581fff7f/tumblr_mmg0s9boi11qbltjyo5_250.jpg)
![Cheoh, WK. Singapore Cityscape. [via scene360.com]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f46991e0b745b359aed65ccbda28da0/tumblr_mmg0s9boi11qbltjyo2_250.jpg)
![Dickinson, Bill. Philadelphia. [via illusion.scene360.com]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/315a961738851b3d8fa0e4d837731bbc/tumblr_mmg0s9boi11qbltjyo3_250.jpg)
![Rostermundt, Jacob. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [via illusion.scene360.com]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/424af31bc35ab669da7bde3b53eec408/tumblr_mmg0s9boi11qbltjyo4_250.jpg)
![Hoepel, Rayon. Gronigen, Netherlands. [via scene360.com]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c4457734a89f9cf90eebb298ca6d880/tumblr_mmg0s9boi11qbltjyo1_250.jpg)
Check Out These Breathtaking Reflected Cityscapes!
Think you’re seeing double? Think again! These absolutely breathtaking photographs, seen on scene360 and illusion, show the stunning mirrored effect that happens when a panoramic cityscape sits on a body of water. Taken by various photographers, each image shows a unique skyline at different times of day, and captures the character of each city in its natural setting and inverse. Click through to see them all!
