Leeser Architecture from New York has won a competition for the design of the Helix Hotel that is to be built in Zayed Bay in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Dubbed “the Helix Hotel” for obvious reasons, it will stand on the bay, partially floating in the water and adjacent to the serpentine Sheik Zayed Bridge currently under construction by designer Zaha Hadid.
Via Contemporist.com
These guys make living in shipping containers and water pipes look like fantasy …
Designer Adams Kalkin proposed an extra portable house Illy Push The Button House made inside a standard shipping container, that by means of hydraulic system in terms of pushing the button unfold to a house that reveals a kitchen, dinning room, living room and bedroom and even a library. The only problem is an absence of the roof.
Via Modern Architecture & Design news
The X-Light Surround basin comes with a built-in amplified speaker system for your iPod. Why! would one want listen to his favorite, for duration of washing his face … you tell me!
