Photo credit: Studio Viktor Sørless
The Dune House by Studio Viktor Sørless looks like an optical illusion, but it’s a real living space located on the coast of Denmark. For those who have never visited the country, a large part of the terrain is rolling plains while the coastline is sandy, and there’s even large dunes in northern Jutland, a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms Denmark’s continental portion.
Photo credit: Garna Raditya | O2 Treehouse
In nature, pine cones may be food sources for small animals and birds, but did you know that roughly 60-million years ago, they were a snack for duckbill dinosaurs? That’s right, their uniquely-shaped jaws and thousands of rows of teeth perfectly adapted to eat these tough, chewy treats. At first glance, you probably wouldn’t mistake this strange wooden structure perched between trees as an actual pine cone, but step closer, and you’ll realize it’s actually a treehouse.
Created by French designer Ora ïto for AccorHotels, the Flying Nest is a hotel experience unlike any other that you’ve probably experienced. Rather than traditional towers, this hotel consists of individual shipping container modules joined together by their terraces to seamlessly blend nature and some modern luxuries. The entire structure can be fabricated in just one day, and can easily be moved around to different locations.
Photo credit: Mats Sparby
Finnskogen is basically an area of Norway / Sweden located in the counties of Hedmark / Värmland respectively, but for those who have heard of it, nothing notable probably comes to mind, that is until now. Introducing the Pan Treetop Cabins. These a-framed structures situated off the ground by four stilts, and can only be accessed by a spiral staircase.
Photo credit: Rungkit Charoenwat | WARchitecture
Most rooftops have unsightly air conditioning units or water tanks, but architect firm WARchitect wanted this five-story apartment building in Bangkok’s Jatujak district to be a bit different. Simply put, they transformed the vacant area into a “borderless” home that uses the concrete surface as the foundation, which is located 49-feet above street level, thus making it nearly invisible from public roads.