I just found this on tumblr, whoever made this tree house He really fucked my mind, I want it!

Type: culturel_ musées, galeries
State: en chantier
Year: 2006
City: Soissons
Client: VILLE DE SOISSONS
Area: 1 560 m2
Budget: 2 430 000 € H.T. travaux
Team: k-architectures (Karine Herman et Jérôme Sigwalt architectes associés, Camille Saint-Paul, architecte chef de Projet phase concours et Emilie Bourdier architecte chef de projet phases suivantes / – GEC INGENIERIE BET TCE / Bureau de contrôle : CETE APAVE NORD OUEST / Coordinateur SPS : CSBTP / OPC : TCA INGENIERIE
Delivery: Mission base complète MOP + EXE partiel, paysage et signalétique
*http://www.k-architectures.com

Located near Warsaw, Poland. The Safe House is a home with the capacity to achieve maximum security while affording the ability to open up and transform into more vulnerable states. Upon entrance, one would wait in the ‘safety zone’, an area bordered with concrete walls, before being let inside the house. When the home is in its closed state, it is reminiscent of a large concrete Rubik’s Cube. When in its open state, a draw bridge lowers, connecting the home to the indoor swimming pool, movable walls open, mobile shutters come up, and a rolling aluminum gate raises opening the home to an expanse of garden views. The entire home transforms with built in electronic engines, which means the house opens and closes with the touch of a button. It’s also got nominated in Mies van de Rohe award in 2008, and has been shortlisted in WAF Awards in 2009.

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Designed by artist Andrea Gallo, A series of posters minimalists of iconic architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto and Walter Gropius.

The largest tree house in the world, the Minister’s House measures over 97 feet tall and uses 6 Oak trees as pillars to support the structure. Construction began in 1993 when Horace Burgess believed that God spoke to him to build the treehouse. Now in 2011, the treehouse is 10 stories tall and officially measures as the tallest treehouse in the world.
*all-that-is-interesting.com

A series of rectilinear elements, clad in sandstone, combined with sweeping panels of gold and pink titanium, and mirror finish stainless steel.
Located in Elciego, in the Rioja region of Spain, and is one of the oldest wineries in the region. The site for the building is approached along a road that leads through the vineyards and through existing wine production facilities that date primarily from the mid-nineteenth century. The building is lifted above the site on columns, creating a small entry plaza beneath the building itself and providing breathtaking views of the vineyards, the San Andres Church, and the surrounding town and region from each of the areas located in the upper levels of the building. Distributed throughout the three upper levels of the building are fourteen guest bedrooms, a wine tasting room, a 172-seat restaurant including a public dining room, a private dining room and outdoor dining terraces, and conference facilities. Offices and meeting rooms for administrative staff are located adjacent to the building and are linked both to the building and to existing winery offices and production facilities.

The entry plaza leads to the reception area and to a bar, which are set along the edge of a small area of the vineyards. An outdoor terrace leads to a small pool, and a covered walkway extending from the building allows visitors the opportunity to overlook the vineyards and the surrounding region. -arcspace.com-

Photo © Thomas Mayer, Sketch courtesy Gehry Partners, LLP.
Building area: 3,000 square meters
Annex: 4,000 square meters
Completed: September 2006

Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Design Partner: Frank O. Gehry
Design partner, Project Designer: Edwin Chan
Project Partner: Terry Bell
Project Architect: Andy Liu
Project Team (Gehry):
Richard Barrett
Joejohn McVey
Colby Mayes
Guillermo Angarita
Albert Lee
Chad Dyner
Jonathon Rothstein
Matt Gagnon

Executive architect: IDOM
Architecture:
Idom (architecture):
Cesar Caicoya
Pilar Mateo
Eva Madariaga
Virginia Canales
Fernando Perez Fraille
José Sáenz de Argandoña Zatarain
Alberto Mínguez Ropiñón
Amaya Lastra

Idom (structural):
Javier Gómez Corral
Miles Shephard
Karl Blette
Miguel Angel Frías Villafruela
Eduardo Sáinz de la Encina,
Juan Ignacio Lesarri
Shyamala Duraisingam

Idom (mechanical/electrical engineering):
Patxi Sanchez
Alberto Ribacoba
Maria Aspiroz
Jon Landaburu

Bigger is better. At least, that’s what they’re saying about their skyscrapers in the Middle East these days. And for the new Kingdom Tower going up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, they appear to be right. Once completed, this tower will be the tallest man-made structure ever created — a staggering 1 mile high (1,600 meters) and covering a massive 3.5 million square meters. This is double the height of the current tallest man-made structure, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. A building like this even being seriously considered is an excellent sign of things to come for future technology. Specifically, the advances needed to create this kind of structure are cutting edge enough to require advances in design, materials, and new construction techniques that could revolutionize several aspects of modern architecture and design. But as I discuss later, there remain several potential stumbling blocks to it’s construction and operation as well. -singularityhub.com-

image credit: GulfNews

Beautiful video created for a japanese architecture firm that inspires you to “think outside the box”
It’s almost like a visual representation of what is going on in the mind of an artist as he tries to translate his or her vision to paper, canvas, or whatever other medium that is being used.

Production : TANGRAM co. ltd.
Director : Makoto Yabuki
Camera : Masashi Sasaki
Music : Takaya Murakami

Considered as the gateway to a new cultural development, the museum explores shifting viewpoints and layers of space resonant of spatial compositions seen in traditional chinese paintings. A single open stairway gives access to the upper gallery, housed within the off-white corrugated structure. An encircling bamboo-formed concrete wall limits access and shelters the structure, rising and falling as it makes its way around the volume.
A single winding passageway is lifted into the air by a two large stilts, unwrapping in a clockwise turning order until it stops to focus on the city in the distance. acting as a visual axis to the nearby urban and natural environments, the raised and linear volume makes an intimate gallery space that separates and controls the attention of the visitor.

Architect, image courtesy of steven holl

Logomo is the main venue for the Capital of Culture year. It is located right next to the Turku city centre and the main railway station. Exhibitions and major performances provide unique experiences throughout the year. The venue will also host a café and a 2011 shop.

“I like the idea of creating a visual art project which is about ‘not seeing something’. the painting method of battle ships
in the first and second world war, the so called dazzle painting, in a way for me perfectly represents this paradox.
the sculpture I created for turku is based on the same concept as the one in venice. it applies a completely different pattern to the space, but despite its very different look, it should have the same dazzling effect.” – tobias rehberger

logomo café designed by tobias rehberger with artek
photos by bo stranden