There are so many interesting and wonderful places in the world that everyone should have a chance to visit at least once in their lives. It would be the best if you could do most of your traveling while still young, because then you can get the full experience. Still, most of the people start traveling when they retire and step down from their position in the office. Then they feel like they finally have enough time for all the things they were putting off, because they worked so hard, but then as it usually turns out, they don’t have enough energy anymore and even if they went and visited some place they planned long ago, they wouldn’t really have enough zeal to climb the rocks, visit Buddhist temples, part all night long, etc.
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Would You Stay in This Crazy Rock Hotel?
Anyone who has ever attempted to travel through Europe on a budget has probably ended up staying in some fairly strange places. But nothing we’ve ever experienced can top this proposal for “Barcelona Rock,” Poland-based UGO Architecture‘s entry in an international competition to design a “bohemian hostel for backpackers.” While from the outside the building looks like a strange part of the natural landscape, the structure contains fifty rooms with windows, a swimming pool, spa, gym, cinema, pub, and a small climbing wall for beginners (advanced climbers are meant to scale the hostel’s exterior). Let us know in the comments what you think of the concept.
A typical room
I guess it’s not really good idea to take the rooms on top if you’re afraid of the heights.
Models of Architectural Masterpieces Made Out of Toothpicks
Stain Monro from New York City has a really interesting hobby. He creates models of famous architectural masterpieces from around the world in toothpicks. And yes, it probably is as difficult as it sound and it most certainly requires a lot of patience and a steady arm. Here are some of his best works. Enjoy!
Luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona
In the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona a new luxurious hotel named Mandarin Oriental is built. This amazing building is work of a well-known and talented artist-designer Patricia Urquiola. Luxurious hotel for the famous and titled guests is located at the center of shopping and entertainment district of Barcelona on Passeig de Gràcia. The hotel includes 98 rooms, a spa, which occupies 1,000 square meters, some chic restaurants and a wide area on the roof of the hotel, where the huge pool is located.
Room designed in the old-timer car style
One Polish couple of designers were so obsessed with old-timer cars, or more precise the classic ACCobra 427, that they decided to design for themselves a whole room made entirely of car parts of this automobile from the 60s. Here’s the result of their work! It looks really amazing. I would love having a room like this in my home some day.
The best HDR landscape and architecture photography
Lately there have been really too many HDR photos online, but this photo gallery is the best that I’ve seen. Just have a look at these amazing HDR images showing the most beautiful nature landscapes and architecture and you’ll see what I’m talking about. There are so many amazing details and beautiful colors that the pictures seem like they are a piece of the most tender dream. I hope you’ll like these photos as much as I did. Enjoy!
House on the waterfall
Have a look at these amazing photos of the famous Frank Lloyd Wright house over the waterfall. Fallingwater has provided enjoyment to many people over the years; as a stimulating weekend retreat for the Kaufmann family and their friends, as a source of pride to the architect and his associates, and now – cared for by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy – as an exceptional experience for visitors from near and far.
Fairy tale houses
Wow! These houses are amazing! I would be lying if I said that as a child I dreamed of living in a house from a fairy tale, the truth is I still dream of having a home that looks like these in the images below. it might seem a bit silly to someone living in a cupcake house, or having a home that resembles Hobbit’s house in the Middle Earth, but I could really live in such a house. It would be great, and on top of that these houses seem really functional.
Green architecture
Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort.
Chantilly Castle
Chantilly Castle or Chateau de Chantilly is located near Paris in France and from 1386 to 1897, the domain was passed on by inheritance to different branches of the same family, without ever being sold.
Unusual house in Vienna
This is one really cool and creatively designed house that is located in Vienna, so if you happen to be there look around and maybe you’ll see it in person. I really like this creative and original circular architecture style of these buildings. It somewhat reminds me of a well. 
Floating stairs – Crazy idea or a lousy architecture?
This staircase looks pretty scary! I can’t come up with a reason why would anyone build stairs like this. Maybe for an action movie or some crazy bet. What ever it is, I’m sure of one thing and that is that I would never use these stairs, not in a million years! First image seemed like it’s not so high, but at the last one I realized how high it actually is. The architect of this project probably got something wrong, maybe he originally planned to put the staircase inside of the building, but something went wrong with his plans.
The strangest architecture
The most important thing in any aspect of human creativity is the originality. The artist is often not remembered by his best, but by his most original work. Therefor, because of all that rush to make something that has never been seen before, something completely different, unique – we have creations like these on the images below. It is obvious that the architects were going for this “originality” aspects, but they might have forgotten the other aspects, such as functionality, for example. Anyhow, it is interesting, new and funny. I got to give them that.
