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The Palm – Paradise Lost?

Posted in Architecture, Lifestyle, tagged , on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The superb marketing machine for Palm Jumeirah, the man-made luxury island in Dubai, described it as the Eight Wonder of the World, and it is indeed a tremendous feat of engineering. However all may not be so well in this paradise which has been built by tens of thousands of low paid, migrant workers. [...]

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Propeller Island City Lodge Berlin

Posted in Architecture, Art, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

[The Upside Down Room Photo]

The Propeller Island City Lodge is a hotel where every room is a work of art, created by the German artist Lars Stroschen. Staying at this hotel would be like staying inside a work of art.
Its got 30 rooms each with a distinctive character.
See pictures of all the rooms here.
Link to [...]

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Hi-tech house in the country

Posted in Architecture, Lifestyle, Property, TV, tagged , , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Of all the many, many excellent house design and building projects
which Kevin McCloud (in Grand Designs) has presented over the last few years, a few stand out in my mind for the way they were designed and the speed
of building. The Huf Haus commissioned by David and Greta Iredale
is one of those projects. Kevin [...]

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