Ghost Hunter Thoughts

inennui:

Shusaku Arakawa, WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE.

“Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73…

…Their most recent work, a house on Long Island, had a steeply sloped floor that threatened to send visitors hurtling into its kitchen. Called Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa), it featured more than three dozen paint colors; level changes meant to induce the sensation of being in two places at once; windows that seemed too high or too low; oddly angled light switches and outlets; and an absence of doors that would have permitted occupants even a modicum of privacy.

All of it was meant, the couple explained, to lead its users into a perpetually “tentative” relationship with their surroundings, and thereby keep them young… “

[NYT]

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starongie:

Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

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morningstarship:

thedailywhat:

Fantastical Furniture of the Day: Whimsical wardrobes, darling dressers and other magical movables from Straight Line Designs.

Check out the rest of the collection here.

[dudecraft.]

I have never seen anything so incredible in my life. Straight out of Alice in Wonderland and straight into my house, please?

kateoplis:

Wall of Knowledge: Design concept for the Stockholm Library by students at the Architecture School of Paris La Seine

godsmokesparliaments:

moosegarden:

Why? …but then again, why not?

It’s like a really beautiful Stairmaster.

staceyjoy:

thedailywhat:

Front Door Design of the Day: This breathtaking marvel of modern design was custom-made for an Indian diamond merchant (natch) out of 40 individual sections of Burma teak.

Each section is carved so that the door integrates 160 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight hidden within the single pivot.

Stacked one above the other in the closed position, each plank can then rotate by a simple push causing the door to reconfigure into a sinusoidal curve.

The door was one of four Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award winners, a prize which honors “the best pieces of design by young architects from across the world.” Well deserved to say the least.

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Ho. Lee. Shit.

magicrob:

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Verdi’s“A Masked Ball” opera being performed on a book being read by a giant skeleton on a lake.

this might be one of the most epic things I’ve ever seen.

thelos:

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brokennecksfeatherweights:

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architectureblog:

lickystickypickyme:

House on a Rock at Rhode Island
A vintage, 103-year-old mansion in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
more breathtaking pictures here

This is great, just great