This hotel is getting a lot of press today, and we couldn’t help but post it as well. Above is a construction shot of Hotel Inntel Zaandam by WAM Architecten in the Netherlands. The hotel is made to look like a mass of houses typical of the region, “from a stately notary’s dwelling to workers’ [...]

We stumbled on this today and thought it was hilarious. Nothing beats kids’ forts made from couch cushions (and other various household materials) paired with serious architecture criticism. Here’s the review for the above photo, one of our favorites: The crisp, orthogonal structure is, in a way, camouflaged by the informality of the landscaping. While [...]

We love reading Scouting New York, a blog by the once-anonymous Nick Carr, a film location scout in NYC. A couple of days ago he posted some amazing pictures of 570 Lexington—originally built for RCA-Victor, then sold to GE, and finally donated to Columbia University. The building is an Art Deco-lover’s dream with beautiful details [...]

Last month we posted about a project in Detroit by Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune. The Ice House was an architectural installation meant to call attention to the foreclosure plight in the city. The project was completed, and Holm contacted us this week to point us to the video above which he and a film [...]

Somewhere in Detroit photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune are encasing an abandoned house in ice. The “architectural installation,” Ice House Detroit, is being blogged about from start (fundraising) to finish (disassembling the house and recycling the usable materials). Their purpose is to bring attention to the foreclosure problem in Detroit (Holm estimates “nearly [...]

Continuing with our theme of things that trick your eye is this log cabin-like structure. Although it appears to be a large, very well-stacked wood pile, it is in fact a moveable study/workspace designed by Piet Hein Eek for a musician. Not only does it offer a new take on a traditional log cabin, it [...]

The brilliant and beautiful short “The Third & The Seventh” from Alex Roman is a surreal look at movement, light and architecture. On top of that it was entirely computer-generated and is some of the best CG work we’ve ever seen. Take a moment to relax and enjoy it. (via Boing Boing)

Late last year we did a shoot for one of our favorite clients, architect Dillon Kyle. He had us style this gorgeous house to be shot for his web site and other promotional materials, and we loved working on it! There are more pics posted under Spaces.