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7 Downside-Up Houses

On January 8, 2010 By

˙uʍop ǝpısdn plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ uɹnʇ ʇɐɥʇ—puɐloԀ puɐ ɐıɹʇsn∀ ‘˙∀˙S˙∩ ǝɥʇ ‘ʎuɐɯɹǝפ ‘ɐpɐuɐƆ ‘uıɐdS uı—sǝɹnʇɔnɹʇs uǝʌǝs ǝsǝɥʇ ɟo puoɟ ʎllɐıɔǝdsǝ sı ɟɟnʇS looƆ ʇodS ʎɥʍ sı ɥɔıɥM ˙ʎʇılɐǝɹ uo ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd ɹnoʎ ǝƃuɐɥɔ uɐɔ ʎǝɥʇ :ǝɹnʇɔǝʇıɥɔɹɐ puɐ lǝʌɐɹʇ ɥʇoq ɟo ʇɔǝdsɐ looɔ ǝuO Die Welt Steht Kopf— Trassen­heide, Ger­many The north­ern Ger­man island of Use­dom is known for its spa cul­ture, its nud­ist resorts and for its beaches with sand so fine it “sings.” But there’s also a more unusual attrac­tion here: the upside-down Die Welt Steht Kopf (The World Stands on its Head) house.

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Here’s To A New Year

On January 4, 2010 By

It’s been a great break… I loved trav­el­ing across the USA , it truly is a remark­able coun­try. I’ll be post­ing some pho­tos when I get a chance to go through the 1400+ pics

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Best Spot Cool Stuff Design Posts of 2009

On December 30, 2009 By

You heard it here first: Spot Cool Stuff plans to expand the scope of our design chan­nel over the next year. But before get­ting to that here’s a look back at some of our favorite arti­cles from 2009: #10 : The Cave House For Sale on eBay If you were read­ing our design blog in Feb­ru­ary 2009 you were among the first to learn of an enor­mous cave house that went up for sale on eBay.

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Popular last week: Modern Villa, the Wooden Wave, Silhouettes of Jazz

On December 8, 2009 By

Pic­o­Cool – Mod­ern Villa Fit For Greek Gods “This stun­ning mod­ern home designed by KLab Archi­tects actu­ally has two very dif­fer­ent sides.

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Malcolm Wells, Champion of ‘Gentle Architecture,’ Dies at 83

On December 7, 2009 By

Mr. Wells was an icon­o­clas­tic archi­tect who advo­cated envi­ron­men­tally respon­si­ble design and pro­moted the idea of earth-sheltered architecture.

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