Mirror House in Almere,
Netherlands is an experimental house project by Netherland
architecture firm Johan Selbing Architecture after the
Realiteit and Fantasie communities came together. The Mirror House is
a private villa that has many unique features:
An entire façade is made of
reflective glass, which acts as a mask and an obstruction to the
interior view.
All interior walls are
covered with a birch multiplex panel on the inside, which warm
appearance balances out elegant but strict glass front.
A visible door handle
visually separates the main entrance from the rest of the mirrow
wall
The building has an entrance
at one side that leads into a compact interior with a home at one
end and master and guest bedrooms at the other.
The
house was designed in collaboration with a well-known landscape
architect Anouk Vogel to maximize its surroundings and
simultaneously blend in with them.
The
house’s simple box shape was constructed from an aluminum frame that
supports panels of strengthened mirrored glass, with a mirrored
composite panel running around the top and bottom edges of the
façade. The original concept with a somewhat raised floor (for a
better view), sliding doors, built-in cupboards all contained within
a single level layout, has therefore been further developed and
modified.
Built-in
storage covers one wall and has a secret window that looks onto the
street but is undetectable from outside the villa. It provides a view
of the highway and neighboring houses. The mirror house
was designed to create a home with
a strong connection to its environment and surroundings.
The Norwegian couple Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolgehe are the owners of the Nature House. This is designed in the UK and took roughly three weeks to compete the building and installation. The construction of the geodesic dome was completed in late 2013, enclosed with solar dome Industries’ patent-pending SOLARDOME PRO dome system, located on the Sandhornoya Island of northern Norway.
This nature house is located on a 7000m² island in the Arctic Circle.
This glass dome is made up of using traditional building methods and products to create a warm and eco-friendly home. Its strong walls and aluminum structure protects it from cold weather, wind and heavy snow.
The solar dome PRO architectural system provides:
The construction of customized geodesic domes
It is ranging from 8m-25m in diameter
This geodesic dome is designed to withstand the wind speeds of over 31m/s
Snow loading of 4kN/m²
It absorbs day heat and continues to hold it for the night, maintaining a stable temperature
It is fully furnished. Having five bedrooms, a kitchen, a lounge, a dining room, and two bathrooms and a garage.
This Hjertefolgers’ home is created by involving friends, volunteers from local areas of the world and also family members. They hosted Yoga here, hold courses, summer camps, fulfill all their dreams here. The Eco-friendly COB home enables to grow vegetables and fruits including bananas and tomatoes in a very cold region which would be impossible without the passive house construction.
Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolger worked hard to create their eco-friendly house that fulfilled their dream, and the main purpose of this little sustainable bubble to supports their eco values and allow their family to grow up in a beautiful, ecological and healthy environment.
Pippa Bailey, Managing Director, also commented and said that she is pleased to see the Hjertefolger family move into their unique eco-friendly home. The Hjertefolgers are passionate and inspirational people, and this environmental self-build project was a perfect opportunity to promoted sustainability.
Le Palais Bulles is a large house located in Thoulé-Sur-Mer, near Cannes, France. This bubble palace is designed by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag and built by Pierre Bernard. In 1992 it was bought by famous Italian-born French fashion designer and art patron Pierre Cardin.
Le Palais Bulles has following prominent features:
Ten bedrooms
A reception hall
Swimming pool
Waterfalls in extensive land scraped grounds
500-seat open-air amphitheatre
The building is now used for art shows, concerts, weddings, lectures and exclusive events such as previews and artistic performances. Many prominent companies like Microsoft, Rolls-Royce, MTV, Lego, Renault reserve Le Palais Bulles for corporate events. Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior often host the catwalk shows there. Its proximity to Cannes make is an extremely popular destination during the film festival that takes place there.
In 2003 Emma BUNTON, A British pop singer and a Spice girl shot the artwork for her album in the year 2004 “FREE ME” in this Palais Bulles (pink lava bubble palace).
In 2003 Emma BUNTON, A British pop singer and a Spice girl shot the artwork for her album in the year 2004 “FREE ME” in this Palais Bulles (pink lava bubble palace).
The artists made these ten bedrooms fantastic and extra-ordinary, including some of their names Patrice Breteau, Jerome Tisserand, Daniel You, François Chauvin, and Gerard Cloarec. It was listed for sale in March 2017, with an asking price of €350 million. It is hired for movie premieres, weddings and photoshoots and is reported to cost roughly £24,000 a day.
Le Palais Bulles was featured in 2016 British comedy film “Absolutely Fabulous” directed by Mandie Fletcher and written by Jennifer Saunders.
