Wild basketball court

Occupational School Center Munich, Germany.

*Previously: The Site of Reversible Destiny.

A Beautiful and Sustainable Building

Designed by 24H Architecture, this office building in the Netherlands is both beautiful and sustainable. It has a solid concrete and asphalt on one side and a patterned timber on the other. Located between woodland and a highway, the building has contrasting elevations and when rainwater collects on the terraced roof it is directed to drain over parts of the grey stone, encouraging moss and and plants to grow on the building.

With the Thermal Energy Storage, solar panels on the roof and the use of fsc certified wood, the building gets a class A level in the Greencalc calculation method and could also be classified as a BREEAM Excellent building.

So lovely.

Via Dezeen

Dubai's Burj Khalifa

Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

Here's video of a base jump from the building:



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Rainbow-hued Sugamo Shinkin Bank

Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. Via.

Cool garage door in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

Check out this folding garage door:

Magic! This apartment building in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco has recently been remodeled to include four precious car parking spaces while maintaining the historical Victorian facade. See Beausoleil Architect's website www.beausoleil-architects.com for more information on the technical details and the talented people who made it possible.

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*Previously: Super-sleek bicycle parking in Washington D.C.

Anyone know what building this is?

This building with a monster on top may or may not be in Dublin on Dame Street next to City Hall. Anyone know more?

UPDATE: Here's the building (sans monster face). Thanks Graham.

Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven

London Fieldworks was formed in 2000 by artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson as an umbrella organization for creative research and collaboration of art and science. There are so many of their projects worth noting but I really fell in love with, Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven. These installations are somewhat like modern condominium for birds and very beautiful. Be sure to check out Super Kingdom (a 2008 project) as well.

"The installations are constructed from several hundred bespoke bird boxes mounted in two trees of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) and reflect the forms of the surrounding architecture; a combination of Georgian town houses, and 60's social housing around Duncan Terrace Gardens, and the World's End Estate adjacent to Cremorne Gardens."

The installations have been commissioned for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Islington Council by up projects as part of their Secret Garden Project ; a new programme of artists commissions and events for secret gardens, lesser known green spaces, and urban corners across London. They will be in situ for three years.