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Would you like to live near a Sewage Treatment Plant?………….Well the 2 storey house in the centre of this picture is the Osprey Point Sewage Treatment Plant.
You can see from the photo how close it is to the houses in this upmarket New Jersey Retirement Village.
I have visited this plant and talked to the people who live in the houses in the houses.
They told me there is:.
In fact they like living near the ‘Treatment Plant’ because there is a bit more of a separation from their ‘Neighbor’.
The link below will take you to the Google Maps Location if you want another look.
The treatment plant is built by a company called Aqueonics in the USA.
Driving along a quiet Werribee Street I had to stop to take a picture of this!
Are they trying to recreate the Berlin Wall?
Is it a World War 2 buff trying to create his own Colditz?
Is that square cover in the nature strip the escape tunnel exit?
All it needs is a watchtower and searchlights to convince me!
Well is this house suspicious?
Or perhaps it doesn’t like you!
Another funny photo from one of my favourite sites on the web; Ugly Belgian Houses
I recently saw this outside stone staircase while I was staying in a hotel in Gelephu, Bhutan.
Locally Gelephu is called the ‘Mindfulness City’ . . . but in this case someone must have been preoccupied.
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It is all about the ‘Downlights’ to illuminate the steps.
The top Downlight has been mounted upside down to become an ‘Uplight’?
Wood Columns….
Stone Columns…..
Brickwork……
Painted Board……
Flat Roof…….
Pitched Tile Roof……
This House looks like it’s in a competition to get as many different materials in the facade.
It’s a display home……….in an attempt to make it look different it just look a confused mess!
Have you seen anything like this house facade before?
It known as the perforated house and its located in a suburban street in Melbourne.
The idea is the pattern on the facade is based on the other houses on the street.
It’s called a perforated house because the appearance isn’t created using paint.
It’s achieved by drilling thousands of tiny holes in the aluminium plates which make up the facade.
Do you think it works?……I’m not so sure!
Sitting on this toilet you wouldn’t need to worry about constipation………just look down!!!!
This is a high class apartment in an old building which has been repurposed..
During the works this 15 storey lift shaft was no longer required so they put a glass floor over it and put the bathroom on top.
If you want to see more visit dornob.com
Guest Post by Kyle L
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Yes this house really has been built to look like a toilet .
It was built in 2007 by the late Mr. Sim Jae-Duck (Mr Toilet Duck??), Chairman of the ‘Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet Association‘.
Located in the city of Suwon, around 40 km south of Seoul, it’s considered the largest toilet sculpture in South Korea.
The house is officially named ‘Haewoojae’, a Korean term for ‘sanctuary’ or a place that eases one’s worries.
Upon founding the World Toilet Association, Mr. Sim pushed for the establishment of international standards on how to clean restrooms as a way to maintain public health.
The global non-profit organization also advocates for zero-waste restroom essentials, such as the use of recycled toilet paper, organic hygiene products, and greywater.
Mr. Sim is famously known in Asia as ‘Mr. Toilet’, a reputation that actually started in the late 1990s to the early 2000s when he served as the mayor of Suwon.
He championed efforts to promote sanitation and prevent malfunction in public toilets all over the city.
However, his fascination and passion for toilet culture apparently began from birth as he was, in fact, born in a toilet.
In South Korea, there’s a belief that people born in toilets are bound to lead long and prosperous lives.
After Mr. Sim’s passing in 2009, his house was turned over to the local government.
The 400 sq m building originally featured four deluxe toilets but has now been adapted to a toilet museum so there should be plenty more now.
The building is made of white concrete, steel, and glass with a roof opening that resembles that of a toilet bowl.
Inside are two exhibition floors full of toilet-themed paintings and sculptures, as well as information on the history and mission of the World Toilet Association.
Haewoojae is open for visitors and can be even rented for $50,000 a night.
Thanks to ‘This Old House’ for the photo.
