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For All Wall Fixing Enthusiasts
This is art! Well I saw it in the Christchurch Art Gallery so it must be art! It looks like 3 wall plugs with a screw in the one on the left. . . . . but lets hear what…
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Look Both Ways At The Front Door
You might also need a breathing mask as a result of the diesel fumes! Another image I found on the Squatting Slavs in Tracksuits facebook page I suspect this is a rendered image but it is very well done. For more…
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Music In The Rain?
Most building try to minimise the impact of their rainwater down pipes. Not this apartment block in the German City of Dresden. I’m not sure if you get a great note out of that trumpet, but the whole thing looks…
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Building with Cardboard
Would you build your new house out of cardboard? Perhaps you think that is impossible! Well here is a picture of me outside the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand. The cathedral was built as a temporary replacement for the…
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Living in a Silo
Would you like an unconventional house? How about a Silo? Well you can try out the idea in a 4 star silo hotel in New Zealand. I came across this concept while holidaying in the South Island a couple of…
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Miss The Army?
Roll Over House
Don’t like the 2 storey house? Well simply roll it over and have a single storey house! PrefabNZ is running a competition for the best designed building of less than 65 square metres that can fit in a backyard. Out of…
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Dracula’s Kitchen?
Star Wars House?
Is it a crashed Starcruiser, or Darth Vader’s bunker. . . . or what? The house was designed by the architect Errol J Kirsch and is located in Oak Park a suburb of Chicago. For more unusual photos, and Fails,…
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Solar Power Fail
I was walking along a street in Chicago and saw these two workmen who seemed to be repairing a solar power panel. I couldn’t help wondering if the problem was the panel never actually saw any sunlight as it was…
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