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The Cactus HouseThe "green" technologies are wide used now in the buildings construction and design. This is the desire to approximate the persons living in the city and the nature. A magnificent 19 floors construction was built in Rotterdam. It represents an unusual cactus, which consists of plate lobes, located on each other. Each rounded lobe ends with a landscaped terrace or balcony. The "...
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The Quarry HouseThe Quarry House, known as "La Pedrera", is the last Gaudi completed work. It is a strange building with two court yards and six light wells. The building has a complex curvilinear plan. Originally Gaudi intended to give curvilinear outlines to all internal partitions, but he renounced it later, giving them a polygonal shape, contrasting with the undulating surface of the facade. Th...
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The Oakland HouseRubinstein's family house is located on a hill, in the north of Oakland. The magnificent views of the Bridge "Golden Gate" in San Francisco from there approves the use of large windows along the entire front facade. At the same time the southern orientation required to protect the premises from the hot sun. That’s why large overhangs and terraces were designed. As there the two boys in the fa...
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The Kaufmann Desert HouseThe Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, built by Richard Neutra, is one of the most famous works of the architect. It is also one of the most influential and the most important example of 20th century art and architecture of North and South America. Edgar J. Kaufmann, the owner of the Fallwater House i...
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The Eliphante Art HouseThis unusual house is an excellent example of organic architecture creative art. It has a space of 3 hectares of natural landscape in Arizona. It was constructed by Michael Kahn and Leda Levant, who are husband and wife. The building has five separate handmade areas, linked by a common theme. The main living areas are located in The Eliphante and are connected with the area of meditation, the ar...
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The Mushroom HouseUndoubtedly, The Mushroom House is one of the most original architectural structures. It is located in Hyde Park, Ohio, USA. The idea to create such an unusual and fabulous building came up to an architecture and interior design professor of the University of Cincinnati. The Mushroom House was built by the students of that University. The wood was the main material that was used in the construction. The frame str...
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The Pickle Barrel HouseThe Pickle Barrel House is a two-level cabin, carved out in two barrels. The home design is taken from the comic book "Tiny Uiniz". The unusual home adorns the south shore of the Superior Lake, Michigan. There is a living room on the first floor of the big barrel and a bedroom on the second floor. The little barrel is the kitchen. There is a pantry in the hallway, which links the tw...
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The Shoe HouseThis American house is situated in the county York, Pennsylvania. This shoe isn’t used for a walk, people live in it. They live with all the amenities, because there are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room on the five levels in this building. There is an American Flag on the front porch of the house. The house was built in 1948 and it was by far the most bizarre publicit...
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The Stone HouseThe Stone House is located in Fafe mountains in northern Portugal. Dating from 1974, it was originally a holiday home of an engineer from Guimarães. The builder was inspired by the space between four blocks of stone, which he joined by walls. The interior is very spacious and it is decorated in rustic style, although the outside doesn’t show it. ...
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The Fallingwater HouseThe Fallingwater House is one of the most iconic and famous private houses of the twentieth century. The building was designed by the American architect Frank Wright in 1934. The construction was completed in October 1937. Today, the Fallingwater is considered one of the best buildings in the history of the American architecture. The construction of the towers is situated above the waterfall,...
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The Toilet-shaped HouseThe first toilet-shaped house was built at a distance of 40 km from Seoul, the South Korea's capital. The owner, Sim Jae-Duck, invested $ 1.6 million in it. What should not surprise you is that he is the president of the World toilet Association. The Toilet-shaped House covers an area of 4508 square meters and it has four luxury bathrooms, each with water conservation devices and elegant fittings. There is a more special toilet...
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The Steel HouseIf you look at least once at this 110 tones steel house, you will not forget it. The designer Robert Bruno wanted this building to be a cross between the machine and the animal. The house is unique and it is located in Texas, near Lubbock. Even if it is not very comfortable for living, it is more interesting than our rooms with four walls....
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The Nautilus HouseThe Nautilus House in Mexico City was built in 2006 by the architect Javier Sensonian from the Arquitectura Organica. Sensonian used bio-architecture and built whales, snakes and other animals shaped houses. Nautilus was built especially for a family that wanted a house closer to nature....
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The Dancing HouseInitially it was called "Fred and Ginger" after the legendary dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The building was designed by the Czech architect Vlado Milunić-Croatian, in collaboration with the Canadian architect Frank Gehry. The construction was started in 1992 and completed in 1996, when it became known as "The Dancing House". It is one of the most controversial buildings in Prague and one of t...
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The Upside-Down HouseIt represents a memorial to the horrors of communism and crimes against the humanity. The house was built at the initiative of Daniel Czapiewski, a Polish businessman who deals with the construction of wooden houses. The construction lasted 114 days, 5 times more than usual, because the workers felt confused and disoriented in the strange house. The house is a tourist attraction, but people who visit complain of symptoms similar to sea sickness. ...
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The One Log HouseWould you believe that a tree trunk may become a house for you? So, there is a house carved into a huge, over 2,000 years old, tree of 42 tons. The tree is of the same family as the sequoia trees are. It was “built" by the carpenter Art Schmock in 1946. He exhibited this home at various fairs and festivals log across the country to promote the beautiful old trees in Northern California and his labor source. The house, ...
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The Kvivik IglooKvivik is a village from the Faroe Islands on the coast of Denmark. A pair of identical igloos was built there. Each structure has about 91 square meters and a kitchen, a living room with double bed and a loft. Both igloos are very friendly with the nature. It has a lush green roof and they are so near to the mountains and the ocean. Tourists enjoy these two constructions as they can be rented at least for tw...
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The Cube HousesWho goes through Rotterdam without visiting the cube houses, known by the locals as "Kubuswoningen", loses a lot! This residential complex was designed by the Dutch architect Piet Blom in 1984, at the request of the municipality of Rotterdam. It was an architectural experiment. The main goal was to create a bridge over one of the circulated city arteries. The architect designed it as a stylized forest c...
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The Bubble HouseIt is not a tourist attraction, but it is the dream house of the famous Italian fashion designer Pierre Cardin. It is situated on the French Riviera, near Cannes. Known as the "Palais Bulles", the bubble house in Théoule-sur-Mer was originally designed by the Finnish architect Antti Lovag for a French industrialist. Its futuristic design with arched windows was designed to exploi...
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The Teapot DomeThe American architect Jack Ainsworth designed in 1922 in Zillah, Washington, a sketch of a teapot shaped house. The sketch came immediately after the Teapot Dome scandal. Following this scandal, the U.S. official, Albert Fall, was jailed for taking bribes from oil companies who wanted the access to the government-owned oil fields. The circular building has ...
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Stairs House in JapanThis home brings a total change to traditional concept. It all started with the desire to have the most natural daylight, without violating the privacy of residents. This is how the house has appeared in Japan, the stairs covering in a very clever way what the owner does not want to be seen from outside. Like any unusual project, this one has deniers too, who claim that looks more like a bunker or a military unit. However, the family that lives ...
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Crazy House in VietnamLocated in a common area from the architectural point of view, in a typical Vietnamese city, the "crazy house" became famous around the world due to its fluid forms and, for many, even frightening forms. It seems carved into a giant tree trunk, but that does not mean that it is so, the architect Hang Nga putting into practice all artistry to find optimal solutions to create this visual sensation. ...
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Conch Shell HouseConch Shell House was designed by Octavio Ocampo and he is the one who lives in it. Experts say that what impresses in this house, beyond the idea, is the perfect blend of design and functionality. Some parts are simply decorative, as it is the roof, but others are perfectly suited to everyday life....
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Tree PangolinThey have a shell made of bony plates covering the body above the shoulders and hips, like a shield. They feed mainly on ants find them with highly developed olfactory system. Because of strong claws to pierce holes they dig. They can eat up to 200,000 ants in a single night. Their language is very long, about 70 cm, sticky, and its muscles are very strong. Food is swallowed and dissolved in the stomach because this species has ...
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Victoria Crowned PigeonAlso known as the common pigeon Crowned pigeon crowned or blue, Goura cristata is a member of the family Columbidae, being one of the most beautiful species of birds. The size of a hen, has bright feathers, turquoise, and fan shaped crest he always stays high. These extraordinary birds live in tropical forests of New Guinea, it does not fly and tend to live on earth, especially feeding on fallen fruit from trees....
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Emperor TamarinEmperor Tamarin is a species of squirrel-sized monkeys. This animal is distinguished by its oversized mustache against his body. The name comes from its resemblance to the German emperor, Wilhelm II. Its area is located in southwestern Amazon River basin. You can see in South America, the Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil and even in Peru. In Europe, you can see, Paignton Zoo, England. Fur is predominantly gray color with yellow hues on piept.Trăiesc in groups of 2-8 individuals led by the ...
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Philippine TarsierSuborder Tarsioidea, whose species, very few in number, are called Maki-ghosts, consists of a single family, Tarsiidae, with only one genus, Tarsius. These quirks of nature and live in the Malaysian island region is the remains of a group of animals that lived in the early Tertiary. Currently, the tarsier is considered an intermediary between semimaimute mammals and monkeys. This animal is surprising in appearance: the eyes are round and cl...
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Proboscis MonkeyThe proboscis monkey - Nasalis larvatus - is a singular animal, because of male appearance (whose nose, very developed, gives a strange look), but also because of her remarkable performance of swimmers. It lives only in Borneo and the island can be found everywhere, but only in areas of mangrove forests and wetlands near the shores, never to distances over 300 km of coasts. In the jungle live by botanists assessments, more than 11,000 plant species, one third of them are ende...
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Aye-ayeAye Aye lemur, native of Madagascar, can seem like a character from horror movies, a small alien creature invented rather than real. Imagine an animal the size of a cat with big ears like funnels, sharp teeth and bulging eyes. Add a spiky gray hair, a bushy tail and some thin fingers, one very long and you get very odd image of a mammal. It is, however, is how real, is a nocturnal primate that is part of the family Daubentoniidae, infraordinul Chiromyiformes. ...
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Leafy Sea DragonDragons of the species than leaf type is related Phycodurus eques high horse (both are part of the family Syngnathidae) and represents an excellent camouflage than taking advantage of what cover ornamental fireworks body to be confused with the landscape and escape predators. Looks like high horse, having an elongated snout and bony body. Shows a large dragon colors ranging from brown to yellow to green, the differences between individuals are determined by age, diet or location. ...
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Karni Mata TempleKarni Mata Temple in Rajahstan is not only a refuge for rodents, but also a place where they are worshiped. It was built in the early twentieth century by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, in honor of Karni Mata. It has around 20,000 rats. Rodents are important in this temple so that if one accidentally dies its population will be replaced with a solid gold replica....
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The BubbleGum AlleyBubblegum Alley is a street about 21 meters from San Luis Obispo, dusted with chewing gum. Alley in the '70s and was named and is currently one of the most famous attractions of the city San Luis Obispo, California. Although many city residents complained that the place would be too unhealthy and disgusting, of course, when it was proposed in 1996 to clean chewing gum instead, authorities have not agreed. Some politicians argue that these walls should be cleaned and re-paint...
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The Catacombs of ParisParis, city of lights, contains a city of darkness, a vast network of underground tunnels, which was once the refuge for bandits and saints, and currently hosts over six million skeletons of dead. Paris catacombs contain about 300 km of tunnels, some of these catacombs are open to the public, but the rest are closed and it is risky to venture into them. Access to these catacombs, even in areas open to the public, is quite risky. Because thinning air may occur in some people nause...
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Fire FestivalShetland hosts each year, in midwinter, Fire Festival, a tribute to the Vikings. During the event there is a procession with the participation of 1,000 men and women dressed warriors. Finally, a replica of a Viking ship is burned on the water....
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El ColachoCorpus Christi Catholic festival dates from 1620 and is perhaps the strangest festival. It is hard to explain to them cause some people to display their newborn children from such dangers. To better understand how to carry out briefly here: mature men must jump from running over newborn children. All the action takes place with the consent of the parents, and its purpose is to protect the children of `bad`....
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