MUSHROOOOMMMMM HOUSE

AMAZED :)

 Architectural Style : 'Pod' Design

built in 1971

Architect ; James H.Johnson

Home made up of five interconnected pods, situated on a hill.

Design to blend ART and NATURE

Building five pods to sit on concrete and steel “stems” was no easy feat. According to documents from Periton’s landmark association, the builders made several failed attempts before constructing pods into two parts — a bottom to sit on the stems and a top. Both sections were made of concrete and polyurethane.

The pods are 30 feet in diameter and weigh 80 tons. Two pods are sleeping areas, the center pod contains the kitchen and sitting room and a fourth pod is a living and dining area with a fireplace. The fifth smaller pod serves as the deck. All together, the home has 4,168 square feet of living space.

While the home is unusual, what makes it more like a piece of art are contributions by several artists, including 9,000 ceramic tiles that cover the inside of the home, which were all hand-fired by previous owner Marguerite Antell.

“It’s like you’re living in art,” explains listing agent Rich Testa. “In both daylight and evening it [the home] takes on different feelings. It really is a unique house.”

Colourful toilet but still used natural material

How the composition and arrangement make between the furniture and the anthropometry for comfortability

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The decoration and designed inside the house inspired by nature .

The cabinet is pulled inside the wall and blend into the wall surrounded.

amazing design . 

The pathaway along the house that connect to another.

Up in the hills view.

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View from below the hill.

The furniture designed to be blend to surrounding environment.

Combination material between natural and glass that applied onto the entrance of the house.

How the window is applied onto the wall.

Great idea.

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House for Skateboarderrrr..

 Will anyone stop skateboarding long enough to sit down and eat?

Features; 

Curved wall for carving along with cabinets, tables and lounge benches that serve ledges for grinding.

Own by Pierre-Andre Senizergues, a 48 years old former skater when he founded the popular Etnies skatewear brand, is delepoing th efirest optimized for skateboarding while also serving as a traditional dwelling.

All furniture is skateable, and designed to be skateable as the ground become the wall then the ceiling in a continuous surface forming a 10-ft diameter tube.

Read and found at ; http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/a-house-carved-for-skateboarding.html

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'CHINESE ARCHITECTURE' on MASJID ?

After reading the newspaper today on 22nd of july, i found this one article about the chinese architecture on a mosque in Kelantan which known as 'Masjid Beijing'

My first impression was like is that possible? Because before this when people talks about the concept on designing a mosque will directly go onto the 'Islamic Architecture'

As for me, based on my understanding about Islam is, Every land, every place, every edge of this world is the place where we can do our prayer as this whole World is made from Him. You can do ur prayers anywhere as long as its clean and safe for you to done it.

These are some of the pictures i takes from the internet,

So, as for me, the designing of the mosque will never block our idea on only one as we known in 'Islamic Architecture' . It depends on the place, people, culture and races.

Some of it are as we can see designing of mosque in different country.

For example;

Great Mosque, Xian, China

 The entry to the first courtyard 

(about 360 years)

 The bracketing system applied on the roof of the gate.

Just like what we learn on the history of architecture last semester about the bracketing system in China called as 'DOUGONG'

 

The gate leading to the 'court of heaven'

Geometric motifs or verses from the Koran.  

Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi India

The minarets, (tower) erected by Qutb to celebrate the Islamic conquest of India

 Plundered Hindu column used in the Hasty construction on the mosque in1192

Detail on the plundered column (carving)

okay, im sorry cuz im goin tooooo far from the topic above.

What exactly i want to share is about the

'MASJID BEIJING' in Kelantan.

Sultan Ismail Petra Silver Jubilee Mosque known as Masjid Beijing by the locals.

 

The mosque features a pagoda architecture on the entrance that makes it look Chinese, similar to the ancient mosque in Niujie, Beijing