Part centipede, part flamingo, Nunnmps is a research studio designed by Cheunvogl and to be located in Chicago. It looks like the perfect place to scheme a coup d'état or work on whatever mysterious projects it is intended for.

Supposedly Nunnmps is elevated on stilt-like construction in order to preserve the secrecy of the research it will house and it's hard to believe that anything of evil nature would occur in such a peaceful-looking place. But maybe that's the brilliance of the design. Frankly, I don't even want to know what'll go on in there, I just want to know how to pronounce it. [Dazeen]

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