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more about #hotel more comments → NastyInThePasty: This is an interesting way of reducing the total square footage of exposed glazing on the enclosure- reduces solar heat gain. While I'm not sure what... more » NastyInThePasty: The architect in me thinks this is actually pretty cool from a purely artistic point of view, especially the black and white juxtaposition. But the s... more » NotChoinski: Talk about an Ass Swipe more » RE-L: Wow, he seems to have a wedding band on his finger.... more » superberg: Dammit! Every time this guy does something I think someone wrote an article about me. This Bryan Berg guy is the reason I started writing under a pse... more » GreyHammer: what a tremendous waste of time and resources. more » FriarNurgle: "Mr. Berg, would you care for any extra keys for your room?" asked the front desk attendant. "Why, yes I would. Yes I would." stated Mr. Berg with an ... more » The Lab: House of card toilet or lego toilet? Never in the history of man have people faced such a great dilemma. more » Maltodextrin: This just strikes me as something that could've been done better in every conceivable way if it was a Zeppelin. more » DoctorEcks: Gerry Anderson LIVES! more » Kaiser-Machead: Wouldn't it have been so much easier to just convert a 747 or Airbus? more » Kaiser-Machead: Until airships that can go into orbit over Flouston Paradise come to fruition, perhaps it's best to either take a cruise, or just stay on dry land. Tr... more » Curves: In order for this to be of much tourist fun, it would have to be part of a destination kind of vacation. Like the air train along the Orient Express o... more » bosskev: And I am certain it would be a wonderfully quiet and relaxing night's sleep! more » Nick: i don't know why, but this makes me wanna cry. more » -
#architecture
Air Conditioning Bill Too High? Should've Moved Into A Building Like This
Apparently the oddly arranged 600 mm diameter circular windows on this building are not a hidden message from aliens, but instead a clever way to create ambiance indoors while saving up to 25% on air conditioning costs. More » -
#architecture
Tarzan's Making His Reservations At This Frame Hotel
Finding a room service guy who doesn't even blink if you're running around in a loin cloth (or less) shouldn't be tough in this Dubai hotel. The place already almost looks like a jungle on the inside. More » -
#architecture
Hotel Guest Room Built Entirely From Key Cards
A Holiday Inn in New York City, with the help of master house-of-cards builder Bryan Berg, has built a guest house (lobby, bedroom, bathroom) out of 200,000 key cards. That even extends to the undoubtedly-painful key-card toilet paper. More » -
#helicopters
Stay At the Hotelicopter: The World's First Flying Hotel
Since 2004, the company behind the Hotelicopter has been working to modify a Soviet-made Mil V-12 into two world firsts: the "world's biggest helicopter" and the "world's first flying hotel." More » -
#dubai
Dubai Hotelier Hasn't Heard of Flip-Flops, Plans to Refrigerate Entire Beach
There's nothing like a good bit of Dubai excess, but this just isn't impressive enough to justify the profligacy: the Palazzo Versace hotel is building a beach with refrigerated sand. More » -
#architecture
LAVA Future Hotel Room Is Perfect for Dr. Dave Bowman
Created by LAVA architects—the people who designed the Beijing Water Cube and the spectacular Michael Schumacher tower—and the work organization branch of the Fraunhofer Institute—who brought you the MP3 standard—this Future Hotel Room belongs to a set of a Kubrick movie full of monoliths and monkeys. It's not just looks, however: The room has been designed to "investigate the interfaces between architecture, technology and the human body.” One of these interactions is the use of lighting. More » -
