Posted by Bogdan on February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments
The Ideal Palace (Le Palais Idéal), is a impressive construction, built by a French postman, Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924). Cheval began the building in April 1879, using stones that he was collecting while delivering mails. He did this for 33 years, and most of the time he was working at night, helped by the light from oil lamps.
First he was carrying stones in his pockets, later he used a basket and finally a wheelbarrow. He used lime, mortar and cement [...]
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Posted by Bogdan on February 8, 2010 | 6 Comments
If you ever wanted to decorate your home with blackboards, this example is great for the “note freaks”, or for families with kids, that can write with chalk instead of markers on furniture, walls and cabinets.
You can forget about the fridge magnets, hundreds of post-its or notes left on the breakfast table. Just think about it, you can left a message everywhere you want! A big “REMEMBER” in the kitchen, a eye catching “Pay the bills” on the wall, a [...]
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Posted by Bogdan on February 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
These cave homes are located in Kandovan, in the North East of Iran, at the border with Azerbaijan, and are supposed to be over 700 years old.
The house are built in the Mount Sahand, a volcanic mountain. Most of them have two storeys: one for the animals, and one for the people to live in. If the house has more than two story, the last ones are used for storage.
If you want to visit this village, you can find there [...]
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Posted by Bogdan on January 23, 2010 | 3 Comments
Sorry I couldn’t find any more information about this project, only pictures with the house built from recycled bottles. Anyway, it’s looking good, right? I heard some guy built his own island from recycled plastic bottles, maybe this will be a future post.
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