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Many smartphones can notify you when you get a Facebook “like” with some ringtone or pop-up. But if you already feel bored from this, you can buy that vest which takes it a step further and actually gives you a friendly hug. The “Like-A-Hug” vest was developed by Melissa Kit Chow at the MIT Media […]

Hotel Kakslauttanen offers one of the best views of the Aurora Borealis (known as polar lights). It is located in the Finnish part of Lapland, near Finland’s Urho Kekkonen National Park. It is far away from big cities, far away from their smog and pollution, so you can see millions of stars from the roof of your […]

[Image Source: Tangram 3DS] The 2500 sq. meter marine research center would be located 150 meters ahead in the sea near the Kuta beach. It has a fluid structure that  allows visitors and scientists to see directly what is going on outside. The project which consists of research labs, bedrooms for scientist, seawater pool, aquatic garden […]

[Image Source : Avalon Waterways] The ship was built at the Aqua Expeditions’ shipyard in Iquitos, Peru, and sails since April 2011. M/V Aria was the second luxury cruise ship in the fleet of Aqua Expeditions on the northern part of the Amazon River which cost was $4,000,000. The lounge was designed by Jordi Puig […]

Designed to withstand natural disasters, this new hotel concept would float and function independently on the surface of a body of water, providing a green, self-sustaining environment for guests.

A couple years ago, a British engineering firm Atkins proposed an extravagant design for a five-star hotel located deep within a 100-meter, abandoned and half flooded pit near the base of Tianmashan Mountain in the Songjiang District of Shanghai. Construction on the 19-story, 380-room Shimao Intercontinental Hotel finally is already underway. A few years ago, […]

1. Angkor Wat Or City Temple : is the biggest temple complex in the world, located in Cambodia. It was built on a raised terrace above the rest of the city and consists of three concentric rectangles which together form a 65 meters central tower. The outer gallery has dimensions 187 x 215m. This is a Hindu […]

The Ufo House was built in late 70’s and creator and developer of this idea was an owner of a rubber company. He wanted to transform his factory into a modern holiday resort. But he failed because very soon his business went down and his company was closed due to the energy crisis. The construction […]

[Image Source : Farrow Partnership Studio] E’terra Samara is a five-star resort designed by Farrow Partnership Studio and consists of twelve tree-house villas spread within Canada’s Bruce Peninsula forest. UNESCO listed this forest as a World Biosphere Reserve, so in order to work in harmony with the ambient landscape, the tree-houses are designed to be suspended […]

[ Image Source : Alqueria Alhambra ] This is one of the most beautiful places built by human hand I’ve ever seen. The palace has been built at the beginning of 14th century, during the reign of emir (king) Muhammad III. The name comes from Muslim Jennat al Arif, “Garden of Arif” or “Garden of […]

[ Image Source : Capital Gate ] This is another proof that the engineering thought in the Arab world is developing with giant leaps. Essentially the building is a 160-meter tall skyscraper with 18-degree incline to the west, so it is also called “The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.” Standard skyscrapers are being built by […]