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A compilation of ten stunning new museums from around the world. Time to break out the passport. Via Architizer:

Jeongok Prehistory Museum ProjectΒ Designed by:Β X-TU
Jeongok, Republic of Korea, 2010 ||Β More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

Karuizawa Museum Complex
Designed by:Β Yasui Hideo Atelier
Nagano, Japan, 2011
More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

AlΓ©sia Museum and Archaeological ParkΒ Designed by:Β Bernard Tschumi Architects
Alise-Sainte-Reine, France, 2012 ||Β More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

Museum of the History of Polish Jews Β Designed by:Β Lahdelma & MahlamΓ€ki Architects
Warsaw, Poland, 2013 ||Β More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations)Β Designed by:Β Rudy Ricciotti Architecte
Marseille, France, 2013 ||Β More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

Museion | Museum of Modern Art
Designed by:Β KrΓΌger Schuberth Vandreike (KSV)
Bolzano, Italy, 2008 ||Β More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

Nebuta House
Designed by:Β Molo Design
Amori, Japan, 2012
More information on the ArchitizerΒ database!

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A house in France known as GUE(HO)ST HOUSE makes new inroads into bizarre and stand-out architecture. Not sure if we like it, but it sure is hard to miss! Looks like someone spilled a whole lot of Wite-Out. Via DM.
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New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck snow land art geometric

Insanely ambitious and beautiful! Via Colossal:
Since 2004 England-basedΒ Simon BeckΒ has strapped on a pair of snowshoes and lumbered out into the the freshly fallen snow at the Les Arcs ski resort in France to trample out his distinctly geometric patterns, footprint by footprint. Each work takes the 54-year-old artist anywhere between 6 hours and two days to complete, an impressive physical feat aided from years of competitive orienteering. The orienteering also helps him in the precise mapping process which often begins on a computer before he’s able to mark landmarks in the snow that guide his precise walking patterns. All of the works above (with the exception of the portrait) are from the last few weeks, you can see several years worth of work over onΒ Facebook.

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The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

Some excellent infrared photography to warm/warp your day.Β Via Colossal:

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

The Surreal, Infrared Photography of David Keochkerian landscapes infrared

These infrared photographs taken by France-based photographerΒ David KeochkerianΒ look like bizarre, saturated landscapes created from a Dr. Seuss illustration. Seasons seem reversed, with white trees appearing in spring, and bushes are transformed into something that looks like fragile blades of bubble gum. You can see much more onΒ Facebook, and Keochkerian tells me some images are avilable as limited edition prints if you contact him directly. If you liked this, also check out the work ofΒ Richard Mosse. (viaΒ gaks)

Bridges are everywhere, and we speed over them daily without much notice. But bridges can be fascinating, and when they are, they become much more than just structures that get us from one place to another. Here are some very forward-looking bridges from around the world.

Henderson Wave Bridge, Singapore
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, Brazil
Millau Viaduct, France
Gateshead Millennium Bridge, England
Pythonbrug Bridge, Netherlands
Sundial Bridge, California
Øresund Bridge, Sweden/Denmark
Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, Brazil
Below are a wealth of fabulous illustrations about a fanciful France-of-the-future, drawn way back at the turn of the 20th century. Some humorous, some ingenious, and some just plain crazy.
France in the Year 2000 (XXI century) – a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc CΓ΄tΓ© and other artists issued in France in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910. Originally in the form of paper cards enclosed in cigarette/cigar boxes and, later, as postcards, the images depicted the world as it was imagined to be like in the year 2000. There are at least 87 cards known that were authored by various French artists, the first series being produced for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.Β (All images viaΒ Wikimedia Commons).









Via NotCot:

Curiosity Object by GaΓ«lle Gabillet and StΓ©phane Villard

Both pieces of furniture and display windows, these lights act as small curiosity cabinets highlighting the beauty and strangeness of their subjects.
When turned off, the bulb and socket disappear beneath an opaque black tinted glass. When lit, the bulb gradually reveals itself behind a soft veil, never dazzling. The base is made of blackened oak and the bell of blown glass.
This series sets different scenes of an exhibition, inciting one to observe and reflect. These lights question what is to be looked at: the object or its content? Where are we supposed to be focusing our attention in this day and age?

For its first presentation, we have chosen to present construction debris.
Under these luminous bells, they become specimens of a strange preciousness. From the displayed object, the glance shifts to the exhibiting object.

Au croisement du mobilier et de la vitrine, ces luminaires fonctionnent comme de petits cabinets de curiositΓ© qui mettent en lumiΓ¨re l’étrangetΓ© des choses de ce monde. Lorsque la lampe est Γ©teinte, l’ampoule et la douille disparaissent sous l’opacitΓ© du verre teintΓ© au noir. Lorsqu’elle est allumΓ©e, l’ampoule se dessine progressivement derriΓ¨re un voile noir dΓ©gradΓ©, sans Γ©blouir. Les pieds sont en chΓͺne noirci et les cloches sont en verre soufflΓ©.

La sΓ©rie compose diffΓ©rentes scΓ¨nes d’une exposition qui invite Γ  l’observation, Γ  la rΓ©flexion.
Ces luminaires questionnent sur ce qu’il faut regarder ; l’objet ou ce qu’il contient ?
Sur quoi sommes-nous supposΓ©s porter notre attention aujourd’hui ?

Pour l’installation Γ  la Galerie Cat Berro, nous avons choisi de prΓ©senter des dΓ©chets issus de la construction. Sous cette cloche lumineuse, ils deviennent des matΓ©riaux d’une Γ©trange prΓ©ciositΓ©.