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Offbeat Homes

Archive for the ‘Tall Buildings’ Category

May 12th, 2008

Do You Feel Lucky?

I’m not sure if the award winning Ontario College of Art and Design has ever made an Offbeat appearance - (I’m feeling lazy about checking all the 2006 archives). That said, I’ll err on the safe side and post it.
If you haven’t seen it; it’s pretty cool. It is however, one of those buildings that […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

March 8th, 2008

Freitag Flagship Store

I’ve been cleaning out my bookmarks - I seriously have hundreds of Offbeat items that I’ve found, or that people have sent me. That’s cool and all, but I think it’s been slowing my blogging down here at Offbeat, because I can never find what I want.
So, I sat down today, and two hours later, […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

December 22nd, 2007

Wish I Spoke German

Since I don’t, what I can tell you about Kauffmann Theilig & Partner is that their designs rock. Sure I could look them up on some English websites but it’s the weekend. Let’s just have a nice show.
Kindergarten:

Light:

You can see this is going somewhere good:

Wavy amazement: Actually, this home, I did take the time […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

October 30th, 2007

Water Tower House

materialicious posted this home back in August and I’ve been pretty much drooling over it. It’s not even my style but one, it’s so unique. Two, it’s an amazing use of space when you think about it. Build up not out, conserve land, and make use of old standing material.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

October 16th, 2007

Beaver Homes

I’ve been noticing offbeat beaver houses everywhere lately…

NO! Not these kind. More like this…

I have no idea what the heck this is. And also, it’s sort of a cheat because it’s not an actual home but look at this:

He’s leaning up against a little house. Weird. If you’re looking for a more swanky offbeat beaver […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

March 9th, 2007

Skinny Living

It’s pretty bad when your house makes you look fat!
It’s not about how big your lot is, it is how you use it. Well this home is about 5′-0″ wide and three stories. The owner is planning a FOURTH floor addition. The lot next door must not be for sale.
[via Treehugger]
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By Adam -- 0 comments

March 3rd, 2007

Height Envy: Skyhouse

This building caught my eye on Treehugger, but it turns out they got it from Architectnophilia. This building has an hidden wind turbine! How cool is that? Then it seems the design of the building it self reminds me of a propeller. Was each tower designed aerodynamically to create an air foil? So who designed […]

By Adam -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2007

Height Envy: Living

[picture from 340 On The Park website, designed by SCB]
Chicago is quickly becoming the benchmark for eco-multi-family living. Jetson Green has learned that the USGBC has moved it’s Greenbuild 2007 conference from LA to Chicago. It is because of projects like 340 On The Park that has brought Chicago recognition. When you look at […]

By Adam -- 0 comments

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