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| Stunning Modern Home Surrounds the Peak of a Mountain Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona may one day have an architectural halo around its peak. Architect Nick Tsontakis has revealed his plans for a stunning manta ray-shaped home that he has dubbed Mummy House. Per Arizona’s building codes, the house is not allowed to surpass the peak of the mountain. Tsontakis gets around this in his design by wrapping the home around the mountain. The “head” of the manta ray design makes up the home’s entrance. An access road leads up to the front door, inside of which is a ten car garage. A spectacular swimming pool hugs one side of the home and the mountain provides the residents with privacy. Inside the home, the floor plan includes a 2,000 square foot entertainment room carved into the side of the mountain. Access to the two offshoot wings of the home is partially via tunnels cut into the mountain to minimize the home’s height. Eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms occupy various parts of the home. Floor to ceiling glass walls bring in abundant natural light and open to allow the fresh mountain air to swirl through the home’s interior. The home’s wrap-around decks provide the perfect place from which to gaze down on the city below. In a spectacular setting like Mummy Mountain, it would take a truly magnificent home to both blend in and stand out from the mountain – and this nature-based design absolutely fits the bill. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles:
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| New Money Silverware Bridges Gap Between Metal & Plastic Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:00 PM PDT Call it kitsch or a cool remix, but this New Money tableware certainly is designed to trick the eye – modeled after durable, more permanent and expensive silverware, the idea is to rethink the role of plastic and disposable design. Created by Tomas Ekström (via MocoLoco), the project is conceptual at this point and not slated for production. More details from the designer: “The plastic original carries symbols for recyclability and biodegradability – which I suppose is a good thing – but something I still find quite ironic. Making throw-away cutlery recyclable doesn’t change the fact that it should not be made at all.” It is a critique, in part, of greenwashing and other forms of mass marketing: “The point of the project is mostly to rebel against the dumbed down notion of what is ‘green’ that we are beeing fed by corporations, and instead put forth that making durable, quality products is the true way of being environmentally friendly in almost all cases.” Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles:
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