Overlooking the ocean in Kanagawa, Japan, the Seaside House uses a linear layout to maximize views. Minimal in form and color, the stark white reinforced concrete structure stands out from its more traditional neighbors. Continue reading
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Equihen Plage: The Village of Inverted Boat Houses
Equihen Plage, on the coast of northern France by the English Channel, is a small seaside village with a population of about 3,000. Up until the beginning of the 20th century, Equihen Plage was a fishing village with a dry harbor Continue reading
Paintings of 60’s Architecture
The painter Charlotte Keates has always been inspired by the interior architecture of the 60’s. Through her paintings, she seeks to reinvent this style and even approaches other landscapes Continue reading
Glass Beach on Ussuri Bay
Just a 30-minute-drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia, lies a stunning bay surrounded by impressive cliffs. Not very long ago, the beach here was used as dumping ground of unwanted glass by a local porcelain factory, or so the story goes. Continue reading
A Cozy Shelter On A Cliff
A small seaside holiday shelter, the house designed by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem stands at the back of a cliff, offering the dramatic surroundings outside and the excellent coziness inside.
East Beach Café
In nineteenth-century Britain, seaside towns like Blackpool and Skegness were visited by holiday-makers in their thousands, bringing those towns prosperity and renown but, after the 1970s, their fortunes went into decline. Continue reading
The 26 Foot Moving Statues That Play Out a Tragic Love Story
Normally statues stay where they are put and do not move, but not these two. Sculptor Tamara Kvesitadze made these two 26 foot statues that move once a day, acting out a tragic love story.
Located in the seaside city of Batumi, Georgia, the two figures represent a Muslim boy, Ali, and a Georgian princess, Nino, from a famous 1937 novel by Azerbaijani author Kurban Said. Continue reading