About 100 km south-east of Berlin in the State of Brandenburg, lies the beautiful Spreewald Biosphere Reserve. This low-lying area in which the river Spree meanders in hundreds of small waterways through meadows and unspoiled forests Continue reading
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Xylotheque: The Wood Library
A xylotheque at Stift Lilienfeld in Austria. Every “book” is made by the wood of the tree that is documented inside. Photo credit: Haeferl/Wikimedia
In 18th century Germany, where modern forestry began, a curious sort of library began to grow. Continue reading
Dazzling Green Silence
Daniel Kovalovszky created a series called Green Silence. In the series the photographer from Budapest seizes the immobility and silence of the world in a nature without civilization. Continue reading
Rainy New York City
Artist Karen Woods painted hyperreal images of New York city though the window of a rainy car and all of them had us doing a double-take. Continue reading
A Shelter In The Woods
This is the Corbett Residence, a minimal black house hidden between the trees in North Carolina, US.
Designed by in situ studio, the house strikes a line across a sloping, wooded site, mimicking the horizon. Continue reading
A Wooden Residence in Western Austria
Named after its owners, ‘Haus für Julia und Björn’ is a wooden residence located in the picturesque scenery of Austrian mountains.
Situated between a lime tree and a walnut tree, the barn-looking house easily blends with its location, a scenic region of Bregenz Forest. Continue reading