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- Jaw-dropping hotel made of ice and snow opens in Sweden Wed, 20 Dec 17, 9:30pmICEHOTEL is back and it’s as magical as ever. Located 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi, this ephemeral hotel of ice and snow is rebuilt every winter for a few spectacular...
- World’s longest ice bridge is coming to Finland Thu, 24 Dec 15, 6:00amNext Monday the first batch of around 150 students will leave for Finland to built the world's longest bridge made of ice. The 65-meter-long paper fiber reinforced bridge, inspired by a Leonardo da Vinci design, is expected...
- Dutch Students Design a Glittering Ice Version of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Wed, 11 Jun 14, 3:30amStudents at Eindhoven University are designing a gorgeous model of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia-- out of ice! Taking inspiration from the still incomplete church by Antoni Gaudi, the ice version will be made from a super...
- Gorgeous “Up There” IceHotel Suite Brings Parisian Rooftops to the Icy Landscape of Northern Sweden Wed, 8 Jan 14, 3:42amSomewhere between architecture and art, the temporary suite offers a trip to one of Paris' historical districts. The designers wanted to recreate the city as seen through literature and cinema with discreetly illuminated...
- World-Famous Swedish Ice Hotel Forced to Install Fire Alarms Despite Sub-Freezing Temperatures Tue, 19 Nov 13, 4:56amIt may sound like a joke, but Sweden’s famous Ice Hotel is mandated to install fire alarms as a safety measure in compliance with national building regulations...
- Colorful Ice Teepees Provide Temporary Frozen Flora Shelter for Canadian Hikers Wed, 30 Oct 13, 1:14amThe architects wanted to create a design that would use a limited set of tools and rely mostly on the site's natural conditions. They chose reinforced ice, refined with organic materials gathered from six different time zones...
- Beam Me Up: Out of This World Ice Hotel Room Dazzles With Glowing UFOs! Thu, 10 Jan 13, 3:45amRead the rest of Beam Me Up: Out of This World Ice Hotel Room Dazzles With Glowing UFOs! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", beam me up, Green Building, green design, ice...
- Beam Me Up: An Out of This World Ice Hotel Room Complete With Glowing UFOs! Wed, 9 Jan 13, 5:00pmRead the rest of Beam Me Up: An Out of This World Ice Hotel Room Complete With Glowing UFOs! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", beam me up, Green Building, green design,...
- Diamond Genesis Room at Sweden’s Icehotel is a Crystalline Cavern of Frosty Luxury Thu, 23 Feb 12, 5:00pmRead the rest of Diamond Genesis Room at Sweden’s Icehotel is a Crystalline Cavern of Frosty Luxury Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Antoine Weygand, ice architecture,...
- Sparkling Schneekirche Snow Church Rises in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany Tue, 3 Jan 12, 6:01amRead the rest of Sparkling Schneekirche Snow Church Rises in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, green design, ice architecture, Koeberl Doeringer Architekten...
- Ice Architecture: 6 Incredible Buildings Made from Ice and Snow Wed, 7 Dec 11, 2:20amRead the rest of Ice Architecture: 6 Incredible Buildings Made from Ice and Snow Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: buildings made from ice and snow, china, eco design, el wire, energy efficient lighting,...