• Login
  • Register
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Architecture & Design
  • Home
  • Architecture
    • All
    • Apartment
    • Blog
    • Dream Homes
    • Rendering
    • Residential
    • Selected Works
    • Tree House
    Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

    50 Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

    Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos

    Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos

    “When Nature Reclaims Its Rights”: My Exploration Through 19 Pics

    “When Nature Reclaims Its Rights”: My Exploration Through 19 Pics

    Times People Took Woodworking To The Next Level

    50 Times People Took Woodworking To The Next Level

    Top Travel Destinations For Architecture Lovers By Buildworld

    Top Travel Destinations For Architecture Lovers By Buildworld

    ‘Somewhere I Would Like To Live’: Very Aesthetic Places And Homes

    ‘Somewhere I Would Like To Live’: 30 Very Aesthetic Places And Homes

    Unfortunate Pics From “Culture Critic” Showing How Architecture Is Becoming Increasingly Sad

    35 Unfortunate Pics From “Culture Critic” Showing How Architecture Is Becoming Increasingly Sad

    Designs That Show The Beauty Of Well-Planned Infrastructure

    40 Designs That Show The Beauty Of Well-Planned Infrastructure

    Architecture Examples That Look So Bad

    50 Architecture Examples That Look So Bad

  • Art
    • All
    • Ideas
    • Illustration
    • Photography
    Science Tattoos For The Scientist In You

    110 Science Tattoos For The Scientist In You

    White Pen Drawings On A Black Sketchbook

    47 White Pen Drawings On A Black Sketchbook

    I Created These Illustrations Inspired By The Wisdom Of Cats Who Always Know Best On How And Where To Chill Out

    40 Minimal Cat Illustrations Blended Into Landscapes And Scenes

    Brilliant Advertisements On The Internet

    50 Of The Brilliant Advertisements On The Internet

    Relationship Comics That Most Couples Will Probably Relate To

    50 Relationship Comics That Most Couples Will Probably Relate To

    Unconventional Sewing Thread Artworks By VistulArt

    35 Unconventional Sewing Thread Artworks By VistulArt

    Blue-Super-Moon-Photos-From-World

    60 Photos Of The Blue Supermoon To Appreciate Before It Happens Again In 2037

    Illustrations Depicting Everyday Life As A Woman By Giselle Dekel

    50 Illustrations Depicting Everyday Life As A Woman By Giselle Dekel

    Artist Creates Cute Comics With Not-So-Cute Endings; Here Are 28 Featuring The Character Bear Doctor

    Artist Creates Cute Comics With Not-So-Cute Endings; Here Are 28 Featuring The Character Bear Doctor

  • Design
    • All
    • Do It Yourself "DIY"
    • Engineering
    • Interior Design
    • Landscaping
    • Product Design
    • Unique Design
    Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

    50 Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

    Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos

    Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos

    Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    50 Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    ‘Somewhere I Would Like To Live’: Very Aesthetic Places And Homes

    ‘Somewhere I Would Like To Live’: 30 Very Aesthetic Places And Homes

    Unfortunate Pics From “Culture Critic” Showing How Architecture Is Becoming Increasingly Sad

    35 Unfortunate Pics From “Culture Critic” Showing How Architecture Is Becoming Increasingly Sad

    Designs That Show The Beauty Of Well-Planned Infrastructure

    40 Designs That Show The Beauty Of Well-Planned Infrastructure

    Times People Spotted Stupid Design Decisions In Public Places

    50 Times People Spotted Stupid Design Decisions In Public Places

    50+ Awesome Mugs That Serve Beyond Their Initial Purpose

    Designs That Can Induce Megalophobia, The Fear Of Large Objects

    50+ Designs That Can Induce Megalophobia, The Fear Of Large Objects

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Funny
    • Gadgets
    • Gifts
    • Hotels & Resorts
    • Technology
    • Travel
    Pics That Reveal The Rarely Seen Side Of Common Things

    50 Pics That Reveal The Rarely Seen Side Of Common Things

    Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    50 Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    Artist Creates Cute Comics With Not-So-Cute Endings; Here Are 28 Featuring The Character Bear Doctor

    Artist Creates Cute Comics With Not-So-Cute Endings; Here Are 28 Featuring The Character Bear Doctor

    Top Travel Destinations For Architecture Lovers By Buildworld

    Top Travel Destinations For Architecture Lovers By Buildworld

    Interesting 'Then And Now' Photos That Show How Time Affects Everything

    50 Interesting ‘Then And Now’ Photos That Show How Time Affects Everything

    Most Bizarre-Looking Bus Stops Captured By Christopher Herwig

    50 Most Bizarre-Looking Bus Stops Captured By Christopher Herwig

    25 Horrible Design Fails That Will Leave You Speechless

    Perfectly Useless Product Designs

    50 Perfectly Useless Product Designs

    Horrible Staircase Designs That Are Just An Accident Waiting To Happen

    50 Horrible Staircase Designs That Are Just An Accident Waiting To Happen

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Parenting
    Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    50 Genius Inventions For Kids That Make Parenting Easier

    The Most Aesthetically Pleasing Pics Of Nearly Perfect Desserts

    50 Of The Most Aesthetically Pleasing Pics Of Nearly Perfect Desserts

    Honest Illustrations Reveal The Difference Between Having The First Vs. Second Child

    16 Honest Illustrations Reveal The Difference Between Having The First Vs. Second Child

    Succulent Cakes By Ivenoven Will Make Every Succulent Lover’s Mouth Water

    Mouth Watering Succulent Cakes By Ivenoven

    Café In Shanghai Serves Coffee With Cotton Candy On Top So It Rains Sugar, And It Looks Magical

    Café In Shanghai Serves Coffee With Cotton Candy On Top So It Rains Sugar, And It Looks Magical

    Relatable Comics About Women’s Fashion

    My 40 Relatable Comics About Women’s Fashion

    The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

    30 Of The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

    The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

    50 Of The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

    The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

    50 Of The Most Beautiful Pics Of Nearly Perfect Food

No Result
View All Result
Architecture & Design
No Result
View All Result

15+ Cleverly Disguised Buildings That Are Masters Of Hide-And-Seek

0 0
A A
85
SHARES
8.7k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterPin to Pinterest

There’s keeping a low profile, and then there’s this.

01. Woodpile Studio – Netherlands

Woodpile Studio - Netherlands

Source

Commissioned by the entertainer Hans Liberg and designed by Piet Hein Eek, this building’s rough-hewn facade allows it to blend into the rural surroundings. Open the windows, however, and the inner recording studio is flooding with natural light.

Woodpile Studio - Netherlands

Source

Woodpile Studio - Netherlands

Source

02. Invisible Barn – NYC

Invisible Barn - NYC

Source

Designed by Brooklyn-based STPMJ, this wooden structure is completely enveloped in reflective film. The material mirrored the trees of Long Island City’s Socrates Sculpture Park so well that you had to look hard to spot it.

Invisible Barn - NYC

Source

03. Juniper House – Sweden

Juniper House - Sweden

Source

Designed by Swedish architects Hans Murman and Ulla Alberts, the Juniper House is barely visible depending on the viewer’s angle. Unlike other houses on this list, it doesn’t rely on mirrors for effect. Instead, the designers used a photo of juniper trees surrounding the house. The photo was used as the base for a tailor-made cloth draping over the house’s three sides.

Juniper House - Sweden

Juniper House - Sweden

Source

04. Cadyville Sauna – Upstate New York

Cadyville Sauna - Upstate New York

Source

Architect Dan Hisel in upstate New York built this forested oasis. It’s built against a cliff, which serves as one of the interior walls and is covered in mirrors. The effect allows the small building to melt perfectly into its surroundings.

Cadyville Sauna - Upstate New York

Source

Cadyville Sauna - Upstate New York

Source

05. Mirrorcube – Sweden

Mirrorcube - Sweden

Source

Accessible only by a 12-meter-long bridge, this treehouse hotel is a marvelous work of glass made by Tham & Vineyard in the middle of an untouched forest. The mirror reflects everything above and below the cube so perfectly it’s hard to know it’s there. But don’t worry; a particular film is applied to make the glass visible to birds.

Mirrorcube - Sweden

Mirrorcube - Sweden

Source

06. The Pinnacle – Nashville

The Pinnacle - Nashville

Source

The Pinnacle at Symphony Place is a 29-story office and retail skyscraper in Tennessee. It earned LEED Gold certification for energy efficiency and features a one-acre green roof terrace garden. It also appears to be made of clouds.

07. Utility Substation – Netherlands

Utility Substation - Netherlands

Source

Every city has structures that, while necessary, are pretty ugly. Roeland Otten, a designer in Rotterdam, has developed several beautification techniques that turn electricity substations and air quality monitoring stations into camouflaged works of art.

Utility Substation - Netherlands

Source

08. Rachel Raymond House (Re-Imagined) – Massachusetts

Rachel Raymond House (Re-Imagined) - Massachusetts

Source

The Rachel Raymond House was designed and built by pioneering architect Eleanor Raymond for her sister in 1931. The house was demolished in 2006, but not forgotten. In its place, Pedro Joel Costa, a Portuguese architect, built this invisible house that uses large glass panels to blend into the landscape.

Rachel Raymond House (Re-Imagined) - Massachusetts

Source

09. Green Box – Italy

Green Box - Italy

Source

Many people dream of transforming their garage into an art studio or man cave, but few go about it as Act_Romegialli did with this garage in the Italian Alps. Instead of painting or siding, the designers allowed nature to handle exterior renovations. Leafy vines and flowering plants now wholly cover the steel frame.

Green Box - Italy

Source

10. Lucid Stead – Joshua Tree National Park

Lucid Stead - Joshua Tree National Park

Source

Composed of mirrors, LED lighting, custom-built electronic equipment, and Arduino programming, the homesteader shack was transformed by Phillip K Smith III to reflect and refract the surrounding terrain like a mirage or hallucination.

Lucid Stead - Joshua Tree National Park

Source

11. Aloni House – Greece

Aloni House - Greece

Source

This villa by Athens firm Deca Architecture is completely hidden unless you know exactly where to look. And that means looking down. It has a roof supported on two parallel stone walls with the surrounding terrain continuing over it. The result is an underground retreat that doesn’t feel like a hobbit hole.

Aloni House - Greece

Source

12. The Desert House – California

The Desert House - California

Source

Like an armadillo, this Joshua Tree estate by architect Ken Kellogg features a layered roofing structure that shields it from the harsh wind and heat of the desert. Using concrete, glass, copper, and steel, the home looks like something that grew organically out of rock and sand.

The Desert House - California

Source

13. Glass Farm – Netherlands

Glass Farm - Netherlands

Source

No one likes it when a shiny new building goes up in a historic part of town. It just throws off the ambiance. To avoid this, Dutch architects MVRDV disguised this shop and office complex as an old farmhouse with walls and a glass roof.

Glass Farm - Netherlands

Source

14. Lookout – Scotland

Lookout - Scotland

Source

The Lookout was designed and built by Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler, architectural design students at Strathclyde University. With just enough seating for three people, the Lookout is located in Scotland’s bucolic Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, where visitors can use it to frame up the spectacular views.

Lookout - Scotland

Source

15. The Dune House – Florida

The Dune House - Florida

Source

Living at the beach is fantastic, but living on the coast is even better. In 1975 architect William Morgan designed and built this incognito home right into the dunes of Atlantic Beach.

The Dune House - Florida

Source

16. Camouflage House 3 – Japan

Camouflage House 3 - Japan

Source

Who says greenhouses are only for plants? This cleverly disguised home designed by architect Hiroshi Iguchi looks like a greenhouse from the outside. It even has an interior garden planted with trees that poke through the ceiling.

Camouflage House 3 - Japan

Source

17. The Pierre – San Juan Islands, Washington

The Pierre - San Juan Islands, Washington

Source

Approach it from behind, and you might not see The Pierre. This retreat is nestled right into a rock and covered with a green roof and foliage. Throughout the house, the rock pokes into the space, further blurring the boundaries between inside and out.

The Pierre - San Juan Islands, Washington

Source

18. Cave Palace Ranch – Utah

Cave Palace Ranch - Utah

Source

Normally ‘hole in the wall’ is reserved for dive bars and hotels that could double as murder scenes, but this place certainly bucks the trend. One of the unique homes in America, this Utah dwelling is a natural red rock cave transformed into a spectacular home.

Cave Palace Ranch - Utah

Source

Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to our top stories.

Share55TweetPin30

Related Posts

Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction
Blog

50 Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

September 13, 2023
Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos
Dream Homes

Boa Vista Residence By Padovani Arquitetos

September 6, 2023
Next Post

31 Absolutely Useful Car Hacks Every Driver Should Know

Discussion about this post

Recommended

Perfectly Lazy Products Your Bedroom Needs

25+ Perfectly Lazy Products Your Bedroom Needs

July 17, 2015
Ultimate Front Door Designs

33 Ultimate Front Door Designs

December 13, 2014

Categories

Don't miss it

Pics That Reveal The Rarely Seen Side Of Common Things
Entertainment

50 Pics That Reveal The Rarely Seen Side Of Common Things

September 27, 2023
Science Tattoos For The Scientist In You
Art

110 Science Tattoos For The Scientist In You

September 14, 2023
Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction
Blog

50 Astonishing Plants That Seem Straight Out Of Science Fiction

September 13, 2023
White Pen Drawings On A Black Sketchbook
Art

47 White Pen Drawings On A Black Sketchbook

September 12, 2023
I Created These Illustrations Inspired By The Wisdom Of Cats Who Always Know Best On How And Where To Chill Out
Art

40 Minimal Cat Illustrations Blended Into Landscapes And Scenes

September 10, 2023
Brilliant Advertisements On The Internet
Art

50 Of The Brilliant Advertisements On The Internet

September 9, 2023

Architecture & Design

We try to feed your imagination by picking up and delivering a daily dose of the most exciting and outstanding selection of design & architecture ideas.

Categories

Follow us on Instagram

Follow

  • San Marco Square, Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
Photo By: @dorpell [IG]
  • Beautiful Home Interior Design By @adelfiazampella [IG]
  • Kretzulescu Palace (Palatul Crețulescu), Bucharest, Romania
Photo By: @radu.nita [IG]
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site, Metéora, Greece
Photo By: @katerinakatopis [IG]
  • Tropical Island Living By @reverse.orientalism [IG]
  • A Green French Riviera By @monomosite [IG]
  • Absolutely Adorable Home By @domnamazowszu [IG]! 💕
  • Monumental Villa In Peru By @sunt_mrr [IG]
  • Sleek Bathroom Design By @studionacrt [IG]

Newsletter

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

© 2022 Architecture & Design - Premium online Architecture magazine by A&D Team.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Design
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle

© 2022 Architecture & Design - Premium online Architecture magazine by A&D Team.

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
Sign Up with Google
OR

Fill the forms below to register

*By registering into our website, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.