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Mumbai's Floating Balcony Pools

Cyber architect James Law designed an unbelievable skyscraping residential complex for real estate company Wadhwa Group in Mumbai, India. One of the most outstanding and eye-popping features of the facility includes a series of swimming pools placed within each balcony. These pools appear like floating gelatinous molds extending at the edge of each apartment's balcony. Known as Aquaria Grande, it's comprised of two 37-story towers that boast modern and unique architectural design with several high-end amenities. With over 200 apartments, each unit features three-sided natural light which also allows for cross-ventilation. There is an indoor club house that includes a gym and sauna, t...

02/22/12 9:11 am

Google's Colorful and Creative Zurich Headquarters

Studies indicate that the productivity of employees is in direct correlation to how comfortable they feel while in a working environment. I can only assume that the Google employees in Zurich, Switzerland are some of the most productive employees around! This bright, fun, colorful working space encourages nothing but creativity and enthusiasm from its workers. Designed by the creative team at Camenzind Evolution, the resulting office space design is a “distinctive, diverse, light, and flexible workspace, which has been specifically developed to stimulate and support the Googlers in their challenging and innovative work.” The offices include personal workspace, formal and informal me...

02/21/12 11:00 am

Norwegian Library's Modern Ribbed Interior Design

Norwegian architecture firm Helen & Hard, led by architects Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf, adjoined an existing community house, learning center, and public space to create the Vennesla Library and Cultural Center. The newly renovated community complex in Vennesla, Norway boasts a clean, accessible, and energy-saving design, welcoming citizens to crowd the space. With a strong emphasis on constructing an open and inviting public space, the structures feature large glass windows to diminish the visible barrier between the indoors and outdoors, allowing the cityscape to seamlessly converge with the urban motifs of the interior design. Inside the architectural structures...

02/20/12 1:30 pm

Floating Candles Inspired by Origami

How sweet are these? Slovak designer Roman Ficek has designed candles inspired by paper boats. Called Candle Sail, they're available in six colors and each have a burning time of about 2 hours. Love that they remind you of beautiful origami. The shape isn't only for aesthetic purposes but also for functional ones. The candles actually float in water. How pretty would these look in a pool? Candle Design website via [The Design Ark ]

02/18/12 10:30 am

Creative Links of the Week #31

You'd have to be living under a rock to not hear about Jeremy Lin and his meteoric rise to fame. He'll be gracing the cover of Time magazine, Asia next week. The preview of the article, written by Sean Gregory, can be found on Time.com . In other news, check out this week's most creative stories from around the web and get your fill of My Modern Met by clicking out our most popular links, below. Around the Web: Have you seen this old school Apple iPhone interface ? It's retro goodness. Speaking of retro, how can you not want one of these Mac iPhone cases ? Got to DVR this. Street artists guest star on The Simpsons . Are you going to download Clear ? Loving these cute,...

02/17/12 3:30 pm