A Bathroom Situated Atop a 15-Story Elevator Shaft
While not particularly the fine art you might be accustomed to on Colossal, it was impossible to pass this up. Guadalajara-based architects Hernandez Silva Arquitectos recently designed the interior of a new penthouse situated on top of a 1970s Mexican colonial building in Guadalajara, México. A notable feature of the home is a powder room situated atop an unused 15-story elevator shaft. Via Hernandez Silva Arquitectos:
A characteristic feature of the project is that a volume that was originally intended for a second elevator and was never installed becomes a powder room with a glass floor that looks down all the 15 levels, the PPDG penthouse is a great versatile modulated space, with great views all this with the concepts of transparency and the simplicity of materials.
What a fantastic if not completely terrifying idea. See much more of the residence on Home DSGN. (via neatorama)
In Focus: Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives
The New York City Municipal Archives just released a database of over 870,000 photos from its collection of more than 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more. Alan Taylor spent hours lost in these amazing photos, and gathered this group together to give you just a glimpse of what’s been made available from this remarkable collection.
See more. [Images: NYC Municipal Archives]
Everyone one of these — every single one — is fantastic.
shiny new hvarf heim lp we released on record store day to independent record stores. sold out now i think…
Kool
Ice Mountain with color overload. This was a mountain of ice in the middle of nowhere, wyoming USA. It was a pretty cool image until I went crazy with Nik Color effects. Now if is has morphed into something completely different (as MP used to say).
