Modern Treehouse is 1 of 5 Finalists For House Of The Year. Voting Ends Today!

Rockefeller Partners Associates' stunning Mandeville Canyon Treehouse is presently up, along with four other modern homes, for Arch Daily's Building of The Year . Voting ends today, and all the nominees are shown here later in this post.



The Treehouse home, on Banyon Drive in Los Angeles, is perched upon steel pylons that are naturally integrated into the surrounding trees. With a butterfly roof, the 16 square meter home is perched upon an eastern facing ridge, giving it a wonderful view of downtown Los Angeles.








The interior floors and walls are made of walnut wood and the exterior is high grade cedar. Designed for a nature loving artist, it serves as both as a studio and as guest accommodations. The tree house is completely self-sufficient with a water closet, fireplace, refrigerator, daybed, and television. Outside, a quick walk down the stairs leads to a protected and private outdoor shower.

Rockefeller Partners Associates (RPA)
all photos are courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier for RPA


The Other Four Nominees
Also nominated for Arch Daily's Building Of The Year are some of my other favorites:


the Hemeroscopium house


The Casa Y House by Sousa Santos Architects


The House Of Ruins by NRJA


The Villa Vals Underground home (which I'd actually written a huge post on but then it appeared on so many sites and blogs, I refrained from publishing it)

The voting has now closed. The winner was:

read about the House of Ruins project here.

Somya - Rue Montorgueil - Paris

Somya

I am just graduated in Master of Fashion & Marketing

I wear a jacket & Boy-friend jeans & belt by ZARA.
My T-Shirt is vintage. My shoes are from BERSHKA.
My bag is a BALENCIAGA. My silver jewels are from different places.
My shell-ring is from LE PRINTEMPS.
Perfume: "Coco Mademoiselle" by CHANEL.
Fashion is a personal expression. My look is Stylish-casual.
I love chocolate. I hate racism.
My message to the world: Enjoy every minute of your life as if it was the last one !

Jessica - Etienne Marcel - Paris

I study Art history and french Litterature

I wear a cape from AA.
Shoes by DOC MARTEN'S
Cap vintage from Kiliwatch Store.
Fashion is expression. My look is a choice for the day.
Perfume: Pink Sugar
I love my Cat. I hate Polluter people.
Message to the world: I don't want to answer to that question.

12 of the Most Bizarre Wedding Dresses

This is a wedding dress made entirely of condoms and was specially designed for the Condom Fashion Show in Beijing, China.






War time is not an excuse for not having a wedding party anymore, with this camouflage dress designed by the artist Erika Sarkozi.






This wasn't a real wedding; actually it was part of a reality show from the British TV where few of the competitors have to stand in full view almost naked in the middle of the city downtown. A very good idea for some of us who don't want to waste time after the wedding night and go straight to the point.






Be careful not to stand next to anything flammable if you want to wear this paper frock.

This is all a classy lady wants on her big day. A little glitz…a little sparkle.






Hello Kitty fans may just fall for this pink wedding frock.






Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel, in the western Ukrainian city.

The dress — made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing 20 pounds — took the 28-year-old baker two months to make, and by the end of the wedding reception, bride Viktoriya said she didn't want to take it off.







This lovely bridal gown is absolutely charming. Or should that be Charmin? Far from being a priceless designer number, the dress is made entirely from toilet paper, tape and glue. Its maker, Ann Kagawa Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii, took inspiration from the film "Gone With the Wind" and Japanese Origami.






If you are a very patriotic woman, there's nothing better than your own wedding dress designed entirely to resemble the American flag.






If you are contemplating a gothic style wedding then you may have been visualizing a gothic style dress and some heavy eyeshadow. That is exactly what couple Julie Williams, 45, and Dylon Holroyd, 49, did when they had an extreme gothic wedding.






Show your groom you really are the light of his life with this frock by Yumi Katsura.






Chantal Coady and Ian Stuart of Ian Stuart Brides had been talking about creating a chocolate wedding dress for years, and Chocolate Week 2008 seemed the perfect opportunity to combine Ian's distinctive style and Rococo's creative approach to chocolate.

15 Cool Money Artworks

Scott Campbell is a famous tattoo artist who recently held an art exhibit appropriately titled 'make it rain', which featured stacks of laser-cut dollar bills.






By Justin Smith






300 Jackson






Moneygami (Money+origami)

Assassination Five Dollar






By artist Won Park






Unique paper art created from paper money.






Amazing image created only with money – a hell lot of money (and different currencies)






Love money by Thomas Hawk






Another work from Justin Smith






Money photo illusion






Dress made entirely of money (£50k of notes/pound coins in total)






Art jewelry money by ooley






By artist Won Park






Money nail art

The 10 Sickest Trick Shot Videos On The Internet

No. 10: The Lucky Trick Shot




No. 9: Monta Ellis No-Look Over The Head





No. 8: Dude Perfect - World's Longest Basketball Shot





No. 7: Nothing But Net?





No. 6: Vince Carter 86-Foot Shot Sitting Down





No. 5: Dude Perfect - Ranch Edition





No. 4: Skateboard Trick Shots





No. 3: B. Manley Behind The Back





No. 2: Front Flip, Full Court Shot




No. 1: Dude Perfect: Summer Camp Edition

Curiouser & Curiouser: Art Works Inspired By Alice In Wonderland

above: detail from Alice and Bunnypillar by Kukula

Gallery Nucleus presents CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER, a new exhibit of artworks inspired by Alice In Wonderland.

The show runs from February 27, 2010 – March 29, 2010 and features paintings, sculptures, illustration, photography, etchings, mixed media, prints and more inspired by Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland’.

Featuring work by Amy Sol, Chris Appelhans, Kukula, Naoto Hattori and various other contemporary artists, a superbly talented and diverse roster get curiouser and curiouser with works that range from the gothic to the whimsical.

Some of my favorite pieces from the show. please note that for visibility I have shown most unframed:

Kei Acedera (2 details of one piece):

Chris Appelhans:

Oksana Badrak (2 separate pieces):

Naysa Bove:

Vera Brosgol (2 framed pieces sold as one):

Bill Carman (3 separate pieces):


Alberto Cerriteño:

Sean Chao:


Adolie Day:

Jeremy Enecio:

Cory Godbey (2 separate pieces):

Naoto Hattori:

David Ho:


Sterling Hundley:

Aya Kakeda:

Kukula:

SEILER:

Marguerite Sauvage (4 separate pieces):


Stephen Silver (detail):

Amy Sol (triptych):

Marmite Sue:

Jaime Zollars:


Prices for pieces in the show range from $120.00 to $3,500.00

Other artists with pieces in the show:
Lorelay Bove, Trey Bryan, Sarah Caterisano, Alina Chau, Clio Chiang, Bobby Chiu, Meg Hunt, Richard Kirk, Mall, Ver Mar, Jake Parker, Allison Reimold, Hiromi Sato, Jared Andrew Schorr, William Stout, Angie Wang, Jing Wei, Lee White, Andrew Wright

Gallery Nucleus, 210 East Main St., Alhambra, CA, 91801. Tel:626.458.7477
Saturday, February 27, 2010 through Monday, March 29, 2010

To see some other wonderful creative things inspired by the movie, check these out:
•Tom Binns and Stella McCartney's Alice In Wonderland inspired jewelry for Disney Couture