Dream Christmas Gifts

I wouldn't be surprised to see this in the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog.

It's the Jelly-fish 45, a 6 person floating "house." The bottom of the 5 levels is underwater, giving you a living room with a 360° view of the sea life. Yours, for only $2.5 million.

I'm not really sure how the legalities work about parking your house, but when they start having undersea trailer parks, sign me up!

Undersea Art

This is one exhibit I definitely want to see!

British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has installed his exhibit The Silent Evolution 30 feet underwater with 400 life-sized sculptures of real people.  

These sculptures will quickly be taken over by sea creatures to form an artificial reef - a message, Taylor says, "remind[s] us of our close dependency on nature and the respect we should afford it."

    I love how the batfish are always lurking, ready for a photobomb! 

He's made several other installations or sculptures in Cancún, Grenada and the UK. 

 Vicissitudes installation, Grenada

via HowStuffWorks, photos by Jason deCaires Taylor

Architect meets Computer Geek

Herr J is the computer-savvy one here and I'm the one who loves architecture. But in this case, I'm certain we both agree that Italian artist Franco Recchia has made some cool stuff!

His pieces are sculptures of urban areas and skylines (real and imaginary), but constructed out of old computer parts.

Manhattan 2

Central Park

 Metropolis

Pieces are for sale on Art mine or can be seen in exhibition at the Agora Gallery in New York.

via Neatorama.

Lego Architecture

LEGO is now selling these cool architecture models, including a Frank Lloyd Wright Collection and other well-known buildings and monuments.

Very cool!

via WANKEN

Guggenheim Museum

 John Hancock Center 

Fallingwater House