Beautiful In Its Own Right

Villa Vincenette, Arcachon, France. c1895 
Architect: Eugène Ormières 

He Started Out With $9,000 and a Pile of Dirt

This Man Started With $9,000 And A Pile Of Dirt. 6 Weeks Later, He Built THIS Dream House. Click the link here to see all the amazing photos of before and after.

Floating Slinky

Double click the picture to see larger versions of this. It's called a "floating slinky", and it's a futuristic archetectural version of a hotel or miniature city.  Found here. I love artistic renditions of such things!